The grounds of some stately homes will open next week for a limited number of visitors, though there’ll be no cream teas just yet The National Trust is reopening some of its gardens and parklands from 3 June, with reduced capacity and a new booking system for advance tickets only. The grounds of Ickworth House […]
Problem affects up to 350,000 samples from drive-through centres in England and Scotland Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Efforts to prevent the nationwide spread of coronavirus have been dealt a blow after it emerged that health officials in England and Scotland are struggling to match hundreds of thousands of coronavirus test […]
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has taken action against 5 of the UK’s biggest banks and building societies for breaching Part 6 of the Retail Banking Market Investigation Order 2017. This required that customers with personal current accounts must receive a text alert warning of fees before banks charge them for an unarranged overdraft. […]
Police commissioner warns of public pushback over Covid-19 containment measures
A significant boost to PPE supplies that should help meet demand in the health and social care sectors has been announced by government today. It has signed deals with more than 100 new suppliers from around the world in a challenging global market, including securing a further 3.7 billion gloves to help meet the expected […]
Aya Hachem, 19, was hit by bullet from a passing car as she was shopping in Blackburn A “remarkable and inspirational” law student was shot dead in the street after being caught in the crossfire of a dispute between two tyre companies, a court has heard. Aya Hachem, 19, was hit by a bullet fired […]
Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance have been regulars at Downing Street daily updates Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Downing Street has insisted that England’s chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, and the chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, will reappear at Downing Street briefings “in the next few days”, amid the […]
Arrests follow deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants inside refrigerated truck in October Police in Belgium and France on Wednesday announced the arrests of 26 people suspected of human trafficking in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants who were found in a refrigerated truck in Britain last year. Judicial authorities said a series of early morning […]
Outcry after people told they would lose government support without doctors being able to talk to them first Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage People with cancer, liver disease or severe asthma have been dropped from the UK government’s coronavirus shielding list by text message before their doctors have been able to […]