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[ad_1] The organizer of an anti-closure protest in Piccadilly Gardens will be fined £ 10,000, police have promised. Up to six hundred people gathered in Manchester city center this afternoon despite government orders to stay home to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Many of the attendees did …

[ad_1] Hundreds of people gathered today in Piccadilly Gardens in central Manchester to protest against the national lockdown. The protest is believed to have started in the city center around 1pm. Images from social media showed that a few hundred people had gathered in the gardens. There appeared to be …

[ad_1] Scientists in the UK are working to obtain samples of a mutant form of coronavirus that emerged in Danish mink farms and spread to humans, prompting ministers to ban non-British citizens from arriving from Denmark. Danish health authorities raised the alarm over the mutant virus last week and announced …

[ad_1] Hundreds of anti-blockade protesters have taken to the streets against the national blockade. Large crowds marched through Manchester city center, accusing the MPs who voted for the lockdown of treason. Many carried banners with anti-blockade slogans, one of which read “Fear is the currency of control,” while some shouted …

[ad_1] Newcastle-under-Lyme is now one of England’s worst coronavirus hot spots, but the infection rate differs wildly between different parts of North Staffordshire. The latest data released by Public Health England shows the areas where Covid-19 infections are highest. The seven-day rate of change is increasing rapidly in the districts …

[ad_1] The number of coronavirus patients dying in UK hospitals has risen by 151. Health authorities today announced the figure, which includes 122 deaths in England, 19 in Wales, three in Scotland and seven in Northern Ireland. A week ago, 137 hospital deaths were confirmed, while a fortnight ago that …

[ad_1] When President-elect Joe Biden announced that he would appoint his own coronavirus task force on Monday, the United States posted its fourth consecutive daily record of new Covid cases, close to 130,000. “That plan will be built on the foundations of science,” Biden said, vowing “to spare no effort, …

[ad_1] Three more cities will soon introduce mass testing schemes in a bid to combat the coronavirus, after the city-wide swabbing program was launched in Liverpool earlier this week. The Prime Minister will announce that more than 100,000 people will be told to get tested in all three cities, including …

[ad_1] Joe Biden has made no secret of his opposition to the flagship policy that defines Boris Johnson’s career: Brexit. Biden claims, wrongly, according to the prime minister, that the Good Friday Agreement it is threatened by the Internal Market Law, currently pending in the House of Lords. Image: Boris …

[ad_1] Official data ‘exaggerates’ the risk of Covid-19 and talking about a second wave is ‘misleading’, nearly 500 academics told Boris Johnson in an open letter attacking the blockade. Doctors and scientists said the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has become ‘disproportionate’ and that massive testing has distorted the …