Doctors fear the NHS could be quickly overwhelmed as hospital admissions surge due to the highly infectious Covid strain raging across the country. The total number of patients in hospital with the virus is likely to exceed the peak from the first wave, with 21,286 people being treated on December 22, …
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Royal Mail reveals first special stamps of 2021 celebrating 70th anniversary of Britain’s first National Parks – from the Lake District to Dartmoor New stamps celebrate the formation of the first National Parks 70 years ago Landscapes include popular countryside tourist attractions from across the UK Nationals Parks such as …
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The Duchess of Sussex is also suing Associated for breach of privacy and copyright after The Mail on Sunday published extracts of a letter she sent to Thomas Markle, her father. The trial had been scheduled for January but the Duchess successfully applied for an adjournment on confidential grounds and …
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Harry and Meghan ‘want a 12-month extension to Megxit deal that would see them keep their royal patronages beyond March 31 deadline’ – and could head back to the UK to seal the deal in person Couple seeking 12-month extension to the deal agreed with royals in January Stepped back …
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Boris Johnson’s new Brexit trade agreement means Britain and the EU will have a ‘special relationship’ and ‘ugly’ politics will end, Michael Gove has said. The Cabinet minister said the deal allows for a ‘new pattern of friendly co-operation’ between the two ‘sovereign equals’. He added that he hoped the …
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Millions of people will move into Tier 4 today after those already under the tightest coronavirus restrictions celebrated a Covid Christmas any way they could. Sussex, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire will move into Tier 4, created in response to a variant of Covid-19 discovered in the UK, from Saturday. …
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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 …
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Seven care homes in England have so far been given the coronavirus vaccine, according to the Department of Health and Social Care. Figures suggest people in care, despite being identified as the most urgently in need, only account for 0.3 per cent of the 613,000 people who received the jab. …
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Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex head to Christmas Day church service at Sandringham as William, Kate and other royals stay away over fears they would attract large crowds that would break Covid rules The couple were joined by their children James, Viscount Severn and Lady Louise Windsor at church today …
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England has recorded 32,725 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, according to the latest figures, as festive bubbles were cancelled for millions. Nationwide figures weren’t released today as the devolved nations’ tallies aren’t counted on the Government dashboard over Christmas. The infections announced today means there has been a …
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