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[ad_1] Twenty-nine asylum seekers have died in Interior Ministry accommodations so far this year, five times more than those who have lost their lives on dangerous small-boat crossings of the Canal during the same period. The Guardian obtained the figure in a freedom of information response from the Interior Ministry, …

[ad_1] Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove will speak to delegate nations later this afternoon about relaxing coronavirus rules next week over Christmas, Sky News understands. The call is expected to take place around 5 p.m. COVID-19 updates live from the UK and around the world Sky News understands that possible …

[ad_1] A London borough leader has said he “has no choice” but to tell schools to stay open after threats of government legal action. Danny Thorpe of the Greenwich council insisted that it was not the “right choice”, but that he could not “justify using public funds to fight the …

[ad_1] A man has been jailed on the Isle of Man for four weeks for violating COVID-19 regulations, after traveling on a jet ski to the island from Scotland. Under the coronavirus regulations on the island, non-residents must obtain special permission from the government in order to enter the Isle …

[ad_1] Plans to relax Covid restrictions at Christmas must be reversed or many lives are at risk, according to a rare joint editorial by two of the UK’s most eminent medical journals. The government can no longer claim it is protecting the NHS if it goes ahead with “headlong” plans …

[ad_1] The number of drug deaths in Scotland has reached the worst level on record. Figures from the Scottish National Registries show that in 2019, 1,264 people died from drug abuse, 77 more than in 2018, representing an increase of 6%. It was the largest number ever recorded in Scotland, …

[ad_1] China appears to have used mobile phone networks in the Caribbean to monitor American mobile phone subscribers as part of its spy campaign against Americans, according to a mobile network security expert who has analyzed sensitive signal data. The findings paint an alarming picture of how China has allegedly …

[ad_1] Sadiq Khan has called on the government to reconsider its relaxation of coronavirus rules over Christmas. “What I would say to the government is that I am not sure that you have done well, in fact I am sure that you have not done well in relation to the …

[ad_1] Democrat Joe Biden has attacked Trump’s refusal to admit defeat, calling the attacks on elections and election officials “simply inconceivable” and the attempts to overturn the result as an “abuse of power.” The comments come as Biden won the state-by-state Electoral College vote that formally determines who the next …

[ad_1] The British have been told to “do the bare minimum” if visiting family over Christmas, despite the coronavirus rules being relaxed during the festive period. Treasury Chief Secretary Steve Barclay told Sky News that people “must not misunderstand what COVID-19 the guidelines say “. Live updates on coronavirus from …