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After news of lockdown leaked on 30 October, something changed in England. Right across the country, people started to go outOver the next five days, movement surged in towns and

Why doesn't the UK test passengers arriving at airports? If you've been following this debate you'll have heard a lot about one particular numberMinisters from the PM on down have

NEW: Public Health England has found 15,841 positive cases that weren't registered on its data systemAs a result, 22,961 have been reported today for EnglandThe graph of cases now looks

NEW: The contact tracing app is sending notifications telling people they've been near someone with covid-19They haven't. These are "default messages" from Google & Apple I spoke to scared and

The covid situation in universities is getting a lot of attention, for understandable reasons. All the same it's worth bearing in mind the latest data, which shows clusters coming overwhelmingly

THREADFor the last six weeks, I've been covering the digital election, in its all horror and, well, more horrorI'm not allowed to tweet about politics tomorrow and after that I

Exclusive: Ofqual ignored offers of expert help with its algorithm after statisticians refused to sign a highly-restrictive non-disclosure agreementhttps://news.sky.com/story/a-levels-exam-regulator-ignored-expert-help-after-statisticians-w

At the end of May, I saw a small, fast coronavirus test that offered a path to mass screening. The firm's CEO promised on camera it'd be ready in 6-8

You may be wondering what's going on with the contact tracing app. We were too, so @SkyNewsValerie asked the Department of HealthI think we can all agree this clears things

Boris Johnson says contact tracing should only force a very small number of people into quarantineThe best estimates suggest that if there are 10,000 fresh cases a day, then as

Seeing as the PM broke the embargo, here's today's newsThe Test and Trace scheme launches tomorrow. Anyone who's been in close contact with someone who tests positive will be asked

Whoops. NHSX left its planning documents in an open Google Drive folder where @mattburgess1 could take a look at themhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/nhs-covid-19-app-health-status-future Nothing in here is shocking - not having shocking leaks