Lockdown measures in a Spanish city 100 miles from Barcelona have today been tightened, with residents now ordered to say indoors and only leave for food or to work if ‘essential’. In the first lockdown of its kind since the end of the state of emergency in Spain, around 140,000 people in Lleida, just under … Read more
It might sound daunting – particularly for the more squeamish – but NHS patients are now routinely being offered complex hand surgery while wide awake, with doctors claiming the method is faster and safer than operating with a general anaesthetic. Instead of being put to sleep, injections containing a numbing local anaesthetic and adrenaline, which … Read more
Ready for take-off? Top tips to stay safe on your next flight, from wearing a face mask to using the toilet before your board the plane Pack a few face coverings as they’re compulsory in airports and on most planes Don’t forget to wash or sanitise your hands before, and especially after, security Use the toilets … Read more
VICTORIA’S CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS AS OF JULY 8: * 134 new cases * Total number of cases: 2942 * 11 new cases linked to outbreaks * 123 under investigation * No new cases in returned international travellers * 75 infections in total at nine public housing towers in hard lockdown * 29,424 tests done on Tuesday … Read more
Drew Barrymore says she spends a lot of time trying to stay as thin as she was in her twenties when she made movies such as Batman Forever, Scream and The Wedding Singer. The 45-year-old Charlie’s Angels vet told InStyle‘s August issue – which she photographed herself at home – that she has to take … Read more
AstraZeneca boss urging PM Boris Johnson to find a way of collaborating with China amid increasing political pressure to loosen links Relations have been strained by Beijing’s decision to impose a new tough security law on Hong Kong American Secretary of State has accused the British bank HSBC of ‘kowtowing’ to China By Alex Brummer … Read more
Lewis Hamilton tells his fellow Formula 1 drivers that if they stay silent on their opposition to racial injustice, they’re ‘complicit’ in racism F1 legend Lewis Hamilton is set to take part in the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday He warned his competitors they are complicit in racism if they stay silent on it Six-time … Read more
Lewis Hamilton tells his fellow Formula 1 drivers that if they stay silent on their opposition to racial injustice, they’re ‘complicit’ in racism F1 legend Lewis Hamilton is set to take part in the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday He warned his competitors they are complicit in racism if they stay silent on it Six-time … Read more
Mapped: Our selection of the UK’s best pubs with rooms Back in the 18th century, Samuel Johnson said: ‘There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced, as by a good tavern or inn.’ During the dark days of lockdown, many a regular has looked wistfully in … Read more
Back in the 18th century, Samuel Johnson said: ‘There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced, as by a good tavern or inn.’ During the dark days of lockdown, many a regular has looked wistfully in the direction of the locked doors and wondered when the … Read more