Machete attacks leave children with 'war-zone' injuries, say Leeds trauma staff

Arriving amongst protests, Rishi Sunak defends his time as chancellor during the pandemic, as he gives evidence to the Covid inquiry.

An inquiry hears the former first minister’s messages were removed during “routine tidying up” of inboxes.

A family of five was hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday, according to local reports. Investigators said the poisoning was the result of the family’s use of a generator and cooking with propane inside an apartment. “Someone called 911 because a child approximately 8 years old was found lying in the…

The inquiry heard that in some countries, children were at the forefront of national concerns. The prime ministers in Norway and New Zealand held TV briefings for children at the start of the pandemic to reassure them and to thank them for all they were doing. “We didn’t have such an event in the UK,…

“Because we have such sensitive brain tests for this study, we are able to look at individual aspects of the brain function, such as short-term memory, long-term memory, and problem-solving and how engaging music effects that,” lead author Prof Anne Corbett told the BBC.

The UK Health Security Agency has issued an amber cold-health alert for the whole of England.