Essential workers and the most vulnerable will receive increased access to coronavirus tests after the government unveiled a network of mobile testing units to travel where there is significant demand, including care homes, police stations and prisons. The number of new mobile units is being scaled up after a successful pilot last week, which saw […]
Three men have been arrested and cocaine with a potential street value of around £3 million has been seized as part of an National Crime Agency investigation into drugs supply. NCA investigators, supported by Border Force officers, recovered 36 kilos of cocaine from what is believed to be a purpose built hide in a lorry […]
By: Mirza Aftab Baig The whole family in the UK is eager to make history by joining the first successful trial of the corona vaccine and praying for the success of the vaccine. According to the Oxford Times A FAMILY who are taking part in Oxford University’s world-first trial of a potential coronavirus vaccine have spoken of […]
Prime minister returns to work on Monday to cabinet at odds over easing social distancing Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The number of new cases of Covid-19 being diagnosed is still much too high to allow any easing of the lockdown soon, leading scientists have warned, as the virus death toll […]
Objections raised to inclusion of man suspended from Labour over Islamophobia allegations Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The selection of Trevor Phillips to investigate why Covid-19 is killing more Black, Asian and minority ethnic people has sparked a row after leading Muslims criticised his appointment as “insensitive”. Phillips, the former chairman […]
System treats maternity allowance as unpaid income, skewing the amount of universal credit paid out Pregnant women on the lowest incomes are being denied vital financial support during the Covid-19 crisis, according to unions and women’s support groups, who are calling for urgent reforms to universal credit. An anomaly in the way universal credit differentiates […]
A potential £1bn bill now faces the sector, but the real problem will be maintaining quality for students in a radically altered world this September Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage UK universities need to spend hundreds of millions of pounds to deliver degrees online, with warnings that many are unprepared to […]
Police let hundreds gather at ceremony for convicted criminal Clive Pinnock in ‘interests of public safety’ A man has been arrested after a gun was fired as hundreds of mourners gathered for the Manchester funeral of a criminal known as “Mr Ibiza”, despite social distancing rules. Armed police scrambled to Gorton Cemetery in Manchester on […]
McDonald’s UK will be contributing to the charity’s Emergency Essentials Grant This Thursday, BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief, will be coming together for the very first time for a special night of television The Big Night In, to celebrate and reward those doing great things in the community. As part of this, McDonald’s […]
