NEWS
Anxiety levels at highest since first lockdown
42 per cent of adults have reported high levels of anxiety, the highest proportion since April 3 to 13, when 46 per cent reported this. People surveyed between January 7 and 10 also said they were less happy, less satisfied with their lives overall and were less likely to feel things they are doing are worthwhile. The fall in wellbeing coincides with the start of England’s third national lockdown, announced on January 4, when people were told to stay at home — Telegraph
Doctors ‘told to throw out leftover Covid vaccines rather than give second dose’ — Metro
Borders closed to shut out new Covid strains — Telegraph
Labour holds four-point lead over Conservatives in latest poll — Guardian
Drama based on Boris Johnson’s first year in Downing Street set to feature his 11-year-old daughter by former mistress — Mail on Sunday
Oxford academics lobby for ‘race champion’ to hold staff to account — Telegraph
US gun sales surged in 2020, a year roiled by pandemic anxiety and political uncertainty — Epoch Times
COMMENT
Why our liberal elite cheered for this violent mob — Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday
Why are free societies sinking into an anarchic pit of social media hate? — Janet Daley, Sunday Telegraph
Lacklustre Starmer needs to be surprising — Matthew Parris, Times
