Tag: Coronavirus Lockdowns

UK’s little-known deal with AstraZeneca means YOU will pay compensation to anyone injured by pharma firm’s lockdown-ending jab

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AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine, developed by scientists from the prestigious Oxford University, was meant to be a post-Brexit success story.

Not only was it supposed to be a shining example of British ingenuity which would banish the devastating Covid pandemic and sentence lockdowns to history, it was also meant to demonstrate the UK’s generosity in the global crisis, with the jab sold at cost, not for profit.

Ministers were so confident in its success that then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock privately labelled

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I was sectioned after being given a tranquiliser for anxiety that triggered a frightening slide into psychosis. But the worst part of my ordeal was how doctors tried to cure me

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Emma Saunders, an actress and photographer, went to her father’s private GP in Chelsea with tinnitus in November 2020. ‘I’d woken up with a loud ringing in my ears — it was distressing because I’d not had anything like it before and didn’t know what was going on,’ she says.

‘I went privately because I expected the doctor to have contacts and to refer me to a specialist for tests.’

Instead, the GP prescribed a tranquilliser, lorazepam, telling Emma, then

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WHO do you think you are? MPs fear ‘unelected’ UN officials could dictate Britain’s lockdown policy in future pandemics under controversial new treaty

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World Health Organization (WHO) chiefs could be given power over Britain’s future pandemic policies, MPs fear.

Under plans for a new global pandemic treaty, the UN agency is considering making dozens of amendments to its legally-binding rulebook. 

Critics worry member nations might be made to comply with advice in future health crises, such as enforcing lockdowns or vaccine passports.

A group of Conservative MPs have now warned the UK risks ‘signing away’ its powers to ‘unelected’ WHO bosses, complaining about

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After Keir Starmer was urged to ‘shed a few pounds’ by Labour’s Peter Mandelson, how does the leader’s lifestyle shape up against Rishi Sunak?

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Running the country requires being fit as a fiddle – so for the two men competing for the top job in this year’s general election, it couldn’t be more important to look after their health.

However, Labour peer Peter Mandelson has ruffled feathers within his party today after suggesting leader of the opposition, Sir Keir Starmer, needs to ‘shed a few pounds’ ahead of his campaign to win over the electorate.

It’s not the first time Starmer’s health has been

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Australia Day honours revealed: Controversial Covid doctor Brett Sutton, former Sunrise host Kochie and star newsreader Sandra Sully are handed top award – as full list is revealed

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Controversial Covid-19 figure Dr Brett Sutton is among Australians recognised on the Australia Day Honours List, as other high-profile honourees include former Sunrise host Kochie, star newsreader Sandra Sully and children’s author Pamela Allen.

The 54-year-old doctor has been appointed to the Order of Australia (AO) ‘for distinguished service to the people of Victoria through public health administration and governance, and to medicine’.

Dr Sutton became a very familiar face during the pandemic as Victoria’s Chief Health Officer, overseeing the

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The middle class mums ‘flexi-schooling’ their children: They go to extraordinary lengths to teach their children from home part-time… despite some teachers’ fears that pupils will miss out on  key lessons

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On a drizzly Friday morning, Sara Sutherland wakes up smug in the knowledge that today she won’t have to drag her children out of bed for the rigmarole of the school run.

Instead, she and seven-year-old twins, Charlotte and Harriett, will be flying to Barcelona for the day.

But unlike other parents who dare pull their children out of school for a family holiday, Sara won’t be receiving a fine from the local authority for non-attendance.

For the scientist, from

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I spent over £100,000 on therapy… but it was taking magic mushrooms that helped me conquer my OCD

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On the surface, Pandora Morris, 35, has everything. She’s pretty, blonde, well-connected and has a posh London address – the type of woman you might see on the pages of society magazine Tatler.

But there is a sadness about her cornflower blue eyes which reflect a less golden story. Pandora, a lawyer by profession and scion of a large London banking dynasty, has spent decades battling obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), which developed into a severe exercise addiction and eating disorder

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Love Island All Stars bombshell ‘REVEALED’: Model with VERY famous relative is spotted heading to South African villa days before show launch

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The full cast for the first ever All Stars series was finally confirmed on Monday, featuring names from Georgia Harrison to Chris Taylor and Georgia Steel.

However, fans were left fuming after the full cast was revealed ahead of its January 15 launch date and complained that the line-up was ‘boring’ and ‘disappointing’.

Yet things will soon get a shake up as more Islanders are set to enter the Villa as the series progresses, with one former star spotted making

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Still living in the Mad Men age! From ignoring women’s safety to obsessing over leading male stars, advertising campaigners reveal the modern-day commercials guilty of ‘sneaky sexism’

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Women’s empowerment and representation have been buzzwords of late for brand campaigns – and yet one advertising organisation has claimed that ‘sneaky sexism’ is heavily on display in modern-day commercials.

We’ve all seen the vintage adverts from the ‘Mad Men’ days and laughed in disbelief at how sexist they were.

Inspired by 100 years of Women in Advertising and Communications Leadership (WACL), Channel 4’s recent Mad Women documentary contained such gems as breakfast cereals urging men to ‘train your wife’

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AstraZeneca rejects claims its Covid vaccine was ‘defective’: Jab maker argues accusations are ‘confused’ and ‘wrong in law’

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AstraZeneca has denied its Covid jab was ‘defective’, arguing a multi-million-pound legal case by patients who suffered a rare side-effect is ‘confused’. 

Jamie Scott filed a lawsuit against the vaccine maker in the High Court in August. 

The IT engineer suffered a brain haemorrhage the day after his first dose, leaving him with permanent brain damage. He labelled the jab ‘defective’.

However, in its defence filed to the court, the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker, which developed the vaccine with the University of

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