More than 60 firefighters battle huge blaze spreading through gorse in Northern Ireland’s Mourne Mountains The gorse fire in the Slieve Donard area has been going since Friday morning Pictures overnight showed the blaze on pitch-black mountains over Newcastle Officials told people to avoid Glen River and Bloody Bridge River access points Firefighters were withdrawn late … Read more
A new COVID-19 variant spreading through New York City has mutations that may weaken the effectiveness of vaccines, according to two new studies. The B.1.526 variant, which first appeared in samples collected in New York City in November, now makes up about 27 percent of viral sequences deposited into a database shared by scientists called GISAID, … Read more
Research on how well various types of masks and face coverings protect against coronavirus has varied but experts and politicians have generally leaned towards the idea that the chance of some protection is better than none. In the UK, face coverings were first made mandatory in for public transport in June and later for shops … Read more
Jackie Goldschneider confronted Teresa Giudice for spreading a baseless cheating rumor on Wednesday’s season premiere of The Real Housewives Of New Jersey. The season 11 episode titled ‘C U Next Tuesday?’ opened with Teresa, 48, arriving at the neutral-site home of Margaret Josephs, 53, for a tête-à-tête with Jackie, 44. Jackie called the meeting after … Read more
Stopping coronavirus spreading in hospitals could have made ‘substantial’ reduction in first wave deaths as SAGE paper claims up to 40% of patients caught Covid AFTER admission Researchers said in-hospital spread prolonged the first wave by ‘several weeks’ NHS struggles to contain the virus, which spreads silently, especially when busy Some caught the virus then … Read more
Cases of the ‘super COVID’ variant that originated in the UK are spreading rapidly across the United States, a new study published on Sunday claims. Researchers estimate that the variant, known as B 1.1.7., is between 35 percent and 45 percent more transmissible than strains seen earlier on in the pandemic. Because of its more … Read more
UK bans flights from Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo in latest bid to stop South African ‘more vaccine resistant’ Covid strain spreading here The UK will introduce a ban on arrivals from the two African nations from Friday The rule will not apply to returning UK nationals, and those with residency rights It … Read more
Boris Johnson vows to focus on ‘levelling-up’ Britain and ‘spreading opportunity’ after securing post-Brexit trade deal with EU Boris Johnson said he hopes to make use of the new freedoms afforded by Brexit The Prime Minister said he wants to ‘deliver for people who felt left behind’ But he acknowledged his deal did not completely … Read more
Furious Northerners blasted Londoners who fled the capital last night to avoid spending Christmas in a brutal new Tier 4 lockdown, amid fears they will spread the mutant strain of coronavirus across the country. Twitter users today slammed large crowds queueing on a packed platform at London’s St Pancras Station to board the last train … Read more
Now ALL captive birds must be kept indoors under new Government rules to stop bird flu spreading after eight cases were found in England Bird flu was confirmed in rearing turkeys at premises near Attleborough, Norfolk Last month, one farm in North Yorkshire and one in Herefordshire had outbreaks Cases also seen in areas including Gloucestershire, … Read more