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[ad_1] The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday through Friday, plus breaking news updates Pubs and restaurants could close in parts of England in a few days as the government prepares a tightening of coronavirus restrictions, it is reported. Millions of people in the north could face …

[ad_1] Boris Johnson was drawing up plans Wednesday night to impose strict restrictions on northern England pubs and restaurants when the Treasury finalized a new coronavirus support package for the affected hotel industry. The prime minister was expected to follow Scotland’s lead and announce new lockdown restrictions to curb rising …

[ad_1] President Trump has been administered at least three potent drugs since announcing he tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday night: Regeneron’s lab-made antibody cocktail, the antiviral remdesivir and the steroid dexamethasone. Two of those drugs are still experimental for the treatment of COVID-19 and the Food and Drug Administration …

[ad_1] The tributes have inundated a young cyclist who died in a hit and run while sending messages of support to her family. Jennie Dowd fell off her bike on Sunday September 27 on Lunt Road in Sefton Village. The 31-year-old was rushed to hospital with serious injuries and was …

[ad_1] Image copyright Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Screenshot The search involved police, firefighters, Coast Guard personnel and search and rescue volunteers. A man whose body was recovered after a major search in a river was named Alun Owen, 32. Emergency services found the body of the Openreach engineer in the …

[ad_1] University of Exeter students have been kicked off campus and sent home, as chancellors across the country crack down on breaches of Covid regulations, blamed for increasing infection rates. Exeter confirmed that it had suspended “a small number” of students for violating the university’s Covid rules amid a spike …

[ad_1] meIt was not the most orthodox of openings to the prime minister’s questions, with Conservative MP Sir David Amess announcing his new book, due out next week, and asking if Boris Johnson agreed with his central proposition that the The country had not voted for the Conservatives in the …

[ad_1] Pubs and restaurants in parts of northern England could face restrictions within days in a fight to stem an alarming rise in coronavirus cases, after Nicola Sturgeon announced a nationwide crackdown on indoor drinking in Scotland. UK ministers will meet again on Thursday to try to reach a resolution, …

[ad_1] Image copyright Reuters The government is likely to tighten coronavirus restrictions in parts of England on Monday, including the possibility of closing pubs and restaurants, the BBC understands. The government is expected to introduce three tiers for local closures, as the BBC reported last week. But ministers are now …

[ad_1] Image copyright Reuters Regardless of how you look at the flood of statistics on coronavirus, the disease is still spreading, despite additional limits being placed on one town after another. Even before Nicola Sturgeon moved on Wednesday to try to break the spread in Scotland, SW1 ministers were discussing …