High streets descended into chaos on Saturday as shoppers were left with just hours to buy their Christmas gifts before shops close at midnight tonight in London and South East. The scramble came after Boris Johnson this afternoon revealed that a third of England – including London and swathes of …
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Five signs a new national lockdown is on the horizon The warning signs are there – and they are stark. Covid is on the rise again with the national R rate back above 1, figures published by Sage today show. It means the coronavirus outbreak is growing exponentially. Boris Johnson hinted a …
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Police investigate ‘suspicious’ death of Michigan college freshman and Black Lives Matter activist, 18, whose body was found near campus sports fields Taylor DeRosa, 18, was found dead on Grand Valley State University’s Allendale, Michigan, campus, on Saturday morning Campus police described DeRosa’s death as ‘suspicious’ but said there was no …
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China’s plans to build a huge embassy at a historic site in central London has sparked fears it could unearth thousands of bodies of bubonic plague victims. The People’s Republic of China wants to use the former Royal Mint, which sits opposite the Tower of London, as its new embassy …
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Vice President Mike Pence will get the new coronavirus vaccine within days, he Tuesday – as the White House said unidentified senior officials would do so to instill ‘public confidence.’ Pence flew to his home state of Indiana Tuesday to tout the administration’s vaccine efforts. ‘Be confident that we have …
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Albert Finney left £100,000 from his £400,000 estate to NHS cancer hospital the Royal Marsden where he was cared for before he died aged 82, documents reveal The five-times Oscar nominee bequeathed a £402,743 estate after he died The Hollywood star passed away after a chest infection in February last year …
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At the same time Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, announced that 778 of miles of roadworks will be lifted to allow for easier driving conditions over the Christmas period and rail upgrades postponed to allow for extra services, with over 95 per cent of the rail network to be left …
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A doting father and his two daughters are relaxing in the Caribbean sunshine. These never-before-published photographs show Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, with Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, then aged 12 and 11, on holiday in the Bahamas in the week following Easter Sunday, 2001. They were taken by the …
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New York City has forever been changed by the coronavirus pandemic, but Palm Beach has also been transformed by the influx of New Yorkers fleeing south. Palm Beach, Florida, has been a popular destination for New Yorkers looking to escape the danger of COVID-19 in the spring and the civil …
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Monday, April 9, 2001, saw a day of extreme weather across New York City. Lowering skies, thunder, lightning and hailstones ‘the size of dimes’, one observer noted. It would prove a suitably sulphurous and doom-laden backdrop to the arrival in town that lunchtime of Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, …
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