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Horrified mum of TikTok teen who abused Chris Whitty takes away his PlayStation as punishment The teens mum has shared how she is shocked by her sons behaviour Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for oth...

  At a No 10 news conference on Wednesday, February 3, he said suggestions all adults in the UK could get their first dose by the end of May and the second by the end of August were “very optimistic”. Boris Johnson has hailed the “colossal” effort by health workers in getting a first jab to more than 10 million people – almost a fifth of the adult population – across the four nations. However, England’s deputy chief medical officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, who is the ...

Here is a look at what that means for the future and the route out of lockdown. – What is the current situation? People are still being urged to stay at home to stop the spread of the virus (Dominic Lipinski/PA) Most of the UK is living under tough lockdown restrictions. England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty told a Downing Street briefing on Wednesday: “I think that most of my colleagues think we are past the peak.” He said that “provided people continue to follow the...

The world needs more people like Captain Sir Tom Moore IN the dark days of the first wave of the pandemic, the news that an elderly 99-year-old war veteran was completing 100 laps around his home to raise money for the NHS felt like a warm beam of light that we all so badly needed. Captain Sir Tom Moore showed the nation what could be achieved through determination and positive spirit after he encouraged a staggering £33million in donations for the NHS. His valiant fundraising efforts st...

So I thought that was going quite well, a hugely embarrassing punishment from his mother splashed across the media but then she spoilt it with the last paragraph trying to excuse his actions by saying he was making a point about mental health which is hugely disingenuous. He was just being an idiot. SB “You may not feel outstandingly robust, but if you are an average-sized adult you will contain within your modest frame no less than 7 X 10^18 joules of potential energy—enough to expl...

In the past few weeks, lockdown restrictions have brought numbers down in all areas of the country. Hospital admissions have also been slowing and death figures are decreasing. England’s chief medical officer told the latest Government briefing that the UK is "past the peak" and "provided people continue to follow the guidelines," all four nations are on the "downward slope".  But just how much have cases been decreasing locally? Week on week decline A map on the government coro...

The fat lady prepares to sing: When and how will lockdown finally end? We look at the questions haunting Downing Street as the vaccine rollout gathers pace and the UK begins to look beyond lockdown 6 February 2021 • 12:26pm Pressure is building on the Prime Minister to unwind lockdown. His chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is desperate to open the economy again and his aides have voiced fears that the scientific establishment is “shifting the goalposts” towards a so-called “zero-Covid” strateg...

A TEENAGER who accused England’s chief medical officer of “lying” about Covid-19 in the street has had his PlayStation confiscated by his mother as punishment, it has been reported Footage of a verbal attack on Professor Whitty was branded “unacceptable” and “pathetic” after appearing on social media. As Whitty was buying lunch at a Mexican food stall in a street in central London, the 15-year-old boy, who has not been named, is heard saying to Whitty: “You’re a liar....

The NHS remains under huge pressure and is operating at “full stretch” despite the UK being past the peak of the current wave of Covid-19, a leading health figure has warned. Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers which represents NHS trusts in England, called for a cautious approach to relaxing lockdown measures, claiming restrictions were lifted “too early” in 2020. Mr Hopson said intensive care unit (ICU) numbers are coming down “very slowly”, adding that there are still ...

play-icon Video report by ITV News Political Correspondent Carl Dinnen It is too soon to imagine the relaxation of lockdown restrictions in England, with infection levels of coronavirus "still forbiddingly high", the prime minister has said, though the UK is thought to be "past the peak". Boris Johnson said the UKs Covid vaccination programme has provided "some signs of hope", with 10 million people having received their first jab, but he warned the NHS is still "under huge pressure". The PM ...