Big Lizzie is back in business: Royal Navy’s £3bn aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth gives sunworshippers a show on its way back from exercises following Covid outbreak The 65,000-tonne, £3.1 billion vessel had to postpone exercises last week after a Covid-19 outbreak on board Seven of its crew tested positive and around 100 were forced … Read more
France’s daily coronavirus cases have topped 10,000 for the first time while Spain’s have rocketed to 12,000. The countries’ soaring case numbers have led to fears that the UK, which has seen its daily case figures steadily rise since August, could be heading in the same direction. On Friday, the UK announced 3,539 new daily coronavirus cases … Read more
A reckless teenager who was fined £10,000 under Covid rules after police broke up a party of 50 people at his student home is a former boarder at a £30,000-a-year private school, MailOnline can reveal. Stuart Hawk, 19, claimed he had only invited around 25 people to the party on Friday – just days before … Read more
The Government’s supposedly ‘world-beating’ Covid-19 testing system is said to be ‘in chaos,’ with a backlog of 185,000 swabs as it desperately sends tests to Germany and Italy in a bid to catch up. The system is claimed to have capacity for 375,000 tests a day, but the number being tested dropped to 437,000 a … Read more
School leaders are forcing hundreds of pupils to isolate at home for two weeks after just one child tests positive for coronavirus. Whole year groups are being sent home amid major confusion among teachers and local public health officials over the Government’s official guidance for schools. Current guidance to schools states: ‘Maintaining distinct groups or … Read more
Stop strangling the economy – and get people back to work! Tory donors tell PM his Covid rules will wreck Britain and put the NHS in danger Tory donors warn that ‘draconian’ measures are strangling Britain’s economy Rule of six introduced despite city centres and Whitehall offices being deserted Hotelier Sir Rocco Forte says we should … Read more
Canada records zero daily Covid deaths for the first time since MARCH and suffers 702 more positive cases as lockdown is eased and schools reopen Canada has reported zero daily Covid-19 deaths for the first time since March 15 Its death toll remained at 9,163 on September 11, the same as the previous day The … Read more
Furious British Airways and easyJet customers are complaining that they cannot rebook breaks cancelled at the start of the coronavirus crisis using vouchers handed out by the airlines – or redeem those vouchers for cash. Millions of British holidaymakers accepted vouchers from airlines and travel companies facing financial ruin as trips abroad were dashed by … Read more
A father was left stunned after seeing hundreds of people standing in a ‘five hour’ queue waiting for Covid tests at a walk-in centre in Manchester. Tony Kirvin, 43, needed to get his son Michael tested after the 14-year-old started showing mild symptoms and was sent home from school. The nearest testing centre was a 120-mile … Read more
The full extent of the chaos in the Covid testing centre booking system was revealed yesterday in a snap survey by the Daily Mail. Round trips of up to 155 miles were suggested when reporters around the country tried to book slots. The website said there were no appointments available for three weeks at one … Read more