Health authorities in the UK are rapidly tracking down everyone who came into contact with the six coronavirus patients announced in the past 24 hours. Travellers returning from Italy, Tenerife and Iran have been confirmed to be England, Wales and Northern Ireland’s most recent cases of the infection, bringing the UK total to 19, up … Read more
Britain’s oldest man today said he could not believe it when he was told he was now the oldest in the world – but added he wouldn’t bother celebrating. Bob Weighton, who is 111, admitted he was taken aback when his grandson last night broke the news to him that he had inherited the title … Read more
The best and worst airports across the UK have been named in a new study, with Glasgow Airport taking the top podium position and London Stansted languishing in last place. The ranking has been produced by flight tips site The Points Guy UK in an inaugural annual report after an ‘extensive review’ of the largest … Read more
Masterminds behind a £10million fraud which saw the UK’s largest illegal tobacco factory produce 140 packs of cigarettes a minute have been jailed. John Watson Snr, 47, who was a director of Doncaster Greyhound stadium, Terence Jacques, 60, and security guard Russell Haywood, 48, led a 12-man gang who made millions of counterfeit cigarettes which … Read more