Month: August 2020

More than 20 per cent of those tested at factory found to be carrying virus Via: Coronavirus: Number of cases increases 10-fold in two days in outbreak at Norfolk chicken plant

Department’s permanent secretary says term ‘should not have been used’ on official government channel and will ‘not be used’ again following complaint Via: Senior civil servant admits Home Office was wrong to refer to migrants' solicitors as 'activist lawyers'

Exclusive: Call comes as Unicef warns that millions more under-5s will suffer lack of nutrition due to Covid-19 Via: Labour urges government to renew child malnutrition commitments as hunger soars

Screens in some classrooms, no contact sport in PE and sanitiser everywhere — but staff and students just happy to be back Via: Quarantined library books and boxed-in teachers: First pupils in England return to school in coronavirus era

Police say there is ‘no current risk to the local community’ Via: Man charged with possessing explosives and 'terrorism-related materials' in Sussex

Sandwich aisles at some M&S stores appear to have been covered up, with the retailer leaving a note on near-empty shelves admitting to stock issues after a coronavirus outbreak at its supplier. Via: Coronavirus UK: Outbreaks at FORTY food processing plants

Facebook claims that blocking the ability to track behaviour unless users give explicit permission first will ‘disproportionately affect’ app developers. Via: Facebook slams Apple's move to limit targeted advertising in iOS 14

Professor Tim Spector who is an epidemiologist at King’s College and a specialist in microbiome and diet appeared on This Morning to discuss the many falsehoods surrounding diet. Via: Why breakfast could be causing you to gain weight, says professor Tim Spector