[ad_1] More than a million people have signed Marcus Rashford’s petition calling on the government to extend free school meals. The number of signatories reached 1,001,500 at 5 p.m. Wednesday, two weeks since the footballer created it as part of his campaign to end child food poverty. Until now, Boris …
Read More »Live updates as Nottinghamshire County Council provides updates before Level 3 restrictions
[ad_1] Nottinghamshire County Council has organized a press conference as the county appears to be subject to Level 3 restrictions. The meeting is scheduled to take place between 4:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. today, Wednesday, October 28. Public Health Director Jonathan Gribbin and County Council Leader Kay Cutts are expected …
Read More »Twenty-eight more people have died from coronavirus in Greater Manchester hospitals
[ad_1] Twenty-eight more lives have been lost to the coronavirus in Greater Manchester hospitals. The death toll in hospitals in the region has reached 2,620, the latest NHS figures show. Yesterday, the Greater Manchester hospital recorded one of the largest increases in deaths from COVID-19 since the start of the …
Read More »Woman falls from Queens Drive overpass as police block road during rush hour
[ad_1] A woman fell from the overpass on Queens Drive, prompting police to block the road during rush hour. Emergency services were called to the roundabout between County Road and Rice Lane shortly before 3 pm to report that a woman had been found injured. Police officers closed several roads …
Read More »Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to be tried on new charges in Iran next week | News
[ad_1] Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman sentenced to five years in prison in Iran in 2016, has been told that she will be tried on new charges next Monday. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was released under house arrest in March due to the coronavirus outbreak, was also told that she would return …
Read More »Coronavirus: another 24,701 cases and 310 deaths registered in the last 24 hours | UK News
[ad_1] Another 24,701 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the UK, while 310 have died, according to the latest government data. This is an increase of 1,816 infections compared to Tuesday’s figures, although the number of deaths fell by 57 compared to the 367 registered on Tuesday, which was …
Read More »The migrant family who died in the Canal were warned not to try to travel | UK News
[ad_1] An Iranian-Kurdish family, who died when their migrant ship capsized in the English Channel, were warned not to undertake the dangerous journey due to bad weather conditions. Rasoul Iran-Nejad and his wife Shiva Mohammed Panahi, both 35, drowned with two of his children, Armin, six years old and Anita, …
Read More »Essex truck deaths: Migrants’ bodies “were so tightly packed that they couldn’t be checked for signs of life,” court hears | UK News
[ad_1] The bodies of 39 migrants found dead in a truck trailer in Essex were so packed together that the first police officer on the scene was unable to check them all for signs of life, a court has heard. PC Jack Emerson told the Old Bailey how he and …
Read More »Four Iranians who died crossing the English Channel were part of the same family | World News
[ad_1] Four Iranians who died trying to cross the English Channel on Tuesday morning were members of a family from the northwestern city of Sardasht, The Guardian learned. Rasul Iran Nezhad and his wife, Shiva Mohammad Panahi, both 35, and two of their children, Anita, 9, and Armin, 6, drowned …
Read More »Coronavirus: Increased fines for violating COVID-19 restrictions in England and Wales | UK News
[ad_1] Fines imposed on the public for breaches of coronavirus rules are increasing in England and Wales, new data shows. In total, between March 27 and October 19, 20,223 fixed sanction notifications (FPN) were issued under ongoing blockade restrictions, according to the latest figures from the National Police Chiefs Council …
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