The epicentre of the current COVID outbreak has moved from London to the North West of England and more older people are being admitted to hospital, new data reveals.
Universities have no excuse for cancelling face-to-face teaching and students should complain to the watchdog if they feel short-changed, the Education Secretary has said.
Oxford University academics raised a record amount of cash for their own businesses last year after the success of its Covid-19 work lured new backers to the city. A total of £1.4bn was invested into businesses which have been spun out from the university in 2021, data shows, up from £1.1bn a year earlier and £380m in […]
A GP has explained why some people seem to keep getting infected by Covid-19 while others never at all.
A new type of heat pump that may soon be rolled out in the UK could ease the shift for homes to low-carbon heating but is no quick fix, experts say.
The rush to open the central section of Crossrail by March is threatening to delay the rollout of the line in its entirety, Sadiq Khan has been warned.
Farmers in England will be given taxpayers’ cash to rewild their land, under plans for large-scale nature recovery projects announced by the government. These will lead to vast tracts of land being newly managed to conserve species, provide habitats for wildlife and restore health to rivers and streams.
A senior UK minister has expressed cautious optimism that new Covid-19 restrictions will not be needed in England given that infection rates in London — the centre of the Omicron outbreak — are starting to “plateau”.
School leaders in England are warning of weeks of disruption owing to high levels of staff Covid absences, which could lead to children being sent home to learn remotely.
Schools in England are set to move some lessons online, as widespread absences caused by the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant prompted the government to urge headteachers to adopt “more flexible” approaches to learning.
