ROME (AFP) – Italy, one of the countries hit worst by the coronavirus pandemic, plans to launch a massive vaccination campaign in January, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Saturday (Nov 21). The vaccine drive “will get underway towards the end of January when we hope to have the first doses”, Dr Speranza told a […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. On Wednesday Boris Johnson announced a “once in a generation modernisation” of Britain’s armed forces with an additional £16.5bn in funding over the next four years. This money will be invested in space […]
“We don’t tan, we rust,” laughed one woman as everyone was getting drenched in the queue. Despite the torrential rain the line stretched almost halfway down the street by 1.30pm when the doors opened. A lockdown in November was never going to be easy. Everyone was waiting on this street in Stretford near Old Trafford […]
Boris Johnson is expected to announce his plan for winter on Monday, including a strengthened three-tier system of local restrictions for England. Ministers will then set out what tier each area will be placed into on Thursday. MPs are expected to be given the vote to approve the new system in the days before it […]
A man has been charged for the suspected murder of a woman who was reportedly stabbed to death and then run over by a car outside her own house. Jack Notman, 27, is accused of killing the woman, 25, outside a house in Tamworth, Staffordshire. Notman, also from Tamworth, was arrested on suspicion of murder […]
Pubs, restaurants and shops in Wales were packed this weekend as people flocked to meet each other and grab a drink after the country’s firebreak lockdown ended. Wales went into a short firebreak lockdown on October 23 and came out of it on November 9. Photographs show people in Swansea and Cardiff taking advantage of […]
The chancellor will announce a £500m package to support mental health services following the “major impact” of the coronavirus pandemic. Rishi Sunak will pledge the new funding in his Spending Review on Wednesday, when he will also deliver his long-term plan for infrastructure investment, the Treasury said. The majority of the spending is planned to […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU advisor David Frost appear to be at loggerheads with the bloc’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier in Brexit talks. This stalemate comes four years after Britons decisively […]
Another 341 people have died with coronavirus in the UK, bringing the total official death toll to 54,626. The latest figures from the Department of Health also show another 19,875 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the latest 24 hour period. This brings the total number of people who have tested positive since the […]
A woman who ‘brazenly’ drove away from court having just been disqualified from driving has been hauled in front of a judge again. Simara Knopka, 39, from Macclesfield, was initially banned from getting behind the wheel for two years for driving the wrong way down the M60 and causing a head-on crash. But minutes after […]