Blackpool Tower lights up with urgent ‘SOS’ message over Covid lockdown

Blackpool Tower lights up with urgent ‘SOS’ message as tourism bosses say Tier 3 Covid lockdown leaves seaside resort facing ‘catastrophic’ economic collapse Business leaders in Blackpool have warned they face collapse due to Covid-19  The popular northern resort has been placed in a Tier 3 lockdown  by Number 10 In an open letter, traders … Read more

Teaching union backs Keir Starmer in calling for an urgent two week ‘circuit breaker’

Two-week-long ‘circuit breakers’ would see tough restrictions introduced temporarily across the whole country to suppress the virus, before they would be lifted for a time and then re-introduced if necessary. Measures could include bans on social between households, shutting down hospitality and leisure venues such as bars and restaurants, or restricting their opening hours. But … Read more

Prince Williams calls for urgent action over climate change in new TV documentary 

The Duke of Cambridge says he feels it is his ‘duty’ to leave the planet in a stronger position for future generations. William, 38, said he wanted to follow in the footsteps of Prince Charles and the Duke of Edinburgh – who he said were ‘ahead of their time’ – so he didn’t let his … Read more

Carrie Symonds enjoys five-star Italian holiday as Rishi Sunak unveils urgent measures to save jobs

Carrie Symonds is enjoying a holiday in the exclusive Italian resort of Lake Como with her baby Wilfred, MailOnline can reveal. In the week Boris told Britons the UK was in for another six months of misery, his fiancée was enjoying a five star getaway at a luxury £600-a-night hotel.   During her luxury getaway the … Read more

Police launch urgent hunt for white Audi A3 that is missing ‘with young child inside’ 

Police launch urgent hunt for white Audi A3 that is missing ‘with young child inside’ By Tom Pyman For Mailonline Published: 14:35 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 14:59 BST, 20 August 2020 Police have launched an urgent hunt for a missing car with a young child inside. The white Audi A3 was last seen … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon rejects calls for an urgent inquiry into Scotland’s Covid-19 care home scandal

Nicola Sturgeon has rejected calls for an immediate public inquiry into Scotland’s Covid-19 care home catastrophe. Politicians have demanded an urgent probe into how many infected patients were discharged into care homes. Scottish Tories have urged ministers to ‘tell us what happened — and do it now’.  It comes after it was revealed at the … Read more

Thousands more people may die of cancer after urgent hospital referrals plunged by 250,000

Thousands more people may die of cancer after urgent hospital referrals plunged by 250,000 during lockdown compared with last year, report warns As less patients see GPs with symptoms, cancer picked up too late, experts fear GPs made 339,242 urgent referrals for cancer between April and June in England More than 200,000 fewer than 594,060 figure … Read more

Top US general David Petraeus demands Britain gives urgent sanctuary to Afghan translators

Top US general David Petraeus demands Britain gives urgent sanctuary to Afghan translators who helped our heroes on the battlefield  US General David Petraeus urged Home Secretary Priti Patel to help interpreters He said ‘we owe a considerable debt’ to translators who helped in Afghanistan  The US had resettled their translators through a special immigrant … Read more

Katie Price ‘will undergo URGENT surgery on broken feet this week’ as doctors deem injuries ‘severe’

Katie Price will reportedly be facing urgent surgery on her broken feet this week, after doctors allegedly deemed her injuries ‘severe’. The former glamour model, 42, sustained the horrific injury during a ‘silly accident’ while holidaying in Turkey late last month with her beau Carl Woods, 31, and her children Princess, 13, and Junior, 15. An … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Urgent review into way PHE counts deaths

Health Secretary Matt Hancock today ordered Public Health England to review the way it counts deaths because of a ‘statistical flaw’ that means officials are ‘over-exaggerating’ the daily toll.   PHE counts people as victims if they die of any cause any time after testing positive for Covid-19 – even if they were hit by a bus months … Read more