Angela Merkel is drawing up plans for a so-called ‘lockdown light’ in which bars and restaurants would shut but most schools would stay open, German media says. Merkel is due to hold talks with regional leaders on Wednesday amid rapidly rising coronavirus infections in Germany, with her economy minister warning that cases could soon reach … Read more
Ex-Radio One presenter Tony Wyn-Jones who was Bonnie Tyler’s favourite DJ dies aged 77 after long illness His son, Andy, broke the news to his father’s friends on Facebook on Monday The DJ ‘legend’ worked at Radio One between 1969 and 1973 His wife, Glenys, said: ‘Bonnie Tyler would say he was her favourite DJ … Read more
A Bangor University student has been found dead at a halls of residence, becoming the ninth UK student to have died in one month. Police officers and paramedics were called to a student’s room at the university in North Wales on Sunday evening, before a 26-year-old man was pronounced dead. His death is not being treated as … Read more
Met Police officer, 27, is charged with seriously injuring cyclist in crash while ‘dangerously’ driving patrol car Eugene Acheampong charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving The officer was investigating incident in Wood Green, north London last year Cyclist collided with marked police car being driven by Acheampong at the time By William Cole For Mailonline … Read more
Britain today recorded 367 more Covid-19 deaths in the darkest day of the pandemic since the end of May, amid hopes the outbreak could finally be tailing off. Government data suggests the second wave — driven by children returning to school and students going back to university — is continuing to slow down with another … Read more
Britain today recorded 367 more Covid-19 deaths in the darkest day of the pandemic since the end of May, amid hopes the outbreak could finally be tailing off. Government statistics suggests the second wave — which was driven by children returning to school and students going back to university — is continuing to slow down … Read more
Arc de Triomphe is evacuated following bomb alert: Security perimeter set up around Paris landmark and subway lines closed French police were deployed to the Arc de Triomphe at around 3pm today The area around the famous landmark in central Paris has been evacuated The Charles-de-Gaulle Etoile metro station nearby has also been closed There … Read more
People are now just as likely to catch coronavirus in England as they are if they went abroad on holiday, official data suggests. Before today, people were more likely to test positive for the infection if they had travelled overseas in the past 30 days. But the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed today there … Read more
Britain’s second wave of coronavirus lurched from being a handful of small outbreaks to penetrating the entire UK and forcing whole cities back into lockdown within just two months, according to a series of heatmaps that reveal just how quickly the outbreak has evolved. Covid infections hovered at 10 cases per 100,000 people across most … Read more
Britain’s second wave of coronavirus lurched from being a handful of small outbreaks to penetrating the entire UK and forcing whole cities back into lockdown within just two months, according to a series of heatmaps that reveal just how quickly the outbreak has evolved. Covid infections hovered at 10 cases per 100,000 people across most … Read more