EVERYONE with Covid could be given £500 under radical plans being considered to curb the spread of the virus, a leaked document revealed last night. The proposed one-off payments for testing positive would cost a staggering £453 million a week but some ministers hope it would encourage more people to get swabbed and self-isolate. 😷 Read our coronavirus live blog […]

An estimated 5,000 people, women and men, march around the Minnesota Capitol building protesting the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, ruling against state laws that criminalize abortion, in St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 22, 1973. The marchers formed a "ring of life" around the building. (AP Photo) On this day, Jan. 22 1973: The U.S. Supreme Court, in its […]

Washington: Dr Anthony Fauci is back. In truth, the Unites States’ leading infectious-diseases expert never really went away. But after enduring nearly a year of darts and undermining comments from former president Donald Trump, Fauci now speaks with the authority of the White House again. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases called it “liberating” to […]

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Boris Johnson refuses to rule out lockdown lasting to the SUMMER amid claims he is willing to keep Covid curbs longer to make sure it is the LAST national squeeze of pandemic Boris Johnson has refused to rule out lockdown lasting for many more months The PM has pledged to offer vaccines to 14m most vulnerable by mid-February Claims that […]

Isle of Skye bolthole where Mellow Yellow pop star Donovan hosted George Harrison and Pattie Boyd is for sale for £435,000 The 18th Century Boathouse was converted by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan into a home in the 1970s It has views across Loch Bay on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, to the islands of Islay and Mingay and North Uist Donovan had […]

MADELEINE McCann prime suspect Christian B will not be charged after he caused £1,000 worth of damage to his cell – but he still wants compensation after alleging he was "attacked" by guards. The convicted rapist and paedophile, 43, is said to have smeared yoghurt around the holding cell and blocked the toilet before being overpowered and put in shackles. […]

Two doctors and a midwife have been jailed in Kazakhstan for killing a newborn baby by putting him into a morgue freezer because they had mistakenly declared him stillborn and did not want to change the paperwork Two senior doctors and a midwife have been jailed for the crime in Atyrau The court found they deliberately killed the boy after […]

GP surgeries across the country are ready to go with the coronavirus vaccine rollout but don't have the supplies, one top doctor has warned. Both the Pfizer/BioNTech jab and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine are currently being rolled out across the UK to the most vulnerable in society. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates But one […]

HARSHER restrictions could be in the mix after a shock new study found lockdown is failing to drive down Covid cases. The suggestion comes as hopes of beating the killer virus mounted last night with record numbers jabbed against the virus. But this came as prayers went out to the 1,820 latest fatalities. It is the highest number of deaths […]