NEWS
‘Protect the NHS’ message led to 90 per cent drop in hospital admissions
The devastating cost of efforts to ‘protect the NHS’ in the pandemic has been exposed by a new analysis of 200 health conditions which reveals hospital admissions for plummeted by up to 90 per cent. The major report shows that consultations for the most common cancers fell by up to two thirds during lockdown, while heart-attack checks reduced by almost half, leading to thousands of deaths — Telegraph
Millions for Manchester to buy off revolt over coronavirus restrictions — Times
More than a million hospitality and retail jobs may vanish by end of the year as venue owners in northern cities brand coronavirus restrictions a ‘death sentence’ for business — Mail
Twitter removes ‘misleading’ tweet from top Trump Covid adviser Dr Scott Atlas that said masks don’t work — Mail
Exodus of male teachers leaves boys without role models — Times
COMMENT
Devolution is a mess that fails the public and endangers the Union — Nick Timothy, Telegraph
Time to stop the coronavirus gravy train — Clare Foges, Times