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[ad_1] meIt’s not supposed to play out like this. Some bits of information leaking through the Internet late Thursday night, without sources, surely a hoax. Text messages start ringing between people seeking confirmation from each other. But then the reports become firmer, confirmation comes from those in the know. Dean …

[ad_1] The UK has reported 6,634 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily total ever recorded. It is reported that 40 more people died within 28 days after testing positive for COVID-19, show the official figures. The last time the daily death toll exceeded 40 was on July 14, when 44 …

[ad_1] The narrative can change very quickly in soccer. Not long ago, Liverpool were criticized for their apparent inertia in the transfer market. Detractors said they weren’t doing the business necessary to defend their Premier League title. Then he signed Thiago Alcantara and Diogo Jota in the space of a …

[ad_1] The government will finally launch a mobile phone app on Thursday that people in England and Wales can use to establish whether they may have been exposed to the coronavirus. The launch follows the ignominious scrapping of previous app despite months of development, although some features are being incorporated …

[ad_1] The UK has reported 6,178 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily total in four months. Since the start of the pandemic, only two days have passed that have exceeded this total: on May 1, when there were 6,201 confirmed cases, and on April 5, when there were 6,199. Sky …

[ad_1] Twitter has launched an investigation after users claimed that its image cropping feature favors the faces of white people. An automatic tool in the social network’s mobile app automatically crops images that are too large to fit on the screen and selects which parts of an image should be …

[ad_1] Companies controlled by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich donated tens of millions of pounds to a highly controversial group of Israeli settlers accused of displacing Palestinian families from Jerusalem, according to leaked documents seen by BBC News Arabic. The billionaire Russian oligarch, who was granted Israeli citizenship in 2018, has …

[ad_1] Where was Boris Johnson? Typically, whenever the Medical Director and Senior Scientific Advisor give a Downing Street briefing, the Prime Minister, or failing that, a Cabinet Minister, is in full view alongside them. But on Monday, Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty came out as a double act. Either because …

[ad_1] Image copyright fake images The UK’s coronavirus alert level is rising from 3 to 4, which means transmission is “high or increasing exponentially,” its medical directors said. It comes after the government’s scientific advisor warned that there could be 50,000 new coronavirus cases a day in mid-October without further …

[ad_1] The UK’s COVID-19 alert level has moved from level three to level four, meaning that transmission of the virus is high or increasing exponentially. Medical directors for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland recommended raising the measure to the second highest level due to a “rapidly” rising number of …