The 21 best pet-friendly walks (and places to curl up) in Britain, from Norfolk to Northumberland

Nothing is more invigorating than heading out for a walk in the countryside to explore new areas.  And if you’re one of the nine million dog owners in the UK, there’s no need to leave them behind, as plenty of places welcome pooches as guests.  Here are 21 of the best walks for you and … Read more

Britain records 148 Covid deaths in last 24 hours

Britain has recorded 148 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours – more than double last Saturday – bringing the total to 44,798 as a further 820 people test positive. The figure is over twice that of the 67 people who died from the virus last week and more than triple that of yesterday. The … Read more

North Korea warns Britain will ‘pay the price’ for putting two state ministries on sanctions list

North Korea warns Britain will be ‘made to pay the price’ for putting two of its state ministries on sanctions list A North Korean official said they ‘strongly condemn and reject the UK’s daring to impose sanctions’ Dominic Raab announced sanctions against those accused of human rights abuses  Sanctions are on four nations: Russia, Saudi … Read more

Britain records 39 Covid deaths in hospitals in last 24 hours

A further 38 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, with just one death recorded in Wales and no new fatalities reported in Scotland in the last 24 hours.  Britain’s latest total figure in all settings, which rose by 48 yesterday to 44,650, as well as data from Northern Ireland, is … Read more

Britain at its best: Fabulous wildlife and exhilarating walks await on the Isle of Purbeck 

Tyneham, on Dorset’s Isle of Purbeck, knows a secret or two about being locked down. In 1943, residents were asked to abandon their homes ‘for the duration of the emergency’ when the village within Lulworth firing range was requisitioned to prepare for the Normandy landings. The good folk never returned. More than 75 years later, … Read more

How will Britain get back to the office? Employers grapple with PM’s plea for workers to return

Boris Johnson‘s clarion call for the nation’s workforce to return to offices will fall on deaf ears for swathes of employers and employees, they tell MailOnline. The Prime Minister urged businesses operating remotely to ‘get back into work’ to breathe life back into the cash-starved high street and jump-start the recovery. He said yesterday: ‘It’s … Read more

How Chinese communists infiltrated Britain to push their party line

The disturbing extent of infiltration of the British Establishment by China is laid bare in a bombshell book serialised today in the Daily Mail. Hidden Hand, written by a global authority on how the Chinese Communist Party covertly influences the West, reveals that officials have for years been cultivating contacts at the top of British … Read more

Ghost town Britain: We’re on the brink of bankruptcy – and only a return to work can save us

Eerie images of usually busy hotspots reveal just how hard the coronavirus crisis has hit Britain. As Boris Johnson prepares to tell office workers to start returning to their desks to help save the country’s economy next week, the pictures show how even though the UK has been easing out of lockdown, we are still far … Read more

London girl, 13, who helped win the Battle of Britain

The work was done by lamplight, over a small kitchen table in North London.  Night after night throughout the early months of 1934, Captain Fred Hill and his 13-year-old daughter Hazel burned the midnight oil, plotting graphs and labouring over complex algorithms. It was tiring, unrewarding work but they both sensed how vital it would … Read more

Britain records 85 more Covid-19 deaths

Britain today announced 85 more coronavirus deaths — as Northern Ireland has now gone a week without any Covid-19 fatalities.  The figure, announced by Department of Health chiefs and which take into account lab-confirmed fatalities in all settings, takes the official Government total to 44,602.  Today’s fatalities are marginally lower than last Thursday’s, when Government statistics … Read more