The UK is to help identify new coronavirus strains more quickly by offering its world-leading expertise to other countries. The announcement comes amid fears over the impact of new variants which have emerged in the UK, South Africa and Brazil.
Men in low-skilled jobs or care, leisure and service roles are more than three times as likely to die from Covid as professionals, according to new data. Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show there were 7,961 coronavirus-related deaths registered among the
The government is “actively” considering making travellers quarantine in hotels on arrival in the UK, the prime minister has said. Speaking on Monday Boris Johnson said ministers were “definitely looking at” the policy, which would be aimed at preventing the spread of
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has insisted politicians should boycott any “wildcat” referendum on independence without approval from the UK government. As tensions mount over calls for a second referendum on Scotland’s future inside the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson also refused to
Some terrorists may find it easier to commit offences inside prisons than when they are free, a watchdog has warned. The Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation has launched an “urgent” review of terror offences committed in Britain’s jails, amid concerns they are
A man who murdered his wife and a pensioner in the driveway of his West Sussex home has been jailed for life. Daniel Appleton was handed a minimum term of 26-and-a-half years for bludgeoning the two women to death during a “psychotic
An estimated 3,460 of the UK’s “high consequence” flood defences were in such a state of disrepair in 2020 they were deemed unfit for purpose, according to Environment Agency inspectors. A report based on freedom of information requests made by Unearthed, the
Four people who were charged with criminal damage of slave trader Edward Colston’s statue pleaded not guilty in a court appearance on Monday. Jake Skuse, 36, Rhiannon Graham, 29, Milo Ponsford, 25, and Sage Willoughby, 21, turned down a proposal to have
A second man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead in east London, Sunday. Police were called to an address in Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, just before 8:30am on 24 January following concerns about the welfare of
It is understood that he was transferred out of Broadmoor last week after his condition worsened. Adebowale, 29, is one of two men jailed for the killing of Fusilier Rigby in southeast London in May 2013. Adebowale and his accomplice Michael Adebolajo,
Burns wrote over 550 poems in the second half of the 18th century and remains an icon of the Romantic period and a hero for his liberal and socially-minded political outlook. The centrepiece of the Burns Night festivities remains the noble haggis