Britain today announced 63 more Covid-19 deaths as the outbreak that has seen the nation gripped by fear for months continues to retreat. Department of Health bosses have yet to confirm the final toll, which includes laboratory-confirmed deaths in all settings. The preliminary count, which only includes a fraction of the deaths in England, is calculated by … Read more
A suspected gas explosion injured a mother and two children and destroyed a three-bedroom house in a Welsh village today. The roof was blown off the three-bedroom home in Seven Sisters near Neath, and brickwork at the front and back of the house was torn away. The two children were taken by air ambulance to … Read more
Britain today announced 154 more Covid-19 deaths and just 653 coronavirus cases, in the lowest daily jump for more than three months as the outbreak continues to fizzle out. Department of Health figures show the overall number of victims has now topped 43,000 — but other grim data taking into account all suspected deaths reveals the … Read more
The risk of catching the coronavirus from eating meat is ‘very low’, Sir Patrick Vallance assured Britons today after a third food factory in Wales was hit by a Covid-19 outbreak. Number 10’s chief scientific adviser said food safety officials who looked ‘carefully’ at whether meat is a vector ruled the risk was slim. Dismissing … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus outbreak could have died out by July 13 — with daily confirmed cases dropping to zero in all four nations, a study has claimed. The research, by a pair of economists, estimates the number of Brits testing positive for Covid-19 will fall to a daily average of zero in just three weeks’ time. … Read more
Britain today announced 173 more coronavirus deaths including a 12-year-old, as government scientists confirmed the outbreak is in retreat with the number of new cases shrinking by 4 per cent each day and the crucial R rate remaining below the dreaded level of one. Number 10’s scientific advisory panel SAGE revealed the reproduction rate – the … Read more
A plucky homeowner has been spotted floating on a lilo in his flooded front garden as downpours and whiteouts across Britain had some people asking if there had been a flurry of snow. In true British ‘make do and mend’ style, the man was seen relaxing on the pumped-up inflatable in the middle of a … Read more
Britain today announced another 184 deaths from Covid-19, taking the country’s total number of lab-confirmed victims past the 42,000-mark. Department of Health statistics show the daily number of fatalities has dropped 25 per cent in a week, with 245 posted across all settings last Wednesday. Some 233 deaths were recorded yesterday. Most of the patients … Read more
Major coronavirus outbreak hits British meat factory supplying chicken for KFC and Tesco as more than 100 workers self-isolate One quarter of workers at the 2 Sisters meat factory are now self isolating The factory in Anglesey, North Wales, produces meat for takeaways and shops KFC, Tesco and Aldi all receive produce from the factory … Read more
A bride’s wedding day was ruined after her brother was spotted sniffing cocaine at the plush wedding reception before attacking one of the guests with a pint glass. Joseph Peckham, 24, of Pontprennau, Cardiff, brought ‘shame’ on his older sister Becky’s wedding day after a groom’s relative, Matthew Oliver, warned about white powder in the … Read more