Alex Salmond Inquiry orders key evidence including WhatsApp messages from SNP officials are released in unprecedented move Linda Fabiani wrote to former first minister after he refused to come to Holyrood He was needed to speak on February 2 but citing health concerns over Covid-19 It comes as MSPs issued notice to Crown Office calling … Read more
Children are unlikely to play a significant role in the spreading of coronavirus, a study shows. Throughout the pandemic it has become increasingly evident children are less affected by Covid-19; symptoms, severe disease and death figures in children are all much lower than would be expected when compared to the rest of the population. Figures … Read more
Countdown star Rachel Riley today secured a key victory in her libel battle against a hard-left blogger who accused her of being responsible for death threats sent to a teenager on Twitter Countdown star Rachel Riley today secured a key victory in her libel battle against a hard-left blogger who accused her of being responsible … Read more
Hopes that Britain’s great Covid vaccine rollout is still on track were raised today as official data revealed England dished out more than 300,000 doses yesterday. Boris Johnson insisted the UK is still on schedule to hit the target of vaccinating the 14million most vulnerable people by mid-February, despite alarm over the daily rate having … Read more
Pub giant JD Wetherspoon is set to announce a dramatic sales slump over the key Christmas period after being impacted by coronavirus restrictions. Investors in the pub group will be keen to see the full extent of the impact of November’s lockdown in England as well as tighter tiered restrictions in December when it posts … Read more
From time to time on this page, I like to suggest modern contenders for the Kingsley Amis Prize, which I award every so often to the phrase I currently judge to be the most depressing in the English language. Set up in memory of the late whisky-loving novelist, it celebrates Amis’s famous declaration that the … Read more
Iran has started building a key component of nuclear bombs, officials from the Middle Eastern country have told United Nations atomic agency. The country has announced plans to begin manufacturing uranium metal, which is used to make nuclear cores, amid heightened tensions with the US. It comes as Iran fired cruise missiles as part of a naval … Read more
Schools are ignoring government guidelines and refusing to allow children into class unless BOTH parents are key workers, MailOnline has learned. Department for Education guidance states that only one parent needs to be a critical worker for their child to attend class – even if both parents are working from home. It adds parents who … Read more
Key workers are to be tested for Covid-19 twice a week in bid to ‘break the chain’ of people passing on the virus without knowing they have it Key workers unable to work from home will be eligible for two Covid tests a week Lateral flow tests will become a key way to avoid current … Read more
Ministers must narrow the definition of key worker status, scientists have demanded, after thousands of parents sent their children to school despite the national lockdown. Newly-released figures show that one in three schools in the UK had more than 20 per cent of pupils in on Wednesday. In March, during the first lockdown, only 1 … Read more