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The Sutton Hoo Society has invited professor Sarah Semple of Durham University to give the annual Basil Brown Memorial Lecture.

The Sutton Hoo Society has invited professor Sarah Semple of Durham University to give the annual Basil Brown Memorial Lecture.

A rising proportion of children in UK hospitals with Covid are under the age of 1, papers released by the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (Sage) s

Sage data reveal more than four in 10 children admitted are below the age of one, but most are ‘not particularly sick’

Covid restrictions in England including travel bans, testing and facemasks will be necessary to fight the new Omicron variant, the Prime Minister announced at a Downing Street briefing.

Sage adviser Professor Calum Semple today urged calm over the so-called Omicron mutation, saying it is not a disaster and suggesting some people may be hugely overstating the situation.

Prof Calum Semple says some scientists are "hugely overstating" the fears around the Omicron variant.

Department of Health officials posted nearly 40,000 daily infections - down 3.36% from 40,941 last Saturday - after Sajid Javid announced two cases of the new variant were detected.

Prof Calum Semple says some scientists are "hugely overstating" the fears around the Omicron variant.

Researchers have called for possible reasons for variations between setting to be urgently looked at to help implement best practices.