Emergency talks were under way last night to prevent Nicola Sturgeon from undermining plans for ‘air bridges’ to popular holiday destinations. Ministers agreed a new traffic light system last week that would pave the way for the creation of ‘travel corridors’, allowing tourists to visit certain ‘green’ countries deemed safe without the need to quarantine at … Read more
The police officers involved in the shooting of a Sudanese asylum seeker who knifed six people are being investigated after they failed to subdue him with tasers. Police tasered the attacker, Badreddin Abadlla Adam, a Sudanese asylum seeker, at the Park Inn hotel, Glasgow, on Friday lunchtime. Moments before they killed him he had seriously … Read more
Britain today announced 23 more coronavirus deaths in the preliminary toll — including none in Scotland for the fourth day in a row. Department of Health chiefs have yet to confirm the final daily figure, which is often higher because it takes into account laboratory-confirmed fatalities in all settings. The early count — which only … Read more
Britain today announced 186 more coronavirus deaths as worrying official data shows the average number of daily victims has risen for the second day in a row. Department of Health data shows the official daily toll is 7.5 per cent higher than the 173 recorded last Friday, amid mounting fears the UK could be rocked … Read more
Britain today announced 149 more Covid-19 deaths as the outbreak that has plagued the nation for three months continues to retreat. Department of Health chiefs — who also recorded 1,118 more cases of the disease — say the laboratory-confirmed death toll now stands at 43,230 since the first victim was recorded at the start of March. But … Read more
Britain today announced 149 more Covid-19 deaths as the outbreak that has plagued the nation for three months continues to retreat. Department of Health chiefs — who also recorded 1,118 more cases of the disease — say the laboratory-confirmed death toll now stands at 43,230 since the first victim was recorded at the start of March. But … Read more
Britain today announced 154 more Covid-19 deaths and just 653 coronavirus cases, in the lowest daily jump for more than three months as the outbreak continues to fizzle out. Department of Health figures show the overall number of victims has now topped 43,000 — but other grim data taking into account all suspected deaths reveals the … Read more
Rumours of a strange creature living in the waters of Loch Ness have abounded over the decades, yet scant evidence has been found to back up these claims. One of the first sightings, believed to have fuelled modern Nessie fever, came in May 2, 1933. On this date the Inverness Courier carried a story a local … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus outbreak could have died out by July 13 — with daily confirmed cases dropping to zero in all four nations, a study has claimed. The research, by a pair of economists, estimates the number of Brits testing positive for Covid-19 will fall to a daily average of zero in just three weeks’ time. … Read more
Britain today announced 173 more coronavirus deaths including a 12-year-old, as government scientists confirmed the outbreak is in retreat with the number of new cases shrinking by 4 per cent each day and the crucial R rate remaining below the dreaded level of one. Number 10’s scientific advisory panel SAGE revealed the reproduction rate – the … Read more