Boris Johnson is expected to announce a national lockdown next week after his scientific advisers told him it was the only way to save Christmas. Scientists from the Sage committee yesterday presented No 10 with bleak figures showing that Covid is spreading ‘significantly’ faster than even their original ‘worst-case scenario’ prediction. …
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Meghan Markle’s high-stakes privacy case has been delayed until next October – despite concerns raised by her father that he might die before it takes place. Thomas Markle revealed that he suffers from heart and lung problems and wants to get the case ‘over with as quickly as possible,’ because …
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Pizza Express is to cut around 1,300 jobs across its UK restaurants after facing a profit hit in the face of tougher coronavirus restrictions. Bosses at the popular restaurant chain say they are not closing any restaurants but are instead slimming down the company’s existing team. It comes after the …
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The Queen reigns supreme: Monarch is most popular Royal in UK poll with Prince William and Kate Middleton second and third favourites – as Harry and Meghan’s popularity plummets YouGov survey found public opinion increased for the Queen throughout 2020 The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge also scored favourably in …
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The crowds queuing up for the panto at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley, had never seen anything quite like it. Into the car park growled one hefty, blacked-out limousine after another for what would turn out to be nothing less than a royal command performance. It was a few days before …
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Royal Mail boss hints that Saturday post could be scrapped because it is no longer ‘economic’ to deliver letters six days a week Royal Mail boss says delivering letters six days a week is no longer ‘economic’ Chairman Keith Williams says changes are needed to reflect customer habits During the …
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Butlin’s records four cases of Covid-19 among workers at one venue as staff fear visitors are being put at risk while the resort stays open A worker at Skegness said they feared safety of employees was being put at risk But Butlin’s said all venues have been subject to ‘robust …
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The 7th Baron Feversham, 52-year-old Jasper Orlando Slingsby Duncombe, was accused of driving his blue two-litre Audi without reasonable consideration An aristocrat nicknamed The Porn Baron today claimed his estranged wife has been stealing his mail in the midst of an acrimonious divorce – as he defended himself against ignoring …
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This is the dramatic moment the captain of oil tanker Nave Andromeda begged for ‘immediate assistance’ during a mayday call after stowaway migrants turned violent during an alleged hijack attempt after the crew threatened to report them. The skipper can be heard begging for help as he described how the …
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A ‘wish you were here’ postcard has finally been delivered 100 years after it was originally posted. The postcard was dated July 1920 and addressed to Miss Eva Browne on Glebe Road, Unthank Road, Norwich. It has a picture of St Paul’s Cathedral in London on one side and attached is …
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