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As Nietzsche put it:
“A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.”

...revealed record NHS waiting lists, high caseloads and severe staffing shortages. It warned that a major expansion of the labor force was needed in health care but that the government was not doing enough to recruit and train.

An enormous and growing backlog of patients in Britain’s free health service has led to delays or diversions in planned care, in part because of the pandemic — a largely unseen crisis within a crisis. The problems are likely to have profound consequences that will be felt for years.

In England, nearly six million procedures are currently delayed, up from 4.6 million before the pandemic, according to the N.H.S. — and most likely representing almost one-tenth of the population. Hundreds of thousands more people haven’t yet been referred for treatment, and many ailments have simply gone undiagnosed.

Experts say that severe staffing shortages this winter and the wildfire spread of the Omicron variant have almost certainly made the situation worse. Public health experts now worry that even if the pandemic eases and relieves some of the immediate burden, the pandemic and delayed care could do lasting harm to the health system, as well as to patients.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/26/world/europe/coronavirus-uk-nhs-backlog.html?campaign_id=51&emc=edit_mbe_20220127&instance_id=51419&nl=morning-briefing%3A-europe-edition®i_id=82323587&segment_id=80874&te=1&user_id=aa651dd6ef3f19859156d9557dc3264c

Rainbow Rare Earths CEO, George Bennett, commented:

"This amendment serves to underscore our belief in the significant potential of the Phalaborwa rare earths Project and removes any uncertainty surrounding the benefit derived by Rainbow by fixing our majority shareholding at 70%."

Analysts at UBS expect that the government will not want to penalise builders too harshly and hinder their ability to deliver new housing supply, which means that “a likely outcome is some sort of burden sharing”.

From The Telegraph today:

Sir John Bell, who is part of the Oxford University vaccine team, says UK manufacturers should try harder at making working lateral flow tests.

From The Telegraph today:

Sir John Bell, who is part of the Oxford University vaccine team, says UK manufacturers should try harder at making working lateral flow tests.

From The Telegraph today:

Sir John Bell, who is part of the Oxford University vaccine team, says UK manufacturers should try harder at making working lateral flow tests.

René Kamminga, C EO of OptiBiotix Limited, commented : "We are very pleased to announce our BRC accreditation which supports our commercial strategy of selling final product solutions to partners in the retail channel containing our science backed pro and prebiotic ingredients.

Best wishes, old chap!

The rally came as Rolls:

Finally sold its Spanish business ITP Aero for £1.5billion;
Clinched a £1.9billion contract to supply parts for the US Air Force's fleet of B-52 bombers for the next three decades;
Celebrated after the Government indicated it will plough more cash into its project to build mini nuclear reactors
The triple-whammy is the latest news to boost the Rolls share price this month.

The company has already been lifted by US plans to reopen its borders to Britons and Europeans for the first time since the pandemic hit – kick-starting transatlantic air travel.

Rolls also looks set to play a role in supplying Australia with submarine reactors in the new AUKUS security pact.

The share price is still below the level the group was trading at before the pandemic sent markets into freefall in February 2020 – and is a far cry from its 402p all-time peak in 2014. But the jump indicates Rolls is on track to recover from the worst ravages of the Covid crisis. And it is likely to boost confidence in chief executive Warren East, who has been trying to turn Rolls around ever since he took charge in 2015.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-10034027/Rolls-Royce-shares-surge-18-month-high.html

More demand for self-testing solutions in the future:
https://www.thearmchairtrader.com/abingdon-health-share-price-forecast/

An antibody testing programme for people who have tested positive for COVID-19 is to be launched across the UK.

The government's new programme is intended to produce data on antibody protections for people following infection by different coronavirus variants.

From Tuesday, anyone aged 18 or over in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, will be able to opt in to the programme when receiving a PCR test.

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-antibody-testing-programme-to-be-launched-uk-wide-12387201

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiPap5QESDA

Fund manager JO Hambro sells out of Morrisons despite calling for higher bids.

Stock exchange filings reveal that JO Hambro, a long-only fund with £31 billion of assets under management, started selling shares in Morrisons at 233p on June 22 and has sold 15.29 million to reduce its stake in the UK’s fourth-largest supermarket from 2.97 per cent to 2.33 per cent.

JO Hambro’s most recent trade was at 267p to take advantage of Morrisons’ highest share price in eight years.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fund-manager-jo-hambro-sells-out-of-morrisons-despite-calling-for-higher-bids-zjp3f7vdr

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As of 9:30AM EDT. Market open.

... to a decision to mine, as the high grade drill results continue to flow in.

As if we hadn’t had enough of it already, the positive newsflow from Greatland Gold PLC (LON:GGP) just keeps on coming.

Just over a week ago the company’s joint venture partner at the Havieron discovery in Western Australia, Newcrest Mining Ltd (ASX:NCM) commenced construction of a decline that’s designed to go down all the way to the top of the mineralization.

Lest there be any doubt, this is not just a mere exploration decline.

Rather, with dimensions of six metres by five point seven meters, this is a decline that’s designed ultimately to facilitate mining.

No decision to mine’s yet been made, but the pieces of the jigsaw are falling into place such that it’s pretty clear now what kind of picture Newcrest thinks it’s putting together.

Newcrest, after all, has been pushing ahead at breakneck speed ever since it bought into the Havieron project, and the latest set of drill results, published on 10 June give a pretty clear indication as to why.

Among the highlights from this latest batch of assays was 85 metres at 11 grams per tonne gold and 0.29% copper – an exceptional result that would be the standout intercept at any other project. But Havieron has been yielding up results of that ilk or better almost since day one, when Greatland first punched its maiden hole down through the overburden all those years ago.
https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/952306/greatland-gold-edges-closer-to-a-decision-to-mine-as-the-high-grade-drill-results-continue-to-flow-in-952306.html

Cheers, Paddy; much appreciated, as ever.

I salute your courage and optimism, archways; long may you live!

Also:

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/quote/EEENF?p=EEENF&.tsrc=fin-srch