Ryan Thomas admits frequent travels to Manchester put a ‘strain’ on Lucy Mecklenburgh relationship

Ryan Thomas had admitted that travelling to Manchester to visit daughter Scarlett has put a ‘strain’ on his relationship with fiancé Lucy Mecklenburgh. The former Coronation Street star, 36, lives in Essex with his former TOWIE star partner Lucy, 29, and their 11-month-old son Roman, but Scarlett, 12, lives in Manchester with her mum Tina O’Brien, … Read more

Somerset police launch urgent search for missing schoolgirl, 14, who vanished after leaving her home

Police launch urgent search for missing schoolgirl, 14, who vanished after leaving her home The girl, named only as Niamh, left her home in a village near Taunton, Somerset Officers said they need help to find the teen, who went missing at 4pm yesterday Avon and Somerset Police said: ‘Niamh is white, 5ft 4ins tall … Read more

EOTB’s Ashley Cain says there are ‘few options’ to help daughter Azaylia after leukaemia returned

Ashley Cain has admitted to fans that there are ‘very few options’ to help his baby daughter Azaylia after her leukaemia returned. The Ex On The Beach star, 30, shared an Instagram post on Wednesday, saying he and partner Safiyya Vorajee’s next course of action was to reduce her cyclosporine medication in the hope it will … Read more

Scientists will test whether gout drug helps infected adults beat Covid symptoms

Researchers will test whether a gout drug can help coronavirus-infected adults fight off the illness at home.  Oxford University experts have begun trials on colchicine to discover whether it can speed up recovery time and stop people needing hospital care.  The anti-inflammatory drug — which costs just 30p per pill — has been doled out … Read more

Myanmar coup: Police filmed brutally beating ambulance crew

Riot police have been filmed brutally beating volunteer medics for helping wounded pro-democracy protesters in Myanmar.  CCTV footage captured in the country’s largest city of Yangon on Wednesday showed armed police stopping an ambulance at gunpoint and forcing three medics out before attacking them.  One officer blasts one of the vehicle’s windows with a shotgun … Read more

GRAHAM GRANT: Don’t be fooled by forgetful Nicola Sturgeon’s snake oil act

It was a slick performance by a politician fighting for her job – but Nicola Sturgeon’s top priority wasn’t impressing the committee. Much of her appearance was a pitch to the ordinary punter, which accounts for some of the more emotional moments. She spoke of Alex Salmond as her former ‘bestie’, a ‘revered’ man. But … Read more

Covid: Pfizer and Moderna vaccines give T-cell immunity against new variants

Immunity produced by white blood cells is ‘not substantially affected’ by mutated coronavirus variants, scientists have found.  Experts were concerned the current jabs might not work as well against the South African and Brazilian variants because they changed its shape. Studies found disease-fighting proteins called antibodies were less effective in the face of the new strains, … Read more

UK’s Covid vaccine drive set to drastically pick up pace from 15 March

Britain’s coronavirus vaccine drive should drastically pick up pace from March 15 because supplies will ‘increase substantially’, NHS bosses have revealed. The programme, which is crucial to Britain’s hopes of seeing lockdown eased over the next few months, slowed down in February due to manufacturing issues. Ministers promised March would be a ‘bumper’ month for … Read more

Beer we go! Wetherspoon will open its gardens from April 12 

Wetherspoon is to open beer gardens, rooftop gardens and patios at 394 of its pubs in England when the lockdown continues to ease from April 12, the company has announced. The pubs will be open from 9am to 9pm from Sunday to Thursday and 9am to 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays, although some will have … Read more

Britain’s daily Covid cases fall by another third in a week to 6,385

Britain today recorded another 6,385 Covid cases and 315 deaths, with both measures continuing to fall week-on-week amid mounting pressure on No10 to consider easing lockdown sooner.  Department of Health statistics show infections have plunged nearly 36 per cent on last Wednesday, when 9,938 positive tests were added to the Government’s official toll. Fatalities have … Read more