EASY STEPS: How to keep safe A SIMPLE GUIDE: What are the symptoms? CONTAINMENT: What it means to self-isolate HEALTH MYTHS: The fake advice you should ignore MAPS AND CHARTS: Visual guide to the outbreak VIDEO: The 20-second hand wash Employment reversalThe Ulster University economist Richard Johnston has estimated it means the Northern Ireland unemployment rate will have leapt from a near record low of 2.4%, to more than 6%. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus: Economic shock to NI becoming clear
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Three men arrested in County Armagh after Drogheda cash machine thefts
Gardaí said that tactics were used to "hinder" their response to the thefts, including two cars being set alight outside Dundalk police station and plant machinery and other vehicles travelling in convoy in the area at the same time. … [Read more...] about Three men arrested in County Armagh after Drogheda cash machine thefts
Coronavirus: Essential workers list ‘expected on Monday’
“I can’t tell you how much I have stressed this is absolutely urgent and needs to be out as soon as possible. I am feeding that information to various departments to say - this is where the group is but I’d like it to be a little bit faster. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus: Essential workers list ‘expected on Monday’
Diaspora Jews offer a rare chance for hope in the Middle East
This is heartening. When it comes to the Israel-Palestine conflict, there are not many optimists left. Tony Blair says he’s one: today he announced that, six months after stepping down as the official envoy of the so-called Quartet, he’ll keep working on a new initiative of his own, predicated on the belief that the way to make Israeli-Palestinian progress is through a wider regional understanding between Israel and its Arab neighbours. … [Read more...] about Diaspora Jews offer a rare chance for hope in the Middle East
PM’s virus adviser warns Britain might still need to adopt herd immunity in its fight against coronavirus as lockdown measures have painted the country ‘into a corner’
But MailOnline can reveal one firm poised to supply DIY coronavirus antibody tests to Number 10 - kits deemed crucial in ending Britain's draconian lockdown because they reveal who is immune to the disease - has yet to hear back on how it can get its test approved despite approaching them last month. … [Read more...] about PM’s virus adviser warns Britain might still need to adopt herd immunity in its fight against coronavirus as lockdown measures have painted the country ‘into a corner’
