[ad_1] The UK has reported a record number of new Covid-19 infections as it battles an increase in cases caused by a variant strain of the disease. Official figures showed there were 36,804 new cases and 691 more deaths within 28 days of a positive test, both markedly more than the day before. Prime Minister … Read more
[ad_1] A wealthy transport chief transporting cocaine and cash across Europe has been jailed for 14 years and eight months. Irishman Thomas Maher (40) was sentenced in Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to four counts of conspiracy to commit a crime abroad at an earlier hearing. The court heard that between … Read more
[ad_1] Donald Trump has suggested that he cannot sign the $ 892 billion (£ 665 billion) coronavirus relief package that was approved by Congress. The president of the United States said in a video shared from his Twitter account that the bill gave too much money to foreign countries and not enough to American citizens. … Read more
[ad_1] MOHAMED Salah has shown some signs of discontent with Liverpool in recent days, but this is not the time for him to be pushing for a transfer. This interview with a Spanish newspaper expressing his admiration for Real Madrid and Barcelona was the first part of this story and some of his comments will … Read more
[ad_1] The first Covid-19 vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech will be administered in Ireland on December 30, with an initial shipment of nearly 10,000 doses to the country on St. Stephen’s Day, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly confirmed. Frontline healthcare workers and nursing home residents will be vaccinated first, he confirmed. “My focus in the first place … Read more
[ad_1] An 18th consecutive Carabao Cup victory for Manchester City was not much of a surprise, even if it ended Arsenal’s streak of 13 cup ties without defeat. Any suggestion that these seemingly equally impressive records represented a match of equals was always an overstatement, even if one of those cup draws in Arsenal’s record … Read more
[ad_1] France will reopen its borders to passengers from England on Wednesday, as the European Commission called on EU member states to lift travel restrictions imposed in response to Britain’s discovery of a mutant strain of coronavirus. Thousands of truck drivers stranded in Kent since France halted cargo movements from England on Sunday will be … Read more
[ad_1] The coronavirus has landed in Antarctica, the last continent free from Covid-19, the Chilean military announced, as health and military officials rushed to clear and quarantine personnel from a remote research station surrounded by oceans. and icebergs. Chile’s armed forces said at least 36 people had been infected at their Bernardo O’Higgins base, including … Read more
[ad_1] EU negotiator Michel Barnier has vowed to keep pushing for a post-Brexit trade deal for the past ten days before Britain leaves the single market. Barnier told reporters: “We really are at the crucial moment and we are giving it the final push.” He said: “In 10 days the UK will leave the single … Read more
[ad_1] The 39-year-old owner of a transport company that organized the movement of drugs and cash between Europe, Ireland and the United Kingdom has been jailed for 14 years and eight months in Liverpool today. Thomas Maher, who lived in Wiltshire Close in Warrington but is originally from Co Offaly, was involved in smuggling € … Read more