Matt Hancock is said to be planning an astonishing rise in the number of coronavirus tests carried out, with a target of four million per day to get the economy back on track. The Health Secretary is said to be preparing what has been dubbed ‘Operation Moon Shot with the aim of increasing daily tests … Read more
Huge Covid outbreak shuts Dundee school as SEVENTEEN staff and two pupils test positive – two weeks after classes restarted in Scotland By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 10:21 BST, 24 August 2020 | Updated: 10:27 BST, 24 August 2020 Seventeen staff and two pupils have tested positive for coronavirus at a school which has … Read more
Quarantine could be slashed by more than half to just FIVE days under plans to introduce ‘dual testing’ on arrival at UK airports as ministers weigh up changes Current quarantine rules for ‘red list’ countries require 14 day self-isolation But ministers are being urged to implement testing on arrival at UK airports Would see people … Read more
The lost sacristy of Westminster Abbey: 13th century room where monks kept sacred items is unearthed at site where ‘hundreds’ of its brothers were buried The Great Sacristy would have been on the Abbey’s North Green where monks kept sacred items used in mass Abbey authorities want to fully understand grounds’ medieval footprint before building … Read more
Dozens of revellers ignored social distancing rules introduced in the wake of Covid-19 to pack into a small dance tent at a sold-out music festival in Hertfordshire. The one-day music festival took place at Colesdale Farm on Sunday after the event was postponed due to the weather a week earlier. La Fiesta had a series … Read more
Staycationers beware! Britain is bracing for 60mph winds and torrential rain this week as autumn comes early with forecasters warning of travel chaos and power cuts Met Office issues wind warning from 9am tomorrow until noon on Wednesday for most of England and Wales Spell of strong winds expected to develop across the South West … Read more
Police have released chilling footage of the moment a gunman opened fire at a group of friends in the Bronx on Wednesday killing a mother-of-three. NYPD released surveillance footage Sunday showing a lone gunman, clad in black with his face obscured by a hoodie, pacing along East 152nd Street in Melrose letting off a series … Read more
More than 90,000 travel sector jobs have been lost or placed at risk since the coronavirus crisis started, the association of travel agents and tour operators has said. ABTA has written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak asking for Government measures to support businesses, warning that the job situation in the industry had reached a ‘critical point’ … Read more
An unarmed black man was yesterday shot in the back seven times by a white police officer in front of his children after Wisconsin police were called to a domestic dispute. Rioting and protests erupted in the wake of the shooting as the County of Kenosha declared a state of emergency, and a curfew has … Read more
Schools will reopen in Northern Ireland today for the first time since the coronavirus lockdown in March with new policies such as no singing and no indoor PE lessons. Strict social distancing may be relaxed if there are hygiene measures in place, but some schools in the country will not allow parents past the school … Read more