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Nando's sauce is latest victim of Brexit as Spain seize man's personal stash

A British expat was denied his chance to taste Nando’s Peri-Peri sauce for the first time because of Brexit regulations. Spanish border guards seized the signature hot sauce from the chicken restaurant chain after Joseph Lathey returned from a quick trip to Gibraltar. He was told that nearly all of his £43 shopping spree would […]

Storm Christoph sparks emergency Cobra meeting as severe warnings are extended

Boris Johnson told MPs he will chair a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee in response to Storm Christoph. Some communities have already seen major incidents declared due to flooding, with Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire badly hit. The storm is bringing ‘significant’ rainfall, with amber and yellow warnings in place and snow predicted in […]

Hospitals 'look like war zones' as they reach breaking point in Covid battle

Some hospitals ‘look like a warzone’ as they struggle with the huge strain caused by the second wave of Covid-19, the Government’s chief scientific adviser has said. Sir Patrick Vallance said the situation in the health service is ‘very, very bad at the moment’ with staff under ‘enormous pressure’. He told Sky News: ‘In some […]

UK Covid-19 toll is 'horrendous' as grim milestone of 100,000 dead looms

LONDON (REUTERS) – As Britain’s Covid-19 death toll approaches 100,000, Home Secretary Priti Patel said on Wednesday (Jan 20) that the numbers were horrendous but that it was not the time to look back at the government’s possible mismanagement of the crisis. Britain’s official Covid-19 death toll is 91,470 – Europe’s worst death figure and […]