UK lockdown saved thousands – but could have saved more

The UK coronavirus lockdown prevented almost half a million deaths, according to researchers who warn that precautions are "necessary" to avoid a second wave. A...

Hospital patient numbers down – new cases up

The number of ‘active’ cases of coronavirus in the Valencia region has gone up after 246 new infections were reported today by the regional...

Covid-19 measures to be to stepped up

Boris Johnson has accepted that the coronavirus outbreak can no longer be contained in the UK, signalling the start of the next phase in...

Family, friends, and furlough are all hit for six

CRUCIAL last over in a tight fought T20 cricket match between an unsteady Boris Johnson select XI and a scratch Covid-19 side...the ball flies...

Winter to bring flurry of Covid red cards

LITTLE Britain is quickly turning from a green and pleasant land into a grey and dour fiefdom ruled by a book of regulations that...

Door-to-door collection leads to 80% of waste recycled

Pedreguer residents recycle more than double the national average and a third more than the European Union’s target for 2025 thanks to its initially-controversial...

Harry and Meghan did not consult HM The Queen

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not consult the Queen or the Prince of Wales about the contents of their bombshell statement saying...

More UK lockdown easing measures

By Aine Fox, PA More parts of the UK's economy could be given the green light to reopen, a day after the chancellor announced an...

Government playing Space Invaders again

COMPUTER games are still central to Boris Johnson’s government strategy during the coronavirus crisis with advisors gathered around a console now predicting 85,000 winter...

UK to ease lockdown next week

UK CORONAVIRUS lockdown measures could start being eased from Monday, Boris Johnson said, despite concerns over the epidemic in care homes and ongoing frustration...

Howling at the ‘moonshots’

BE AFRAID, be very afraid’ was the message this week as new Covid-19 restrictions were sprinkled like fairy dust across the four nations of...

UK government’s slow response has cost lives, says expert

THE UK is among a handful of countries singled out by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for having "tempered" the "positive signs" that Europe...

Sadiq Khan: ‘Let Londoners keep EU citizenship’

LONDONERS who are heartbroken over Brexit should be allowed to keep their EU citizenship, Sadiq Khan suggests. Ahead of a visit to Brussels on Tuesday,...

UK in historic recession

By Holly Williams, PA BRITAIN has collapsed into its largest recession on record after the coronavirus lockdown sparked a 20.4% contraction between April and June...

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Brexit passport rule changes

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