Immigration judges grant lifelong anonymity orders in more than 90% of cases involving extremists and terrorists Of 79 cases, 72 have been granted their request to keep their names secret They include hate clerics and an alleged associate of the ‘ISIS Beatles’ Critics say the lifelong anonymity orders puts the public’s safety at risk By … Read more
People in India have come together to celebrate the ‘festival of love’ despite the nation’s coronavirus cases rising above 60,000. The figures are the highest the country has reported since October, taking its tally to 11.91 million cases. The death toll rose by 291, taking the total toll to 161,240. Despite the rising cases, people … Read more
Police forces recorded speeding at almost 100mph above the limit as some foolhardy drivers took advantage of empty lockdown roads, new research has revealed. Speeding was reached 163mph on UK motorways in 2020, with offences recorded by the Metropolitan Police on the M1 and by Humberside Police on the M62, according to new Freedom of … Read more
France has extended its coronavirus lockdown, while Germany has started to demand negative tests from French visitors before allowing them to cross the border as a third wave of Covid-19 infections grips Europe. On Friday, France reported 41,869 new COVID-19 cases after registering 45,641 on Thursday and 35,088 a week ago, putting the hospital system … Read more
After weeks of encouraging declines, coronavirus cases in the U.S. are on the rise again, with the average number of daily infections rising to nearly 57,000 on Wednesday – four percent higher than they were a week earlier. Another 67,443 new infections were recorded on Thursday, a lower figure than Wednesday’s, but still up by … Read more
Britain’s daily Covid death toll fell by a third week-on-week today, as official data showed cases were only rising because of a testing blitz in schools. Department of Health data showed a further 63 deaths from the virus were recorded in the past 24 hours, down 33 per cent on the 95 announced at the … Read more
One in five criminal cases heading for crown courts are waiting for more than a year as backlog soars during Covid pandemic, new figures show Around 18 per cent of criminal cases had been outstanding for a year or more This figure is three times as high as it was for the same period at … Read more
Britain’s daily Covid death toll fell by a third week-on-week today – as official figures suggested cases were continuing to rise amid a testing blitz in schools. Department of Health data showed a further 63 deaths from the virus were recorded, down 33 per cent on the 95 announced at the same time last week. … Read more
Coronavirus cases rose in a THIRD of England’s 150 councils in England last week… but outbreak is ONLY being driven by huge spike in school testing as data shows infection rates in over-70s are at lowest levels since AUGUST Some 56 of 149 local authorities saw an uptick in their Covid infections last week, says … Read more
Covid cases are ONLY going up in children: Official data shows slight uptick in infections in youngsters… but only because of mass testing drive to reopen schools EXCLUSIVE: Schools opening has not yet resulted in more adults being infected, according to experts Millions of Covid lateral flow rapid tests have been carried out since schools … Read more