UK faces 'perfect storm' of surging virus cases as top scientist calls for immediate action

Delta, now a devastating Category 3 storm, is expected to bring hurricane conditions and a "life-threatening" storm surge to portions of the northern Gulf Coast on Friday. The storm is expected to make landfall late Friday along Louisiana's southwest coast, impacting some of the same areas that were damaged by Hurricane Laura about six weeks ago.

link.Ms Crawley told the Advertiser: “The devastating impact of the Tory decision to withdraw support for jobs in the middle of a pandemic is starting to hit home – with growing fears of mass redundancies.“Boris Johnson was repeatedly warned that thousands of people could lose their jobs unnecessarily as a result of Tory cuts – and those warnings are now starting to become reality.“The Tory government must perform an urgent U-turn, reinstate a full job protection scheme, and devolve financial

Covid-19.The Tory backlash to further lockdown restrictions emerged during a lengthy coronavirus debate in the House of Commons.Former minister Sir Desmond Swayne claimed it was a "sacking offence" for Government' scientists to warn how 200 or more people in the UK could die each day by mid-November if the current rate of infection was not halted.He also questioned if the Prime Minister has been "abducted by Dr Strangelove and reprogrammed by the Sage over to the dark side" - a reference to the

Covid-19 alert level across the UK is to be raised to Level 4 for the first time since June after the number of positive cases soared in recent weeks.In a joint statement, the chief medical officers from Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales agreed that the risk of transmission is now “high or rising exponentially”.Their decision follows a grave warning from leading scientists that the UK could soon see 50,000 news infections a day if no action is taken and signals that tough new

Andreas Wiseman International EditorThe UK could see 50,000 new coronavirus cases a day by mid-October without further action, the government’s top scientific adviser has warned in a press briefing.Sir Patrick Vallance said that outcome “would be expected to lead to about 200 deaths per day” a month after that.UK PM Boris Johnson is said to be considering whether to introduce stricter lockdown measures in England in light of the growing number of cases across the UK. On Sunday, 3,899 daily cases

Passionate environmentalist Prince Charles has recorded a new message calling for “immediate action” on the climate crisis.

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