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Coronavirus ‘R’ number falls below 1 for first time since July
Scientists advising the Government gave their most optimistic outlook for the R number since cases fell last summer.
‘Falling at the very first hurdle’ – quarantine hotel booking website down three days before policy launches
"Two questions:Which of their mates got the contract for this? Is Dido Harding managing this as well?"
Joe Biden decree ends ’emergency’ that Donald Trump used to build wall
Trump vowed to build the wall across the entire border and have Mexico pay for it.
Covid: Anthea Turner slammed for fat-shaming and ableism after Twitter tirade
Turner, 60, shared a cartoon of a large woman in a wheelchair, carrying a McDonald’s bag and warning a maskless female: “Put a mask on! You’re putting my health at risk.”
Hotel quarantine rules in England are ‘very risky’, scientist warns
Asked for his views on people being allowed to leave their rooms in England’s quarantine hotels while accompanied by guards, he said: “We’ve learnt that that is a very risky procedure.”
As temperatures plunged to minus 23C human kindness key to helping homeless
Images of people queueing in the snow for food parcels from charity Kindness Homeless Street Team Glasgow earlier this week sparked an outcry on social media, with some comparing it to Eastern Europe under communist rule.
‘Extremely worrying’ – Hotel quarantine scheme under fire as booking system remained down overnight
"There are no excuses for yet more Government incompetence in the introduction of hotel quarantine."
Meghan wins privacy case against ‘dehumanising’ Mail on Sunday
“The world needs reliable, fact-checked, high-quality news," Meghan said. "What The Mail On Sunday and its partner publications do is the opposite."
‘Unmitigated disaster’ food sector bosses warn MPs over Brexit trade arrangements
MPs were also warned that the UK could be “50,000 customs agents” short of what is needed when import regulations are enforced from April.