Staff at a Wrexham coronavirus-hit food factory that is run by a firm that supplies supermarket giants including Sainsbury’s and Asda say they begged bosses to shut it down after 237 workers tested positive for coronavirus. Public health bosses are desperately trying to track down 100 Rowan Foods workers who could have the virus after … Read more
Britain today announced 25 more coronavirus deaths as data showed half of NHS trusts in England have gone a week without a death and no fatalities have been recorded in Scotland for four days in a row. Department of Health chiefs say the lab-confirmed death toll now stands at 43,575 but the real number of victims … Read more
Britain today announced 149 more Covid-19 deaths as the outbreak that has plagued the nation for three months continues to retreat. Department of Health chiefs — who also recorded 1,118 more cases of the disease — say the laboratory-confirmed death toll now stands at 43,230 since the first victim was recorded at the start of March. But … Read more
Britain today announced 149 more Covid-19 deaths as the outbreak that has plagued the nation for three months continues to retreat. Department of Health chiefs — who also recorded 1,118 more cases of the disease — say the laboratory-confirmed death toll now stands at 43,230 since the first victim was recorded at the start of March. But … 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
Businesswoman apologises after urging people to dress up as the Ku Klux Klan and ‘stand our ground’ during Black Lives Matter protests Wendy Rowland posted on Facebook encouraging people to dress up as the KKK Rowland, who owns Amore Pizza mobile pizza van, claimed to have been hacked She eventually admitted to posting the messages … 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 after thunderstorms blasted Britain for a third day – leaving parts of the UK underwater. In true British ‘make do and mend’ style, the man was seen relaxing on the pumped up inflatable in the middle of a pool of … 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 announced across all settings last Wednesday. Most of the patients who died after testing positive occurred … 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
Britain’s coronavirus death toll today jumped by 245 as Northern Ireland recorded no new fatalities for the fourth day in a row with the outbreak across the UK continuing to fade. Department of Health figures show the official number of victims has now topped 41,000 but other grim statistics yesterday revealed the actual number of deaths … Read more