Hug your friends and family in just over a FORTNIGHT

Britons will be allowed to hug their friends and family in just over a fortnight as ministers look set to follow through with the next stage of Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown. The country’s hugely-successful vaccine drive – coupled with social distancing rules – has meant just one in 1,000 people in England now have … Read more

Hug your friends and family in just over a FORTNIGHT

Britons will be allowed to hug their friends and family in just over a fortnight as ministers look set to follow through with the next stage of Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown. The country’s hugely-successful vaccine drive – coupled with social distancing rules – has meant just one in 1,000 people in England now have … Read more

How to take SIX cruises around Britain this summer with less than a fortnight off work

So many cruise lines are offering short breaks from British ports this summer that a canny traveller can enjoy six voyages with less than a fortnight’s leave from work. By basing their trips around weekends, cruisers can savour the maiden voyages of two gleaming new ships plus four other beauties from other lines while using … Read more

Moderna jab to be deployed in a fortnight, minister reveals as experts behind Valneva’s vaccine

The long-awaited Moderna coronavirus vaccine will be dished out in Britain within the next two weeks, No10’s vaccine minister revealed today.  Nadhim Zahawi said the first batch of the jab — approved by regulators in January — is set to arrive in the third week of this month, with ‘more volume’ expected in May.  Ministers … Read more

Moderna jab to be deployed in a fortnight, minister reveals as experts behind Valneva’s vaccine

The long-awaited Moderna coronavirus vaccine will be dished out in Britain within the next two weeks, No10’s vaccine minister revealed today.  Nadhim Zahawi said the first batch of the jab — approved by regulators in January — is set to arrive in the third week of this month, with ‘more volume’ expected in May.  Ministers … Read more

Weekly Covid deaths in England and Wales have nearly HALVED in a fortnight to 2,000

Weekly Covid deaths have almost halved in a fortnight and dropped to their lowest levels since before the second wave took off in the autumn, official figures revealed today. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data showed 2,105 fatalities were linked to the virus in England and Wales over the seven days to March 5 — … Read more

Covid England: More than 20 inmates die from Covid in prisons within a fortnight

More than 20 prisoners have died in a fortnight after contracting coronavirus, figures suggest. Provisional data from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) show the deaths of 24 inmates for the two-week period to March 1 were Covid-related. During this time, 1,478 prisoners tested positive in around half the jails in England and Wales. As of … Read more

Covid England: More than 20 inmates die from Covid in prisons within a fortnight

More than 20 prisoners have died in a fortnight after contracting coronavirus, figures suggest. Provisional data from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) show the deaths of 24 inmates for the two-week period to March 1 were Covid-related. During this time, 1,478 prisoners tested positive in around half the jails in England and Wales. As of … Read more

Kate Lawler’s newborn daughter Noa is discharged from hospital following second stay in a fortnight

She rushed her baby Noa to hospital on Thursday, after discovering her finger had become infected. And, after being forced to stay in overnight, Kate Lawler, 41, revealed that her newborn daughter has ‘officially been discharged’ and can now be taken home. The little girl’s latest hospital stay is her second in a fortnight, with her Big … Read more

Covid outbreak has almost HALVED in size in a fortnight in England

England’s coronavirus outbreak has halved in size in a fortnight –  but the speed of decline may have started to level off, official figures revealed today.  Office for National Statistics (ONS) experts estimated 373,700 people would test positive for the virus on any given day in the week to February 19 – the equivalent of one in … Read more