The Health Secretary said “there is evidence in the public domain, although we are not sure of this data” and said the variant is being tested at the Government’s Porton Down research facility as well as in a clinical trial in South Africa to ch…
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emperatures could drop as low as -10C in the coming days as the flooding and heavy rain of Storm Christoph gives way to colder winter weather.
The rain is expected to ease off but the mercury will begin to plunge, with sub-zero temperatures bringi…
Priti Patel announces £800 fines for attending house partiesPriti Patel has announced new £800 fines from next week for anyone attending an illegal house party of more than 15 people.
The home secretary said the fine will double for each repeat offence…
Almost 200 flood warnings remain in place across the country this morning – four of which are “danger to live” warnings – after thousands of people were told to leave their homes.
Some 2,000 properties in Greater Manchester – which has also seen sno…
Dennis Eagle’s eCollect all-electric refuse collection vehicle (eRCV) has gone into service with customers around the UK. The 26-tonne vehicle is said to be the first fully-integrated RCV designed by an original equipment manufacturer.
The first vehic…
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At least one in eight people in England had had COVID-19 by December last year, new survey data estimates.
The figures for private households come from the Office for National Statistics COVID-19 Infection Survey in partnership with the University of O…
The Health Secretary said he will be “staying at home and not leaving at all until Sunday” after being “pinged” by the coronavirus Test and Trace system.
In a video message shared on Twitter, Mr Hancock instressed that self-isolation is “perhaps the…
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n estimated one in eight people in England had had Covid-19 by December last year, according to antibody data from the Office for National Statistic’s Covid-19 Infection Survey.
It comes as the number of first doses delivered in the UK passed four …
A COUPLE had a lucky escape when a driver plunged into the River Thames just metres from where they were walking.
Richard and Niki Schäfer were walking their dog along the foopath in Thames Side, Henley, when a Ford pick-up clipped a lamp post behind t…
Michael Apted’s Up, a Decades-Long Film on Britain’s Class System
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The 1964 film Seven Up! asked 14 British seven-year-olds about their hopes of being the “shop steward and the executive of the year 2000.” Revisiting them every seven y…
We all have a favourite band or musician – but not many of us can say we have made a grand gesture in homage to them.
Max Paley can though – as the Madchester music fan has opened a curry house celebrating his favourite band, with all the dishes named …
The new Brazilian strain of coronavirus is likely to have already entered the UK, before the government’s imposition of travel restrictions on the South American country, a leading epidemiologist has warned.Professor John Edmunds, a member of the Gover…
The TelegraphWhat happens after you’ve had the Covid vaccine – and can you drink alcohol that evening?The rollout of the coronavirus vaccine is well and truly underway, with jabs set to accelerate in the coming weeks as several new mass vaccine centres…
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he UK is to face short-term delays in delivery of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as the pharmaceutical company upgrades its production capacity.
Pfizer is increasing its production at its plant in Puurs, Belgium, in efforts to produce more doses th…