Rishi Sunak extended the furlough scheme until March today amid renewed lockdowns and demands from Nicola Sturgeon. In another dramatic policy shift, the Chancellor admitted in a statement to the Commons that the recovery had ‘slowed’ and businesses now faced heightened ‘uncertainty’. Workers will be able to get furlough at 80 per cent of their … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock says people can still travel abroad for assisted dying during the coronavirus lockdown as MPs call for the law to be changed in the UK MPs today raised concerns about impact of coronavirus rules on assisted dying Assisted dying is outlawed in the UK but it is legal for people to … Read more
‘I miss her dreadfully’: Danny Dyer’s grandmother dies following a battle with pneumonia… ahead of the birth of great-granddaughter Dani’s first child By Joanna Crawley For Mailonline Published: 12:37 GMT, 5 November 2020 | Updated: 12:38 GMT, 5 November 2020 The grandmother of actor Danny Dyer and great-grandmother of Love Island‘s Dani has sadly died. … Read more
Test & Trace fails to reach 40% of at-risk contacts in another record-worst performance as bungling system continues to struggle Contact tracers failed to get hold of 40% of people who might have had Covid This was the worst performance since the system was set up in May Coincided with the programme’s busiest ever week … Read more
Tom Cruise shot eerie night shoots in Venice as filming continued on Mission Impossible 7 on Wednesday, after production was halted due to 12 people on set reportedly testing positive for COVID-19. The action star, 58, was spotted working well into the night in the Italian city with the film’s crew as they shot scenes around the Doge’s … Read more
The mother of a Coronation Street actress has spoken about the emotional moment in which she burst into a care home and hugged her dementia-stricken mother for the first time in nine months – leading police to arrest her. Ylenia Angeli, 73, was detained by police on suspicion of assault yesterday after trying to take her … Read more
Rush-hour traffic remained high across England today as the new national lockdown began, just hours after extraordinary gridlock last night as motorists headed for last-minute shopping and leisure trips. Congestion in London was at 38 per cent from 7am and 56 per cent at 8am this morning, with data from location technology firm TomTom, which revealed … Read more
Sniffer dogs are better at spotting coronavirus-infected people than specialist laboratory tests, researchers claim. When the dogs were deployed at Helsinki airport in Finland, scientists were left scratching their heads when the animals stopped people who seemed well. Travellers stopped by the sniffer dogs were given swab tests to see if they were carrying the … Read more
Sniffer dogs are better at catching spotting coronavirus-infected people than specialist laboratory tests, scientists claim. When the dogs were deployed at Helsinki airport in Finland, researchers were left scratching their heads when the animals stopped people who seemed well. People stopped by the sniffer dogs were given swab tests to see if they were carrying … Read more
Shoppers are grappling with yet more coronavirus measures today as supermarkets bring in safety marshals and traffic light systems as a new lockdown begins. As the four-week winter lockdown sweeps across England, supermarkets have implemented swingeing safety measures as they remain the last vestiges open for customers – with non-essential retail forced to close. Asda is trialling … Read more