Exclusive: Prof Sir Tim Gowers says ‘things will get bad very quickly’ after June if variant spread underestimated Gowers’ herd immunity document sent to Dominic Cummings See all our coronavirus coverage The Cambridge professor whose argument against a herd immunity strategy helped trigger England’s first lockdown has voiced concerns about […]
Month: May 2021
Adviser on ministers’ interests says prime minister was initially unaware Tory peer was paying for works Boris Johnson “unwisely” embarked on a refurbishment of his official Downing Street flat without knowing how it would be paid for, according to a report that found a “significant failing” by officials. The Tory […]
Former US president and England footballer discuss activism and inspiring others to create change Barack Obama and Marcus Rashford have teamed up to encourage young people to shape their own destinies and the societies in which they live. The former US president and the Manchester United and England forward met […]
Black Lives Matter activist, 27, remains in critical condition after shooting in early hours of Sunday An 18-year-old has been charged with conspiracy to murder over the shooting of Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson. The 27-year-old remains in a critical condition in hospital after being injured at a party […]
Republicans killed effort to set up a 9/11-style inquiry into the 6 January attack despite broad support for such an investigation Senate Republicans have blocked the creation of a special commission to study the deadly 6 January attack on the Capitol, dashing hopes for a bipartisan panel amid a Republican […]
Reported cases of variant reach almost 7,000, as it becomes dominant in Britain Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Up to three-quarters of new UK Covid cases are now thought to be caused by the variant first detected in India, the health secretary has said. The variant […]
Bill intended to establish 9/11-style commission into 6 January riot Senate Republicans block passage of bill by using filibuster Senate Republicans were poised on Thursday to kill an attempt by Democrats to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the 6 January attack on the Capitol in which a pro-Trump mob […]
Health secretary claims it ‘wasn’t possible’ to test all patients sent to care homes at outset of pandemic Dominic Cummings’ key accusations against Matt Hancock See all our coronavirus coverage Matt Hancock is under mounting pressure to explain why the government failed to protect care home residents at the outset […]
International team reveal vast cosmic voids over the Earth’s skies that could challenge Einstein We can’t see it, barely understand it, but know that it exists because of the powerful influence it exerts on space. Dark matter makes up about 27% of the universe, and its gravitational force is enough […]
Governments told to focus on stopping young from taking up habit that killed 8 million people in 2019 Smoking killed almost 8 million people in 2019 and the number of smokers rose as the habit was picked up by young people around the world, according to new research. A study […]