So-called ‘coronavirus challengers’, people who deliberately reach for 15 minutes of social media fame by licking or coughing over public facilities and food, have emerged in their swarms to prove that natural selection hasn’t quite finished with...
The UK has asked citizens to assist the food production industry by picking fruit and vegetables to ensure the food supply runs smoothly. This work is often carried out by seasonal workers, the majority of them from overseas, but the Seasonal...
Charity RefuAid is appealing to the UK government to let refugee doctors living in Britain to assist in the coronavirus pandemic. The charity is asking for medics to be speedily or temporarily registered as practising doctors, claiming that out of...
Scientific experts are predicting that the UK will experience its sharpest rise in coronavirus cases over the next 2-3 weeks, leading to a huge influx of patients in hospitals throughout the country. The NHS is bracing itself for what will be a...
The unprecedented nature of the time we are living in cannot be understated. Right now, countries across the world are on lockdown. Measures have been taken to ensure citizens of these countries avoid as much contact with one another as is...
Charities fear approximately one million undocumented migrants in the UK are at risk as we face the coronavirus pandemic, not just because of the risk of contracting the disease but of starvation due to the ongoing food crisis. There is no concise...
As the UK begins to navigate life on lockdown, the concerns and uncertainties of the nation are rife. Yet, in the midst of it all, there is an abundance of community spirit and invaluable support networks; a light at the end of (what may feel like)...
Conservative MP Steve Double addressed Parliament to say the coronavirus pandemic has “taught us” that ‘low skilled’ workers “are actually pretty crucial to the smooth running of our country”. Double called on the Home Secretary Priti Patel to...
Amidst the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, there has been a notable rise in the number of refugees attempting the immensely dangerous channel crossing. Over the past week, more than 100 migrants have been intercepted by British and French...
Authorities including the police, public health and immigration officials will be given the ability to detain members of the public who they suspect are infected with COVID-19, the Government has confirmed in its ‘Coronavirus Bill’...
