Health secretary will permit indoor visits from one person from 8 March, raising safety concerns from some care operators Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Care home residents in England will be allowed to receive indoor visits from one person from 8 March as lockdown restrictions start […]
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Car-sized vehicle designed to seek signs of life is pronounced ‘healthy’ after dramatic descent to surface of the red planet Nasa scientists have said the Perseverance Mars rover is “healthy” and is beaming back many stunning new images from the surface of the planet, promising significant scientific discoveries ahead. Related: […]
President to travel to Texas as long as he is not a ‘burden to folks’ Power being restored but widespread boil advisories in place Joe Biden said on Friday he was ready to declare a major disaster in Texas after a deadly winter storm cut power and disrupted water supplies […]
PM to counter accusations that richest countries are piling up supplies and creating global inequality Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson will lead efforts to fend off accusations that the world’s richest countries are hoarding Covid vaccines by pledging at a G7 summit that the […]
Claimants report struggling to pay bills or put any money aside amid coronavirus crisis Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Many people claiming universal credit for the first time during the pandemic were unable to put aside enough cash to save £10 a month, eat healthily or […]
Tehran yet to answer European invitation seeking reinstatement of 2015 agreement torn up by Donald Trump The US has agreed to take part in multilateral talks with Iran hosted by the EU, with the aim of negotiating a return by both countries to the 2015 nuclear deal that is close […]
Former PM says his fear of the Murdoch empire persisted during his time in office and only subsided after he left The former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has declared that Australian politicians are frightened of Rupert Murdoch – a fear that persisted when he was in the top job […]
Radio signals confirmed that the six-wheeled rover had survived its perilous descent and arrived within its target zone Nasa’s science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its […]
Labour leader to claim that poorer people have been disproportionately hit because Tories ‘weakened foundations of society’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Keir Starmer will use a major speech on Thursday to claim that the coronavirus pandemic has hit the UK disproportionately hard because 10 years […]
Exclusive: government analysis reveals unmet financial needs of many people needing to self-isolate Why Leicester, Blackburn and Bradford have been hit hard by Covid Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A “perfect storm” of low wages, cramped housing and failures of the £22bn test-and-trace scheme has led […]