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Record channel migrants in the UK by September?

Earlier this year the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, announced a joint new migration and economic development partnership with Rwanda with the aim to curb people-smuggling across the English Channel but...

Harry’s Jubilee flight 18x the carbon footprint of the average Brit

Over recent years, Henry Charles Albert David, also known as Prince Harry, has preached to the masses about the environment but rarely hear him talk of his own carbon footprint. He recently appeared...

Travel madness continues despite vaccines not stopping Covid

Through the COVID-19 pandemic, countries introduced many measures to control the spread of the virus. One such measure was a requirement to show proof of vaccination for international travel. Many...

China emits 30% of global Co2 emissions up from 5% in 1965

The war in Ukraine and the reliance of many countries on commodities from Russia for energy have reopened the debate on energy security. This goes along with the increasing prominence of reducing Co2...

Are UK Covid deaths overstated?

An article in the Daily Mail questions the official Covid death toll, citing examples of terminally ill patients having Covid recorded as the cause of death. Early in the pandemic, there was a lack of...

Long Covid rare in children

Over the pandemic, the impact of Covid-19 on children has been a contentious subject, with medics called out for misleading the public on the impact of the virus. Many commentators have exaggerated...

Covid-19 deaths 93% lower than SAGE model

I recently wrote looking at the outcome of deaths in January compared with the SAGE modelling before Christmas. I said it would be clearer when more data was available from the ONS, so have updated...

4 million doses in children needed to prevent 1 icu admission

This week the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) reaffirmed that Covid-19 is very low risk to children aged 5 to 11. It would take four million doses of a vaccine to prevent one...

Fewer patients in critical care this winter than pre-pandemic

Each day we get told across many of the prominent news channels of the number of patients with Covid-19 in hospital. I have seen many journalists broadcasting from critical care units highlighting the...