NEWS
Hospital admissions for Covid continue to fall in former variant ‘hotspot’ Bolton
Latest NHS figures show there were 42 people in hospital in the Royal Bolton Hospital with the virus on June 1, last Tuesday, down from 49 at the peak of the new variant scare a week earlier. The number of people being admitted to hospital each day has tumbled, too, to just three on May 30 compared to 14 five days before. The numbers are trailing a decline in cases which appears to show a spike in new variant cases has come under control – Mail
June 21 lockdown lifting set to be delayed by fortnight – Times
Passengers on the last flights back say they feel ‘ashamed to be British’ after rushing to the UK just hours before quarantine rules changed at 4am – Mail
NHS will share your most private health details with outside companies within weeks, unless you opt out – Mail
Boris Johnson speaks up for cricketer Ollie Robinson after ban over racist tweets – Times
US report ‘found that Covid may have leaked from Wuhan lab’ – Telegraph
House prices rise by 9.5 per cent as buyers seek larger homes and gardens after Covid lockdown – Mail
Texas Bans Businesses From Requiring ‘Vaccine Passports’ – Epoch Times
COMMENT
To avert global disaster the West must end its ‘forever’ war against Covid – Sherelle Jacobs, Telegraph
G7 tax deal tramples on the nation’s right to decide – Charles Moore, Telegraph