August 15 Keir Starmer unveils £29bn Labour plan to freeze energy price cap Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer today unveils his plan to freeze the energy price cap, vowing that his party “wouldn’t let people pay a penny more” on their gas and electricity bills this winter. Halting price rises in both October andContinue reading “The Independent looking at the 3rd week of August 2022”
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The Big Question: What is monkeypox and what are its symptoms?
What is monkeypox and what are its symptoms? Four more people in England have been diagnosed with the rare viral infection monkeypox, following three other cases being identified earlier this month. The UK Health Security Agency has said it is currently investigating connections between the four latest patients, who are all believed toContinue reading “The Big Question: What is monkeypox and what are its symptoms?”
Omicron could be blessing in disguise
The last few days fear has entered the parliamentarians’ meeting rooms, looking for stringent measures so that we could safely pass the end of year feasts.
Omicron possibly mildest coronavirus variant so far
The WHO and Coronavirus experts are increasingly convinced the new Omicron variant is ‘super mild’ and has, so far, not led to a jump in Covid death rates anywhere in Southern Africa.