JAN MOIR: If this is finding freedom, count me in Harry! 

Another exciting week in the crazy lives of the exiled Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Honestly, I hope this fabulous soap opera of entitlement and tatty pomp, rippled with a long raspberry of rudery in the direction of the old country, lasts forever and ever. First, their Finding Freedom biography was published and what an … Read more

UK announces 11 more coronavirus deaths in early count, taking total number of victims to 46,639

UK announces 11 more coronavirus deaths in early count as six victims confirmed in English hospitals along with five in Wales Preliminary total calculated by adding up fatalities declared by the home nations But only include hospital deaths in England so true total may be much higher Department of Health bosses will announce official figure … Read more

MANZOOR MOGHAL: I’ve lost count of the times I’ve spoken to my community about Covid

For anyone who’s paid attention to Britain’s South Asian community and its response to the Covid crisis, Thursday’s dramatic announcement of new restrictions in northern England will have come as no surprise. The areas affected, including Blackburn, Oldham, Bradford and Manchester, have large populations with roots in the Indian subcontinent. And while West Yorkshire Tory … Read more

A third of shoppers don’t feel delayed payments count as debt

Buy now, pay later has exploded onto the payment scene in recent years, allowing shoppers to purchase items without paying for them right away, technically putting many into debt.   However, almost a third of people say they don’t consider delayed payments to be debt, new research shows. Jessica Exton, behavioural scientist at ING – which … Read more

Mother asks if ‘flirty messages’ count as ‘cheating’

Mother reveals she can’t forgive her husband for ‘cheating’ after he sent flirty messages to a colleague when they were going through a bad patch – but do YOU agree he’s been unfaithful? Anonymous UK woman said the message from a female colleague ‘popped up’  She explained how the texts were ‘just flirty’ and ‘nothing … Read more

Britain’s Covid-19 deaths rise by 286 in preliminary count

Britain’s coronavirus death toll today jumped by 286, with Northern Ireland having now gone three days in-a-row without recording a single fatality as the outbreak continues to fade.   Department of Health figures show 277 of the Covid-19 victims were from England, while the other nine were in Wales. No laboratory-confirmed deaths were recorded in Scotland … Read more

Britain’s Covid-19 deaths rise by 145 in preliminary count

Britain’s coronavirus death toll today jumped by 145, with Northern Ireland having now gone three days in-a-row without recording a single fatality as the outbreak continues to fade.  Department of Health bosses have yet to post the final daily figure. The preliminary toll is calculated by adding up all of the updates provided by each … Read more

UK announces daily Covid-19 death toll taking the official count past 38,480

The UK has announced a preliminary daily Covid-19 death toll of 106, taking the official count to 38,482. Department of Health officials – who release the UK’s final coronavirus count every afternoon – have yet to update the figures.  This preliminary toll is calculated by adding up the individual tallies of each of the home … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: Tories count the cost of the coronavirus curse

Ever since Chancellor Rishi Sunak turned on the spending taps to save Britain’s businesses amid the lockdown, there have been grumblings in the Tory Party about the gigantic bill that will need paying after the crisis.  One can therefore only imagine how they’ll react on discovering that the party’s own coffers could also soon run … Read more

DAN HODGES: If our New Normal is the state telling me who I can and can’t see, count me out 

Who is your 11th friend? Last week it emerged Ministers are giving serious consideration to the creation of a ‘bubble’ of ten family members and acquaintances who we will be allowed to associate with as part of the slow easing of lockdown. So think about it for a moment. Not of the ten lucky souls … Read more