City firms SocGen and Lloyd's of London also tell staff to stop coming into the office after new guidance. [Read more]

Pubs will be forced to close early every night in a bid to tackle the rising rate of coronavirus. [Read more]

Nicola Sturgeon says visiting other people's homes will no longer be allowed as part of efforts to slow the virus. [Read more]

But Boris Johnson warns the nation further measures may be necessary if the new rules are not followed. [Read more]

A STATE trooper got into a car crash and died hours after learning he was would lose his job over his handling of a black man who died in custody.  Louisiana Master Trooper Chris Hollingsworth was involved in a single-vehicle accident early Monday on Interstate 20 near Monroe and hospitalized before being pronounced dead on […] [Read more]

A VACUUM-mad boy of eight has more than 100 customers after starting a repair business at home. Ollie Grundy changes belts, fixes blockages and cleans bags for £3 a pop at the kitchen table. He has already amassed a backlog of more than 50 orders for his work from customers across the UK. He has […] [Read more]

JULIAN Assange suffers from hallucinations that include voices telling him “we're coming to get you', a psychiatrist says. Prof Michael Kopelman told an extradition court the WikiLeaks founder was at a “high risk' of suicide, having made preparations including confessing to a priest. Assange, 49, is fighting extradition to the US, whe [Read more]

CNN anchor Don Lemon believes the electoral college should be scrapped to get Americans a voice in who is elected president and sits on the Supreme Court. Lemon said Americans need to “blow up the entire system,” and that if Joe Biden wins the 2020 election – Democrats can “stack the courts” to do so. [… [Read more]

The Boris Johnson on TV last night was stripped of the authority he exuded at the start of this health and economic crisis [Read more]

Despite being used as a model for nationwide lockdown restrictions including pub curfews, Bolton's coronavirus infection rates have spiked over 200 per 100,000 people again [Read more]

New rules will come into force from January 1 2021 on data roaming and EU travel [Read more]

Previous evidence had raised fears that the excitement from having sex could trigger a repeat heart attack but new research claims it can boost survival chances [Read more]

Another 4,926 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK - the highest daily figure since 7 May. [Read more]

When I asked a senior minister who knows Boris Johnson well last week how he approaches COVID-19, they told me the prime minister takes a "safety-first" approach. [Read more]

People in Scotland have been banned from visiting other households indoors, in tough new restrictions that go further than those announced for England. [Read more]

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged Britons to "summon the discipline and the resolve" to avoid a second national lockdown after warning there have been "too many breaches" of coronavirus rules. [Read more]

Andrew Roussos said the right measures should have been in place after 911 and 77. [Read more]

Police have reportedly told punters to stay away from the windows. [Read more]

Emergency services were alerted to an incident in Wythenshawe this evening. [Read more]

Calling all Pooh heads! [Read more]

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div class"content-list-component text" is a step closer to being classified as a hate crime, the Law Commission has said. A new consultation by the body, which is responsible for reviewing laws, will look at whether those who abuse women due to their gender should face tougher sentences.As it stands, gender is not a protected charact [Read more]

div class"content-list-component text"An advert for a car leasing company has been banned by the UK's advertising watchdog for being socially irresponsible and “likely to cause serious offence” on the grounds of race.The advert, which appears in the form of a Facebook post, was shared by car leasing company LingsCars.com on Ju [Read more]

div class"content-list-component text"The long-awaited NHS contact-tracing app is set to be released on Thursday but “major questions” about its effectiveness remain unanswered, a charity has warned.The Health Foundation said results from the NHS Covid-19 app's trial run had been “notably absent”, adding failure to [Read more]

Pubs, cafes, restaurants and casinos in Wales must operate as table service only and close from 10pm, First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced. [Read more]

Britain's failure to reach an agreement with the EU in post-Brexit trade talks could hit the economy three times harder than coronavirus, a think tank has warned. [Read more]

A murder prone has been launched after a man was stabbed to death in a "particularly violent" attack near Manchester. [Read more]

Most people with coronavirus have symptoms but asymptomatic cases may make up around 20 per cent of infections, a new study suggests. [Read more]

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered all pubs and bars to be closed by 10pm and introduced stricter social distancing rules. He said urgent action is needed to avoid a second wave of Covid-19. br [Read more]

Britain is making it more difficult to reach a basic trade deal by introducing legislation that undermines its withdrawal treaty with the European Union, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Tuesday. br [Read more]

In a pronouncement that will send chills down the spines of UK residents, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suggested that newly-introduced coronavirus restrictions could be in place for six months. br [Read more]

UK satire show Spitting Image has been savaged online after unveiling a puppet of teen climate crusader Greta Thunberg that some claim mocked her autism. With no episodes of the show yet released, others questioned the outrage. br [Read more]

HENRY DEEDES: A graph of coloured squiggles showed how the current infection rate was set to double every seven days. By mid-October, we were on course for 50,000 new cases a day [Read more]

Boris Johnson apologetically took a hammer to Britons' social lives today as he reintroduced lockdown measures in England to see off a second wave of coronavirus. [Read more]

The Prime Minister today announced in the House of Commons that facemasks will be made mandatory for staff and customers unless they are seated. [Read more]

Data from the Office for National Statistics chimes with death counts from the UK's Department of Health which show the trend has risen from an average of 7 daily deaths to 22 in a fortnight. [Read more]