O2 expands its 5G coverage to 150 UK towns and cities – inching ahead of EE to become the nation’s biggest provider of ultra-fast mobile internet Both O2 and EE launched their 5G networks in the UK back in 2019 O2’s 5G network is now available in 150 towns and cities across the UK EE … Read more
Terrifying bodycam footage shows the moment a cash security guard is attacked with an 18-inch machete outside a Co-Op. Footage shows the cash security guard approaching his van as he is attacked in Huntingdon, Staffordshire, in March last year. Adrian Treleven, 26, and Remelle Stewart, 18, targeted Loomis and G4S workers transporting cash – but … Read more
Covid vaccinations will be available in some high street pharmacies from today. The injections are being rolled out at 200 locations over the next fortnight, both at the major chains and independent chemists. Boots in Halifax and Superdrug in Guildford will be among the first six sites to administer the injections. Yesterday, Asda announced it … Read more
Burglaries fall for the first time in three years because lockdown has made it harder to find empty homes to target, figures show Would-be burglars are finding it harder to break into homes as everyone is in Insurance claims for house burglaries fell for the first time in three years in 2020 Highest rate across … Read more
The police crackdown on Britons breaking lockdown rules has intensified with fines issued to a man travelling 14 miles to play Pokemon Go and a woman who drove 100 miles across three counties to get a McDonald’s burger. Another man was fined after travelling more than 110 miles from York to Leicester via Birmingham to … Read more
Professor Jon Deeks, a biostatistician from the University of Birmingham, accused the Government of making lateral flow tests seem ‘better than they are’ Boris Johnson‘s extortionate Operation Moonshot mass-swabbing scheme could accelerate Covid’s spread because the tests are so inaccurate, a top expert has warned. Professor Jon Deeks, a testing expert at the University of Birmingham, … Read more
A West Midlands Police chief has stood by the decision to issue seven £200 lockdown fines to people paying respects to 1974 IRA Birmingham bombing victims. The force came under fire after two West Midlands MPs said it had been ‘morally wrong’ to issue the fines following an anniversary convoy on November 21 last year. … Read more
Over-80s face gruelling trips to vaccination hubs to get inoculated against Covid-19… or an agonising wait for a unit to open nearer to home Around 130,000 invites were sent out to those aged over 80 at the weekend Several have complained about the long journeys they are expected to make NHS says if they are … Read more
Boris Johnson wants to open 50 mass vaccination centres across the country within weeks to help hit his target of offering vaccines to nearly 14 million people by the middle of next month. There are already around 700 vaccination sites across the country, with seven national centres opening this week to turbo-charge efforts to get jabs to millions of … Read more
New mutant strain of coronavirus that is surging through Britain is more contagious because it replicates in the throat, says study Birmingham University study found Covid variant patients had ‘high viral loads’ Swabs taken from throat of those with latest strain had higher levels of Covid Michael Kidd, who lead study, said findings could explain how … Read more