A father had been reunited with his son after the schoolboy was trapped in a Dubai orphanage for over a year while his parents fought over who had custody of him. The boy’s father Charles said being able to hug 11-year-old son James was the ‘best present ever’ after a complex legal battle with his … Read more
Snow and freezing fog will grip Britain on New Year’s Day today after temperatures fell to -7C (19F) overnight – and more sub-zero weather is on the way this weekend, before worse could be to come later this month. Forecasters are warning of possible further chaos, because the same conditions behind the ‘Beast from the … Read more
An eleventh-century Chinese coin unearthed in Hampshire provides new evidence of a bustling trade in luxury goods from the Far East more than 700 years ago. The copper coin, which was found at Buriton, Hampshire, around nine miles from the coast, weighs 0.12 ounces (3.6g) and has a diameter of just under an inch (25mm). Researchers … Read more
Weekly Covid-19 deaths rose again in England and Wales and surged by 44 per cent in the South East during the last full week of data as the mutant strain began to take hold in the South. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the virus was mentioned on 2,986 death certificates over … Read more
Ten sperm whales washed up on East Yorkshire beach pronounced dead despite rescue teams’ best efforts By Joseph Laws For Mailonline Published: 00:26 GMT, 25 December 2020 | Updated: 00:30 GMT, 25 December 2020 Ten sperm whales stranded on the East Yorkshire coast have died, rescuers have confirmed. Members of the public first noticed some … Read more
Ten sperm whales wash up on beach in East Yorkshire in mass stranding as rescue teams fear at least five may already be dead with the rest also expected to perish in shallow waters Humberside Police said the ten animals have been beached near Tunstall Coastguard and British Marine Life Rescue are helping with the … Read more
New areas entering Tier 4 from Boxing Day Surrey: Waverley West Sussex: All East Sussex: Eastbourne, Lewes and Wealden districts, plus Brighton and Hove Hampshire: Basingstoke and Deane, East Hampshire, Eastleigh, Fareham, Hart, Rushmoor, Test Valley, Winchester, Southampton Essex: All apart from Colchester, Uttlesford and Tendring, which are already in Tier 4 Norfolk Suffolk Cambridgeshire Oxfordshire … Read more
Businesses have dubbed the new Tier 4 lockdown rules a ‘kick in the teeth’ for struggling firms while panicked Londoners wondered how they would be able to finish their Christmas shopping. Boris Johnson this afternoon revealed that a third of England – including London and swathes of the home counties – will be thrust into a … Read more
London and the South East could be ‘cut off’ from the rest of the UK with potential travel bans as a new ‘highly contagious’ coronavirus variant rips through the regions. Boris Johnson could announce a strengthening of Covid-19 advice as soon as today after holding a meeting in which ministers are understood to have discussed how to contain … Read more
Start-ups should look to the North East, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Yorkshire as the next tech hotspots Regions are ‘levelling up’ their contribution to the tech industry, reports say They have hubs of activity in areas such as fintech, cyber security and AI Companies based in these locations include Sage, Atom Bank and KCOM By … Read more