London has the lowest pupil vaccine uptake for 12 to 15-year-olds Pupils in deprived areas are much less likely to have been vaccinated, the latest figures show. The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022
UK’s wider Covid-19 death toll passes 180,000 Deaths in the third wave remain lower than in the first and second wave. The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022
Divorces fell by 4.5% during year Covid hit Number of divorces granted to same sex couples rose The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022
Half of families making cutbacks to afford gas and electricity - as costs to soar by 50% The rising cost of energy means many households are being forced to make difficult decisions about how to spend their hard-earned cash, according to a damning new report Daily Mirror · Feb 1, 2022
Daily reported cases of Covid-19 now include possible reinfections Reinfections currently represent around 10% of infection episodes per day. The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022
Pupils from poorest areas of England less likely to be vaccinated against Covid, figures show Schools with higher proportions of pupils eligible for free lunch meals also had lower vaccination coverage The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022
Divorces fell by 4.5% during year that coronavirus hit, says ONS There were 103,592 divorces granted in England and Wales in 2020, according to the Office for National Statistics. The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022
Omicron sub-variant detected in 57 countries, says WHO – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Feb 1, 2022
Rise in Covid cases in England as reinfections included for first time Previously people were only included in statistics once even if they had caught Covid multiple times The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2022
Boris Johnson makes incorrect claim on government cutting crime during parliament speech on Sue Gray police report Prime minister said government has ‘been cutting crime by 14%’ - but figures show offences rising as prosecutions plummet The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2022
Find out which products are in short supply in UK supermarkets Office for National Statistics has been tracking the availability of products on shop shelves Wales Online · Jan 31, 2022
Covid UK: coronavirus cases, deaths and vaccinations today Are coronavirus cases rising in your local area and nationally? Check week-on-week changes across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the latest figures from public health authorities The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2022
Why assume it’s a problem if a woman is child-free at thirty? Maybe she prefers it that way There are countless reasons why women delay motherhood but, as a new report indicates, at least there’s no longer the pressure to conform The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2022
Twenty years of data reveal 4 hidden effects of climate change on health Climate change will become a bigger influence on human health in all regions of the world in the future. The data in England and Wales reveal how the planet is changing. Inverse · Jan 29, 2022
Birmingham Post · Jan 29, 2022 Mark Drakeford wrote to Boris Johnson in furlough plea before Covid restrictions decision in Wales The information was revealed from the cabinet meeting where it was decided to introduce new restrictions in Wales after Christmas
Wales Online · Jan 29, 2022 Wealth gap in the UK - top 1% of households have more than £3.6m each How much you have varies by region, with some seeing recent dips in household wealth
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2022 Why it’s the right time to lift plan B restrictions in England Thanks to the vaccines, we no longer need harsh restrictions – but we should still act with caution and consideration, says clinical researcher Raghib Ali
The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022 ‘More than 350,000’ new Covid-19 cases each day in UK in early January High levels of under-reporting are likely to be affecting the official figures.
Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2022 Covid: ‘Most unlikely to be unjabbed’ in close-proximity jobs revealed Headteachers, GPs and police officers are least likely to be unvaccinated
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2022 ONS debunks ‘spurious’ Covid deaths claim shared by David Davis Suggestion true number of deaths in England and Wales could be as low as 17,000 is factually incorrect, says ONS
The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022 The motherhood question: Can a fertility MOT help tell me if I want children? As new ONS data reveals that half of women have not had a baby by their 30th birthday for the first time ever, Harriet Hall explores if fertility testing could help them find an answer to the baby question
Wales Online · Jan 28, 2022 Bar staff and beauticians among least likely to be vaccinated The ONS has released new figures showing in which professions are most and least likely to have been jabbed
Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2022 Emily Sheffield: Like the MPs’ expenses scandal, Boris Johnson has broken trust in politics Who cannot admire the poverty campaigner and food writer Jack Monroe? She has a tireless work ethic, coupled with fiery imaginative tenacity to get change done — and her most recent campaign took on the Office for National Statistics and won. While the Tory party and the Prime Minister thrashed…
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2022 UK reports 89,176 new cases and 277 deaths – as it happened UK cases and deaths fall day-on-day; Hong Kong government to compensate pet shops affected by culling of hamsters for Covid reasons
Daily Mirror · Jan 28, 2022 Half of women are childless by the age of 30 for first time since records began More women are childless at 30 than have had kids in the UK for the first time since records began in 1920 according to new figures in 2020 from the Office for National Statistics