Monkey dust like ‘dancing with the devil’/in /by
An addict says the psychoactive substance has "destroyed" the town of Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent.
Covid Inquiry: Abuse of experts must stop, says Whitty/in /by
Sir Chris laments treatment as he gives evidence to Covid Inquiry on pandemic preparedness.
Isolating sooner might have avoided first lockdown, Hunt says/in /by
The UK should have prepared to test and isolate more, the ex-health secretary tells the Covid inquiry.
Covid Inquiry: Former chief medical officer close to tears over pandemic deaths/in /by
Dame Sally Davies apologises to bereaved families and says the UK was poorly prepared for the pandemic.
Prof Davies apologises to relatives of Covid victims/in /by
England's former Chief Medical Officer says "how sorry I am" to those who lost loved ones in the pandemic.
Covid Inquiry: Mistake not to consider range of pandemics – David Cameron/in /by
David Cameron says "group think" meant government focused on flu pandemics, rather than other diseases.
Covid inquiry: UK’s public services were ‘depleted’ when Covid hit/in /by
The nation's health was declining and the NHS was struggling by 2020, the Covid inquiry hears.
Pandemic akin to war, lawyer tells Covid inquiry/in /by
Decisions were "finely balanced" and, with hindsight, might have been different, Fiona Scolding KC says.
Covid inquiry: Failure to consider ‘potentially massive impact’ of lockdown pre-pandemic/in /by
The UK may not have been well prepared "at all", says the lead lawyer for the Covid inquiry.
Watch out for heat exhaustion and heatstroke/in /by
Know the signs and what to do if someone is unwell in hot weather.