‘That’s not essential travel!’ Good Morning Britain viewers criticise ITV as Laura Tobin travels from Tier 4 London to Tier 2 Blenheim Palace to present the weather Laura, who is usually based in the GMB studio, presented live from Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire – an area currently under Tier 2 restrictions London has been plunged … Read more
Stormont ministers are to issue guidance advising against non-essential travel between Northern Ireland and both Great Britain and the Irish Republic after a bid for an outright ban on GB travel was voted down. People arriving in Northern Ireland will also be advised to self-isolate for ten days. A Sinn Fein proposal for a temporary … Read more
Describing any British industry as world-class these days is sure to get you a poke in the eye from critics who are contemptuous of so-called Anglo-Saxon ‘exceptionalism’. Yet I am going to risk a black eye and say there are a couple of exceptions, one of them being the UK’s thriving pharmaceuticals and life sciences … Read more
Pressure is mounting for Britain to approve Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine to stop the spiralling outbreak that has wrecked Christmas for millions. Oxford and AstraZeneca‘s jab may now be the UK’s last hope for lifting lockdown rules before spring 2021 because the country can’t get enough doses of Pfizer‘s or Moderna’s – which won’t come … Read more
The temporary purpose-built NHS Nightingale hospitals constructed for £220million to help fight the coronavirus pandemic cannot open because there are not enough staff to adequately service them, doctors have warned. The enormous structures were hailed at the start of the pandemic as a solution to the growing crisis in hospital capacity up and down the … Read more
Thousands have welcomed in the shortest and darkest day of 2020 this morning, tuning in to watch the Winter Solstice sunrise over Stonehenge on live stream as visitors are banned from the site. The shortest day of the year was met with driving rain and howling winds at the historic landmark in Salisbury, usually packed … Read more
Thousands have welcomed in the shortest day of 2020 this morning, tuning in to watch the Winter Solstice sunrise over Stonehenge on live stream as visitors are banned from the site. The shortest day of the year was met with poor weather, driving rain and howling winds at the historic landmark in Salisbury, usually packed … Read more
The mum of twin babies believed to be the first in Britain born with Covid-19 says she feels ‘blessed’ as they celebrate their first Christmas together. Sarah Curtis, 34, from Distington, Cumbria, says celebrating the festive period with her family is the ‘greatest gift’ she could ever ask for. The mum-of-five was devastated when doctors … Read more
Chilling photographs showing the Germans preparing to invade Britain during the Second World War have emerged for the first time. The black and white images show the fleet of armoured landing craft Adolf Hitler had prepared in readiness for a seaborne invasion in 1940. Taken in the English Channel during sea trials, one snap clearly … Read more
Britain will be battered by the remnants of a US storm this week after Saturday’s torrential downpours saw a month’s rainfall in just one day. There are currently 15 flood warnings in place across much of the south west and the midlands – with some alerts stretching as far as north Yorkshire. And the weather is … Read more