The UK today recorded a third fewer coronavirus deaths than last week as seven more victims were recorded and another 2,874 positive tests were announced. Today’s infections are up slightly on the 2,657 last Thursday, a rise of about 8 per cent, but the national case rate has largely remained stable since April. Meanwhile, latest data shows … Read more
The UK today recorded a third fewer coronavirus deaths than last week as seven more victims were recorded and another 2,874 positive tests were announced. Today’s infections are up slightly on the 2,657 last Thursday, a rise of about 8 per cent, but the national case rate has largely remained stable since April. Meanwhile, latest data shows … Read more
Six pubs have closed every week during the three Covid-19 lockdowns with premises demolished or converted into housing or shops. Figures released today showed 384 pubs have closed permanently during the national and tiered local restrictions over the past 14 months. The number of locals is down by one per cent from 40,886 to 40,502, … Read more
An Indian professor has died of Covid-19 soon after taking to social media to beg for an ICU bed, as the death toll has climbed with another 3,874 fatalities in 24 hours. Nabila Sadiq, a professor at Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University, died on Monday night after taking to Twitter on May 4 to beg … Read more
Crowds of travellers defied police today by turning up for an historic horse fair which had been cancelled due to the pandemic. The 750-year-old Wickham Horse Fair, which usually attracts thousands, had been cancelled for the second consecutive year to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Signage had been placed on all main routes into … Read more
Travellers descend on Wickham to hold ‘small event’ in defiance of ban on 750-year-old horse fair forcing roads and pubs to shut Crowds of travellers turned up for the illicit event despite event being cancelled The Wickham fair was not running again this year to prevent the spread of Covid It is the second year … Read more
Hundreds of special forces troops have joined the hunt for a heavily armed Belgian soldier who has threatened the country’s top virologist and vowed to fight to the death against lockdown restrictions. Corporal Jurgen Conings, 46, disappeared on Monday after threatening Marc Van Ranst, a leading academic who has become a public figure in Belgium … Read more
Prince William rolls up his sleeves for the vaccine effort: Duke, 38, reveals he has already received his first dose – hours after Matt Hancock urged everyone eligible to step forward because it is ‘now a straight race between jab and the Indian Variant’ if England is to unlock on June 21 By Mark Duell … Read more
Prince William rolls up his sleeves for the vaccine effort: Duke, 38, reveals he has already received his first dose – hours after Matt Hancock urged everyone eligible to step forward because it is ‘now a straight race between jab and the Indian Variant’ if England is to unlock on June 21 By Mark Duell … Read more
Cat Deeley looks effortlessly chic in leather trousers and thigh-high boots teamed with a textured jacket as she attends VIP launch party in London By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 20:50 BST, 19 May 2021 | Updated: 07:18 BST, 20 May 2021 She moved back from LA to London last year, while England was in … Read more