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Living with Covid plan sees Sage stand down regular meetings

The Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) will no longer be meeting regularly to discuss coronavirus, the PA news agency understands. Led by chief scientific officer Sir Patrick Vallance and chief medical officer Professor ...

04 Mar 2022 at 18:55

Covid cases ‘could rise rapidly as isolation ends’

Covid cases could rise “rapidly” as isolation ends, Government scientists have warned, with some saying the next variant could be more deadly. A sub-group informing the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) suggested transmission ...

18 Feb 2022 at 16:55

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BBC Radio 3 announces music festival celebrating the North East

BBC Radio 3 has announced plans for an all-night music festival celebrating the “fizzing creativity emerging in the North East”. After Dark Festival will take place across the spring equinox weekend of March 18-20 and run from dawn to dusk ...

17 Feb 2022 at 01:26

Covid-19: Allowing poorer countries to remain unjabbed is ‘reckless approach’

Allowing poorer countries to remain unvaccinated is a “reckless approach to public health”, meaning coronavirus variants are more likely to develop, scientists have warned the Government. A letter signed by more than 300 experts, ...

28 Jan 2022 at 01:25

UK Covid cases should drop in next one to three weeks, says expert

Covid cases should start to drop across the UK in the next one to three weeks, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) has suggested. Professor Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, whose data was ...

04 Jan 2022 at 11:55

Attorney General ‘carefully considering’ referring Colston case to Court of Appeal

The Attorney General is considering referring the case in which four people were cleared of tearing down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston to the Court of Appeal. Suella Braverman said the verdict is causing “confusion” ...

07 Jan 2022 at 12:25

NHS braced for ‘challenging winter’ as Covid cases and staff absences bite

The NHS is facing significant pressure as it copes with the latest wave of Covid-19 despite hopes that cases should start to drop in the coming weeks. Boris Johnson will lead a Downing Street press conference as No 10 ...

04 Jan 2022 at 15:55

Johnson says we should ‘preserve our cultural, artistic and historical legacy’

The Prime Minister said people should not “go around seeking retrospectively to change our history” after four people were cleared of tearing down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol. Rhian Graham, 30, ...

06 Jan 2022 at 14:55

Doctor among first to spot Covid effects on ethnic minorities made a CBE

A leading diabetes doctor who was also among the first to identify the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on ethnic minority groups has been recognised with a royal honour. Professor Kamlesh Khunti, a University of ...

01 Jan 2022 at 13:55

Javid defends Covid plan with NHS braced for difficult winter

04 Jan 2022 at 17:25

Lifting rules will have disproportionate impact on vulnerable, Sage warns

Lifting all restrictions will have a “disproportionate impact” on vulnerable people, experts from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) have warned. Boris Johnson told MPs this week that he expects ...

11 Feb 2022 at 22:55

Empowering Sage scientists over Covid lockdown left us ‘screwed’, claims Sunak

Scientists on the Government’s Sage advisory committee were given too much influence over decisions on coronavirus lockdowns and not enough consideration was given to the social and economic impact, Rishi Sunak ...

25 Aug 2022 at 11:19

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