Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have branded the efforts to tackle the coronavirus epidemic ‘as true a testament there is to the human spirit.’ Taking to the Sussex Royal Instagram account, the Duke, 35, and Duchess of Sussex, 38, shared an inspirational quote alongside a long caption which began: ‘These are …
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Work on Chard’s new swimming pool and leisure centre will continue in spite of the coronavirus pandemic. South Somerset District Council has committed £3M to regenerating the town centre, with the first phase including the delivery of a new pool on the former ACI site off Silver Street. Planning permission …
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SCHOOLS in Scotland and Wales are to close from the end of this week, it was announced today. In a briefing in Edinburgh, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon conceded that closures were now inevitable, with a number of schools across Scotland already closed due to staff shortages. The Welsh government said that it …
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One of the Government’s top coronavirus experts believes he has contracted the virus, he revealed on Twitter this morning. Professor Neil Ferguson, an Imperial College London virus expert who has been advising UK officials for two months, said he is now in self-isolation. In a tweet posted on Wednesday morning …
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This week, the British public has been asked to channel its “Blitz spirit”, while many older people have said that if they can survive the war, they can survive this. In Tuesday’s press conference, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the steps taken to fight the deadly disease were “unprecedented since …
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Britain’s coronavirus shutdown could last for 18 months or more amid a frantic scramble for a vaccine that can stop the disease, scientists warned today. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced last night that people should stop socialising, work from home, avoid travelling and that whole households should stay in isolation …
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Happy St Patrick’s Day! Royal family share Instagram posts to mark the occasion amid the coronavirus crisis – as Prince William and Kate Middleton praise the work of the Irish Guards Duke and Duchess of Cambridge marked St Patrick’s Day with an Instagram post Couple paid tribute to the work …
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Coronavirus cases in the UK are rapidly climbing, and the spiralling outbreak yesterday prompted Boris Johnson to take the drastic step of advising against all social contact in a dramatic measure to delay the spread of infection. But despite these distancing measures, the government estimates many more people will catch …
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Queen, 93, returns to Buckingham Palace in central London after weekend in Windsor despite coronavirus outbreak The Queen, 93, has returned to Buckingham Palace today to carry on her duties It comes as number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK increase to 1,543 People over age of 70 will …
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Which European countries are in the Schengen free-travel area? Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland France, Germany and Bulgaria today blocked travel even with the free-moving Schengen zone as …
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