Fury over ‘dodgy dossier of Covid models’ after doomsday graph which predicted 1,500 daily deaths

The Government and its scientific advisers were lambasted today for using ‘dodgy coronavirus data’ to justify a devastating second lockdown. Tory MPs warned SAGE’s doomsday predictions – wheeled out by Boris Johnson on Saturday night to announce the draconian measures – had echoes of the controversial dossier that sent Britain to war with Iraq.    It emerged last … Read more

Covid-19 lockdown: Watchdog scolds No10 for lack of transparency

Britain’s statistics watchdog today criticised Number 10 for not being transparent enough with the data it used to justify England’s second lockdown.  The UK Statistics Authority — which has slammed ministers before for overblown claims about their testing capacity — argued that numbers presented to the public have not always been backed up by ‘transparent … Read more

Pink’s husband Carey Hart shares breathtaking snaps from ‘last minute camping trip with the family’

Pink’s husband Carey Hart shares breathtaking snaps of the wilderness and their two children from a ‘last minute camping trip with the family’ By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 02:18 GMT, 3 November 2020 | Updated: 03:31 GMT, 3 November 2020 Sometimes it’s important just to get away from it all, and that’s exactly what … Read more

Number 10 could have saved ‘thousands of lives’ if it followed SAGE advice, scientific adviser says

Professor Andrew Hayward, an infectious diseases expert at University College London, said he had a ‘high degree of certainty’ thousands of unnecessary Covid-19 deaths would occur as a consequence of not imposing a circuit breaker lockdown  Thousands of coronavirus deaths in the coming weeks could have been prevented if ministers bowed to pressure for a … Read more

Government scientific adviser warns keeping secondary schools open means lockdown could be LONGER

University College London’s Professor Andrew Hayward, a member of SAGE, said keeping secondary schools open could mean extending the national lockdown beyond a month Keeping secondary schools open during Britain’s second lockdown could result in an even longer second lockdown,   another government scientific adviser warned today.  Studies so far suggest the risk of catching coronavirus is low … Read more

Government scientific adviser warns keeping secondary schools open means lockdown could be LONGER

University College London’s Professor Andrew Hayward, a member of SAGE, said keeping secondary schools open could mean extending the national lockdown beyond a month Keeping secondary schools open during Britain’s second lockdown could result in an even longer second lockdown,   another government scientific adviser warned today.  Studies so far suggest the risk of catching coronavirus is low … Read more

Rebecca Ferguson and husband take daughter for a stroll around Venice

Rebecca Ferguson and her husband Rory were pictured taking daughter Sage for a stroll around Venice on Sunday. No doubt the actress, 37, was enjoying a break from her busy schedule filming Mission Impossible 7. Rebecca was dressed simply, wearing a cream jumper with stone-wash jeans and trainers as she wheeled her little girl, two, in … Read more

Covid-19: Expert warns Gove schools in England may have to close

Keeping schools open during the November lockdown in England could mean infection rates stay higher for longer than when nationwide restrictions were first introduced in March, a leading scientist has warned. Former chief scientific adviser Sir Mark Walport said the new restrictions were not as ‘severe’ as the first time round, and that there was … Read more

Coronavirus UK: NHS models predict more deaths than SAGE estimates

England’s chief public health officials tonight unveiled gloomy graphs that show how all models of the coronavirus second wave predict the number of deaths will exceed their ‘worst cases scenario’.  At the heart of the scientific data supporting Boris Johnson’s decision to plunge England into a second lockdown was a graph comparing the predictions of … Read more

Coronavirus UK: NHS models predict more deaths than SAGE estimates

England’s chief public health officials tonight alleged that the country is on course for a much higher death toll than during the first wave of Covid-19 unless a second national lockdown is imposed.  Speaking at a Downing Street press conference tonight, Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance claimed that England is currently experiencing ‘around … Read more