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Covid-19 mortality rate twice as high in deprived areas
A separate study found fatalities among black and minority ethnic (BAME) groups are also disproportionately high.
Clear disparity between ethnic groups in Covid-19 deaths – IFS study
The health and economic impacts of the virus are disproportionately hitting some minorities, the report found.
Trump claims he’s seen proof coronavirus came from Wuhan laboratory
The US president speculated that China could have unleashed Covid-19 on the world due to some kind of horrible ‘mistake’.
Urgent plea to Government to help town ‘most affected’ by lockdown
More than 50 per cent of jobs in Crawley are at risk of being lost or furloughed, according to a recent report.
Huge increase in food bank use in recent weeks, charities report
A coalition has urged the Government to do more to help protect people from being ‘swept into destitution’.
Covid-19 test extension in England not based on Sage evidence – Wales CMO
Wales’ chief medical officer and health minister both questioned England’s decision to change its testing criteria
Google executive attended Sage meeting the group advising Government
Demis Hassabis, co–founder of Google’s DeepMind division, was present for a meeting on March 18.
Thug spat blood into female police officer’s eye while on bail for attack on another cop
“It is very likely you will be receiving a significant custodial sentence for these matters.”
Businessman jailed for giving false details when he landed in private jet
"His rationale was two-fold - to protect the pilot, who is unnamed, but mostly to avoid detection by the authorities."