Emotional scenes were played out across the nation as the bereaved and communities came together in a day of reflection to mark the five years since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
9 Mar
AstraZeneca has axed plans to invest £450 million in a vaccine manufacturing plant in Merseyside in a fresh blow to Labour’s mission for growth.
31 Jan
The CIA now believes the most plausible explanation for the origins of Covid-19 is that it leaked from a laboratory in China, it has emerged.
25 Jan
Matt Hancock says the government "got it wrong" with restrictions around funerals and visiting dying relatives during the pandemic.
21/11/2024
Matt Hancock has told the Covid-19 Inquiry the government did 'everything we possibly could' during the pandemic.
21/11/2024
Former health secretary Matt Hancock has been booed as he arrived at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry where he is due to give evidence.
21/11/2024
A Covid conspiracy theorist has been sentenced to five years behind bars after encouraging violence against Professor Sir Chris Whitty on social media.
11/11/2024
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed he is “no longer sure” his decision to put the country into Covid lockdowns worked.
29/09/2024
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson believed he “might have carked it” when he was in intensive care with Covid, according to an extract of his memoir.
28/09/2024
Boris Johnson has revealed that a secret plot was devised to invade Holland and seize Covid vaccines.
27/09/2024
Chris Whitty has told the Covid inquiry that some onlookers might say the UK overstated the risk that the virus posed to the public at the start of the pandemic.
26/09/2024
The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the vulnerabilities in our healthcare system, but for those of us who have been fighting for the protection of Clinically Vulnerable people, this is nothing new.
12/09/2024
A mother has told the Covid inquiry that she had to wear full PPE as her baby son died in her arms hours after he was born, at the same time as she had the virus.
12/09/2024
Mark Zuckerberg has admitted he regrets bowing to “pressure” from the Biden administration to "censor" content on Facebook and Instagram relating to the Covid-19 pandemic.
27/08/2024
The chairwoman of the UK Covid public inquiry says there needs to be a “major overhaul” to how the country prepares for whole-system civil emergencies.
18/07/2024