Tuesday, 5 Nov 2024

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Leading Brexiteer calls for ‘common sense’ to fight Covid – ‘Don’t criminalise behaviour’

Kate Garraway says coronavirus vaccine is 'extraordinary' She clashed with Simon Williams, a behavioural expert from Swansea University, who claimed there is “no such thing as common sense in unprecedented times”. On Wednesday Boris Johnson called on Britons to have “short” and “small” Christmas celebrations to defend against coronavirus. He added rules will still be relaxed […]

Lockerbie bombing: US to charge Pan Am flight 103 suspect

The US is expected to unseal charges against another suspect in the 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing which killed 270 people, US media is reporting. A Libyan intelligence officer identified as Abu Agila Mohammad Masud is in custody in Libya and will be extradited to the US to stand trial, the Wall Street Journal said. The […]

Another 612 people die as UK confirms 25,161 new Covid cases

A further 612 people in the UK have lost their lives after testing positive for coronavirus, the Department of Health have confirmed. In the past 24 hours another 25,161 infections have been recorded, bringing the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 1,913,277. Yesterday’s data showed 18,450 new coronavirus infections and 506 deaths. […]

Tesco shelf stacker 'sacked because he had to self-isolate'

A shelf stacker at Tesco claims he lost his job after he told bosses he couldn’t come into work because he had to self isolate.  Dominic Clark, 24, was told by Test-and-Trace he should stay at home for two weeks after a member of his household tested positive for Covid.  He had only just started […]