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London stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday despite the imposition of a third national lockdown in England, as investors eyed a statement from Chancellor Rishi Sunak on a fresh business support package. At 0840 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.6% at 6,609.84, faring well considering England was set …

Health officials today warned that people as young as 30 ‘will die from Covid’ as NHS hospitals in the West Country brace for an overspill of critically-ill patients from London under emergency plans. Trusts in London and the south-east at the centre of the UK’s epidemic are preparing to transfer …

Liverpool’s council leaders today called for a third national lockdown to contain the new ‘mutant’ strain of Covid and prevent a ‘catastrophe’. The city’s acting mayor, Wendy Simon, and the Labour-run city council’s cabinet say the speed of the rise in coronavirus cases have reached ‘alarming levels’ and urgent action …

A Hermes delivery driver quit his job after just two days because he had to spend 45 minutes a day sorting through parcels without pay, he claims. Matt Solomons worked two shifts at Deliveries247, a company based in Greenford, North London, which is contracted by Hermes. Sharing pictures of the …

P olice have shut down a large illegal New Year rave in London’s Royal Docks, with organisers facing a £10,000 fine for breaching coronavirus rules. Pictures from the scene in the riverside industrial district showed officers clearing the venue, which was left littered with bottles and N20 canisters. Officers said …

Nightingale hospitals in London and across England have been ‘reactivated’ to be ready to admit patients as the capital’s NHS facilities struggle under the pressure of a new wave of coronavirus cases.  The Excel centre site has been readied after laying deserted for months as Britain yesterday recorded 981 Covid …

B ritons should brace for a bitterly cold end to 2020 as icy showers and widespread frost sweep the UK. Temperatures could plunge below -5C in the glens of Scotland overnight, with rain, sleet and snow flurries making their way south throughout New Year’s Eve, the Met Office said. A …

Notorious British traitor George Blake has died aged 98 half a century after he claimed to have betrayed 600 agents to the Russians as a double agent during the Cold War, Russian foreign intelligence announced today.  The 98-year-old spy had been living in Moscow since he escaped from Wormwood Scrubs …

L ONDON has been hit with nearly 60,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in a week, official figures reveal today. As the crisis escalates, more than 1,100 coronavirus patients were admitted to London hospitals in just three days to December 19. Some hospitals including St George’s in Tooting, south west London, …

London stocks were set to fall at the open on Friday as investors continue to eye Brexit talks. The FTSE 100 was called to open 26 points lower at 6,525. CMC Markets analyst Michael Hewson said: “Asia markets have finished the week slightly on the back foot, after the Bank …