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Covid latest news LIVE: Cases in London accelerating at fastest rate since March 2020, warns Prof Tim Spector

C oronavirus cases in London are accelerating at their fastest since the first wave in March 2020, a public health expert said on Wednesday. He continued: “We’ll be at 100 per cent... Read more »
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Traders in London town with low Covid vaccine rate fear Omicron variant could hurt Christmas sales

Tower Hamlets traders fearing Christmas trading could be hit by the spread of Covid as local vaccine uptake remains poor. The East London borough has some of the lowest take up of... Read more »
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It’s been revealed by a short lets trade body that the typical Airbnb day rate in London in September was £151.40 – a sign of the sector’s recovery. The UK Short Term... Read more »
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Richmond gains London’s highest Covid rate as cases double

Richmond has the highest rate in the capital, at 418.9 cases per 100,000 people over the most recent seven days. This is double the rate it was reporting a month ago and... Read more »
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Khan under fire over London affordable housing building rate

Sadiq Khan’s pledge to address London’s housing crisis has come under renewed fire as it was revealed just 272 new affordable homes were started between April and June this year. Though housing... Read more »
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Birth rate in England and Wales dropped by 4% last year as Covid hit

Births have fallen by 4.1 per cent on 2019 levels, according to the Office for National Statistics, which cautioned that the figures for 2020 have been affected by delays in registrations due... Read more »
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Essex Covid latest: Brentwood’s infection rate more than a 1,000 times smaller than it was five months ago

Back in December 2020, Essex was the epicentre of the coronavirus in England. The Kent variant, now recognized to be more infectious that the Wuhan variant, was wreaking havoc throughout Essex and... Read more »
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Two thirds of London boroughs now below UK-wide Covid infection rate

T wo thirds of London’s boroughs now have Covid-19 infection charges below the UK common, figures launched on Monday reveal. The seven-day infection rate ranges from a 12.5 circumstances per 100,000 inhabitants... Read more »
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Covid R rate above 1 as Indian variant fears grow ahead of Boris Johnson press conference

England’s coronavirus R rate has climbed sightly above one amid fears sparked by the unfold of the Indian variant. The nationwide rate is between 0.8 and 1.1, with an identical charges in... Read more »
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London R rate climbs above 1 for first time in months

London’s R rate has climbed above 1 for the first time in months, that means the unfold of the virus could now not be slowing throughout the capital. London’s R rate now... Read more »