Coronavirus UK updates: Leicester mayor – government’s decision ‘more or less...
Leicester mayor Sir Peter Soulsby has said the government's decisions on the region's local lockdown were "more or less as we expected".
"We had planned to continue our neighbourhood...
Alexei Navalny: Aides say Novichok found on water bottle, Report
Alexei Navalny was poisoned via a water bottle in his Siberian hotel room, according to the Kremlin critic's entourage.
Navalny later was flown to Germany, where he was kept...
Illingworth explosion: Three people injured and six homes evacuated
Three people have been rushed to hospital and residents have been evacuated after a house explosion in rural Calderdale.
Firefighters are currently tackling a blaze after the blast which...
Coronavirus UK Update: Lockdown in Wales is working, says First Minister
The tough restrictions enforced in Wales amid the Covid-19 pandemic are working as the country braces itself for its fourth week in lockdown, the First Minister has said.
Mark...
Coronavirus UK updates: Students must be able to go home for...
University students must be allowed to return home to their families at Christmas, Labour has said, amid fears that coronavirus outbreaks could keep young people in halls when...
Boris Johnson agrees £16bn rise in defence spending, Report
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is boosting spending on defence by an extra £16.5 billion ($30 billion) over the next four years, in what he says amounts to Britain's...
Coronavirus UK Updates: Oxford vaccine will be rolled out in the...
Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, said the Oxford vaccine announcement was "really encouraging news".
He told Sky News: "I am really very pleased, I really welcome these figures, this...
Coronavirus UK Update: No 10 insists UK on course for 100,000...
Downing Street has insisted that the Government was on course to meet the 100,000 daily Covid-19 testing target, with the new "mega-lab" near Manchester now in operation -...
Matt Hancock ‘confident’ of meeting 100K daily coronavirus testing target
A senior Tory minister has admitted that the government is likely to miss its own target for 100,000 daily tests for coronavirus by the end of April.
The deadline...
Mayors from Northern cities want to see Rishi Sunak’s new plan...
Mayors from Northern cities are calling on MP’s to block Rishi Sunak’s “insufficient” furlough replacement scheme.
Local Mayors in the North of England are warning that the new proposals...
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Star Dan Walker quits BBC’s Football Focus after 12 years
Dan Walker has announced he is quitting Football Focus after 12 years presenting show.
The BBC Breakfast star, who has been a staple of the sports show, shared the news on Twitter.
Walker has expressed...
Music icon Cher apologises for George Floyd tweets that sparked backlash
Cher has apologised for a tweet she made about George Floyd on Friday (April 2), in which she suggested she could have prevented his death.
Expressing her feeling that the events leading to Floyd’s death...
Star Britney Spears Says She’s ‘Embarrassed’ by New Documentary
Britney Spears lamented how she is portrayed in the recently released New York Times documentary “Framing Britney Spears,” admitting that she found it embarrassing.
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Yaphet Kotto, Jewish actor who was first Black Bond villain, dies aged 81
Actor Yaphet Kotto, who is best known for his role in Alien and James Bond villain Mr. Big, has passed away at age 81.
“I’m saddened and still in shocked of the passing of my...
Corinne Masiero: French actress strips for culture during Cesar Awards ceremony
French actress Corinne Masiero protested naked at the César Awards (March 12th) to demand the government do more to support culture during the coronavirus pandemic.
Corinne Masiero, best known for her lead role in the...