Coronavirus: UK announces deaths for Thursday

The UK has announced another 55 deaths from Covid-19 today in its early count. Another 44 people were confirmed to have died in NHS England hospitals, along with six in Wales, three in Scotland and two in Northern Ireland.  A full update will be published by the Department of Health later today. The early count comes as … Read more

Rhondda Cynon Taf in South Wales to go into local lockdown from 6pm on Thursday

The second local lockdown to hit south Wales is being blamed on two pubs and a coach trip to the races. Rhondda Cynon Taf will be placed under a local lockdown from 6pm on Thursday following an increase of coronavirus cases, the Welsh Government has announced. Residents of the council area will be banned from meeting households … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Deaths announced for Thursday

England and Northern Ireland announced the deaths of nine more people with coronavirus today, while no more have been confirmed in Wales or Scotland. A full update will be produced later today by the Department of Health, which will include deaths in care homes and also the number of new positive tests. Fatalities are no … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Deaths announced for Thursday

England and Northern Ireland announce nine more coronavirus deaths in early count By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 14:11 BST, 10 September 2020 | Updated: 14:46 BST, 10 September 2020 England and Northern Ireland announced the deaths of nine more people with coronavirus today, while no more have been confirmed in Wales … Read more

GCSE confusion as pupils get ‘centre assessment grades’ on Thursday but ‘official results’ next week

There was fresh confusion today over when exactly thousands of pupils sitting GCSEs will receive their grades.  The Department for Education last night said that schools and college students would receive their ‘centre assessment grades’ on Thursday, the day they should have received them if they had sat exams. But at the same time, the DfE … Read more

GCSE students WILL get their teacher-estimated grades on Thursday

GCSE students will be awarded with their teacher’s predicted grades despite calls to have their results delayed in the wake of the A-level results fiasco. Pupils will be able to take the higher of either their adjusted grade or their estimate mark after the regulator Ofqual confirmed England would follow steps already taken by Scotland, … Read more

Coronavirus: UK deaths and cases on Thursday

Another 13 people have died of Covid-19 in England’s hospitals but no-one else has died of the illness in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, officials revealed today. Scotland today marked four full weeks without a single death from coronavirus north of the border, according to its official government statistics. A full round-up of the total … Read more

Teddi Mellencamp’s five-month-old daughter Dove set to have neurosurgery on Thursday

Teddi Mellencamp’s five-month-old daughter Dove set to have neurosurgery on Thursday for her rare skull development condition Teddi Mellencamp spoke about her daughter Dove’s Thursday neurosurgical procedure  on Wednesday’s Teddi Tea Pod podcast ‘We need to be at the hospital at 5:15[a.m.] and she’s not allowed to have a bottle before her 7am surgery,’ said … Read more

Coronavirus: UK confirms Thursday death toll

British officials have confirmed another 45 coronavirus deaths today in the preliminary toll, taking the nation’s official number of victims to 43,951.  The count, which only includes a fraction of the fatalities in England, was announced by adding up the updates by NHS England, Public Health Wales and the Scottish and Northern Irish governments.  A full … Read more