I alerted the wider world to Omicron - and I believe Britain is overreacting': Doctor Angelique Coetzee,
the South African GP who knows more about its effects than anyone, calls for calm despite variant cases
spiking 50 per cent in 24 hours I have no regrets about doing so, but I was astonished by the
extraordinary worldwide reaction in the days that followed, with Britain and some other European nations
imposing heavy travel restrictions on flights from across southern Africa, as well as imposing tighter rules
at home on mask-wearing, fines and extended quarantines.
Police said an estimated 44,000 people attended the demonstration , the latest in a string of huge
weekend protests since Austria last month became the first EU country to say it would make Covid
vaccinations mandatory.
Pubs have lost 'all their Christmas bookings virtually overnight', hospitality bosses said today - as fears
over the Covid variant and mixed messaging from ministers ravage an already stricken industry.
Bosses said government warnings about the threat of Omicron and new working from home guidance
had persuaded many punters that it wasn't worth going ahead with their festive gatherings.
Dozens of killers, rapists and paedophiles released from prison have been given second life sentences
for further offences. Over the past decade 129 criminals who were jailed for life have been handed the
same sentence again.
A second female swimmer from the University of Pennsylvania has spoken out to air her frustrations and
fury as her transgender teammate Lia Thomas continues to smash records. The entire team has been
'strongly advised' not to speak to the media and the second swimmer has been granted anonymity.
It bestows on all UK universities a legal duty to actively promote free speech. But does Durham actually
adhere to its own lofty standards?
Four years after the fall of Harvey Weinstein fired up the #MeToo movement, few areas of public life
haven't faced a reckoning over predatory male behaviour. So why has rock music remained untouched?
That question could most appropriately be asked of English rock band Led Zeppelin, who were
'monsters of rock' in every way.
Owning a car could become a fad of the past, a government minister claimed this week. Junior transport
minister Trudy Harrison, 45, told a sustainability conference owning a car was outdated '20th-century
thinking' and the country should move to 'shared mobility' to cut carbon emissions.
Overweight inmates are fuelling a surge in demand for supersize clothes in prisons, according to
government data. Prison bosses have ordered thousands of overalls in sizes up to 8XL, figures from
the Ministry of Justice have shown.
