PM warns B117 may increase death rate as well as being up to 70% more transmissible Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The new UK coronavirus variant may be 30% more deadly, Boris Johnson said on Friday as he warned of stricter travel curbs and continued lockdown […]
Month: January 2021
Scientists start work on steps needed for potential rapid development of a modified vaccine, AstraZeneca says Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The UK medicines regulator is in discussions with coronavirus vaccine manufacturers about “potential modifications” that may be needed to ensure their jabs protect against new […]
The House will transmit the article against the former president on Monday, giving his legal team time to prepare their case US politics – live updates Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump are set to begin the week of 8 February, with the former president facing […]
Holyrood makes unprecedented move to see private messages from SNP party officials The Scottish parliament has ordered the country’s prosecution service to release key evidence in the Alex Salmond affair, in a dramatic escalation of a battle over the non-disclosure of legal papers. In an unprecedented move, Holyrood issued an […]
Former first lady walks off after touching down at Palm Beach airport this week, leaving husband to relish the spotlight alone One last time, the internet has run wild over viral video of first lady Melania Trump apparently spurning the conventions of her role, triggering speculation about the state of […]
Exclusive: universal payment is ‘preferred position’ of DHSC in effort to help people self-isolate Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers are considering paying £500 to everyone in England who tests positive for Covid-19, in a dramatic overhaul of the self-isolation support scheme, the Guardian can reveal. […]
Senate Republican leader says former president needs time to prepare The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, is proposing to push back the start of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial by a week or more to give the former president time to review the case. House Democrats who voted to impeach Trump […]
Warnings in place as care homes evacuated, roads blocked and body found in river Flood warnings remain in place across north-west England and Wales on Thursday evening following a tumultuous 24 hours in which hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes, and the body of a man was recovered […]
Treaty signatories include Africa’s most populous country and Europe’s least populated, but Russia and Nato on the sidelines An international treaty banning all nuclear weapons that has been signed by 51 countries and that campaigners hope will help raise the profile of global deterrence efforts comes into force on Friday. […]
Teenager ‘set upon’ on Thursday afternoon in the Handsworth area of north west Birmingham A 15-year-old boy has died after being attacked by a group of youths in the Handsworth area of Birmingham. The boy was “set upon” by the gang in Linwood Road just after 3.30pm on Thursday. He […]