This is the first time since the lockdowns began – eight long months ago – that we’ve filmed somewhere that’s still completely untouched by COVID-19. In the harbour town of West Bay, the 13,000 residents have managed to not register a single case of coronavirus. A miracle, good prevention, geography or luck? Probably a mix. […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The monarch, 94, is staying at Windsor Castle, which is in Tier 2 under the new system. But nearby Slough, which is also in Berkshire, is in Tier 3. Berkshire is the […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The Queen’s time on the throne has proved definitive, as the 94-year-old monarch has presided over the longest reign in British history. The line to the top of the Royal Family now […]
A woman accused of being the “matriarch” in Britain’s largest domestic burglary conspiracy claims she was actually only an escort paid £5,000 to keep one of the suspects “company”. Maria Mester, 47, told a court she was only in London to “kill two birds with one stone” – to escort the man, and to allow […]
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was one of Iran’s foremost nuclear scientists. A professor of physics and an officer in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, he was a well-known figure among the intelligence communities of Iran’s foes, chiefly the United States and Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has named him directly when talking about the threat Iran posed […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. In The Crown season four, Charles, played by Josh O’Connor, is shown to be openly resentful of Diana’s popularity during their tour of Australia together. Diana, played by Emma Corrin, goes to […]
GENEVA — In late May, the American ambassador in Geneva, Andrew Bremberg, went on a rescue mission to the World Health Organization headquarters. He told its director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, that despite weeks of threats that President Trump would quit the health organization, the relationship could still be salvaged. Mr. Bremberg hand-delivered a list […]
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia’s military has started a mass coronavirus vaccination campaign which aims to innoculate more than 400,000 servicemen, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on Friday (Nov 27). Shoigu said that over 2,500 soldiers had already been vaccinated, adding that by the end of the year the number is expected to reach 80,000. Russia […]
No 10 requested that doses of the University of Oxford Covid vaccine are labelled with Union Flags, it has been reported. The Oxford-AstraZeneca, which is said to be up to 90% effective, is still going through clinical trials, before it will be submitted for regulatory approval. The government has pre-ordered 100 million doses of the […]
A new graph has revealed how close each area is to being moved out of their current tier restrictions. England will leave its second nationwide lockdown on December 2 and a ‘strengthened’ tier system will be reintroduced. This week the government confirmed which areas would face the harshest restrictions, with 99% of England facing tough […]