The Government is planning to ramp up promotion of the coronavirus vaccine amid rising concerns over the spread of anti-vaxxer conspiracy theories. With the jab expected to be approved this week and a possible rollout within days, health ministers are said to be in talks with high profile stars to promote positive messages about it. […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Diplomats in Westminster and Brussels have entered into what is regarded as the final week of Brexit trade talks as the deadline in four weeks looms. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the […]
Boris Johnson’s dog Dilyn is thought to have caught coronavirus at the time the Prime Minister was taken into intensive care. It is said the Jack Russell terrier, who lives at Number 10 with Mr Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds, was wheezy and too tired to go for walks. ‘It’s well known the virus […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain and the European Union are running out of time to clinch a Brexit trade deal but if good progress is made this week then the talks could be extended, Environment Secretary George Eustice said on Monday.FILE PHOTO: A British Union Jack flag flutters outside the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium January […]
Coronavirus cases fell by almost a third in England during the second national lockdown, research suggests. The fall was driven by reductions of more than half in the North West and North East, which were subject to the toughest tier three measures before nationwide restrictions were imposed, according to the latest interim findings from Imperial […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The college insisted that its decision to sack an English teacher following a row over his lecture was “not an issue of free speech”. Will Knowland was fired after he “persistently refused” to […]
PARIS (AFP) – Four French police officers have been charged in connection with the beating of a black man in Paris, with two held in custody, a judicial source said Monday (Nov 30). The examining magistrate charged three with “willful violence by a person holding public authority” and “forgery”. Two were kept behind bars, while […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Her Majesty likes to spend Christmas in her Sandringham Estate and usually stays there until February. But her Christmas decorations remain in place during her stay in the Norfolk residence for one specific […]
LONDON (BLOOMBERG) – Cases of coronavirus in England fell 30 per cent after lockdown measures were rolled out in November, according to a study by Imperial College London and market research company Ipsos Mori. The findings show cases were rising as the country entered a four-week lockdown on Nov 5 and that a sharp decrease […]
A woman admitted she attempted to drown a dog after it was found in a river being dragged down by a huge rock tied to its lead. 10-year-old Belgian Shepherd Bella was found up to her neck in freezing water in the River Trent, Nottingham, on January 6 this year. She was spotted by a […]