An additional 610 people have died within 28 days of contracting the coronavirus, the latest government data has confirmed, bringing the total death toll of the UK’s outbreak to 97,939. While weekend data on fatalities tends to be lower than...
The Government said a further 1,820 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 - the highest number of UK deaths reported on a single day since the outbreak began. The increase to the number of fatalities observed in...
This quarantine method of insisting arrivals stay for a period of time in hotels before being allowed to mix with the rest of society has been used in many nations for many months. Australia has been using this control method...
From Monday, January 18, 10 new mass vaccination centres will open in England. The 10 new venues will join the seven mass vaccination centres already offering covid vaccines across the country. According to the Government’s coronavirus dashboard statistics, almost four million people...
Incoming BBC chair Richard Sharp has defended his links with the Conservative party, insisting that it is “not unusual” for the post to go to people with political associations. Eyebrows were raised over the nomination of the former Goldman Sachs banker because...
Councils across England are facing having to make unprecedented cuts to services in the coming years, after coronavirus left them with multimillion-pound black holes in their funding. The cost to local authorities of the pandemic has been revealed as £1.1bn to £2.2bn, prompting leaders to describe their...
The Home Office is introducing the new measure as ID cards are incredibly easy to fake and are being used by criminals to gain entry into the UK. Home Secretary, Priti Patel, is introducing the post-Brexit measure so that EU nationals...
Damning new evidence presented to the Prime Minister by scientists over the last 24 hours have left him feel he has no choice but to take urgent action. The lockdown will come into effect tomorrow but the public is being...
The new year has been ushered in by widespread frost and freezing fog with temperatures plunging below freezing after midnight. Temperatures dropped as low as minus 4C in some parts of southern England in the early hours, and wintry showers...
Musicians will have to abandon tours after the Brexit trade deal threatens to inflict punishing new costs and bureaucracy, industry leaders are warning. Concert-lovers in the UK risk missing out on seeing leading artists, while domestic artists will struggle to afford to perform in...
