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[ad_1] The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday through Friday, plus breaking news updates Loud boos were heard after police shut down an impromptu chant while a busker performed in Leicester Square. A huge crowd, largely ignoring social distancing guidelines, gathered at the popular London tourist spot …

[ad_1] The head of public health in Nottingham says there are “many reasons” for the increase in Covid-19 cases across the city. However, she “cannot fully explain” why the number of cases increased “so suddenly”. Alison Challenger, Nottingham’s director of public health, says that increased testing, “rapid” spread among students, …

[ad_1] Here are five things to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Saturday morning. We will have another update on Sunday. 1. The three-tier system will be announced Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make a statement to MPs on Monday giving details of the new restrictions to curb the spread …

[ad_1] Masks should be mandatory indoors and outdoors where two-meter social distancing is not possible, doctors have said. Publishing a wish list of recommendations for ministers, the British Medical Association (BMA) accused the government of “letting down its guard” and said “inconsistent” messages since the national lockdown was lifted had …

[ad_1] It was the week the men in white coats finally came for Donald Trump. Seven masked doctors emerged from Walter Reed Military Hospital outside Washington to try to assure a skeptical world that their most famous patient was beating the coronavirus. They had lobbied the President of the United …

[ad_1] Northern England leaders warned that further restrictions on the coronavirus would have a “devastating” effect on the country and the wider regional economy. His comments come as Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make a statement to MPs on Monday amid expectations that a three-tier local lockdown system will be …

[ad_1] Joe Wicks has been named an MBE on the Queen’s Birthday Honors Roll for his efforts to keep children active in the confinement. The 35-year-old fitness coach was honored for helping inspire people to stay motivated and mentally fit with his online physical education lessons and for his other …

[ad_1] Anonymous heroes from the Covid-19 pandemic make up nearly a third of the queen’s birthday honor roll. Felicia Kwaku, 52, associate director of nursing at the King’s College NHS Trust Trust, said her OBE was for “fallen colleagues.” “We saw in March and April that nurses and midwives were …

[ad_1] It is indeed a very strange sight, one of the most energetic cities in the UK calling at 6pm on a Friday night. At the George IV pub in Edinburgh the drinkers booed – in a friendly way – when the bell rang for the last orders. The Scottish …

[ad_1] The second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden has been canceled, the Committee on Presidential Debates confirmed on Friday, a move that came as the president announced his first events in person since he was diagnosed with Covid-19. The nonpartisan commission’s decision follows a public disagreement between …