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Twenty-four people have died after a coronavirus outbreak at a hospital in Wales sparked by a ‘super-spreader’. There are now 129 Covid-19 cases at Royal Glamorgan Hospital in locked-down Rhondda Cynon Taf, up from 94 last week.  Coronavirus infections in the region have spiked in the last month, from 48.9 …

Britain today recorded 17,540 more cases of coronavirus, with the number of people testing positive for the disease every day having nearly tripled in a fortnight. There were 6,634 diagnoses of the disease two weeks ago, on September 24, which is the most recent point of reference after a counting blunder at …

Striking it lucky! Prospector uncovers a rare gold nugget worth $30,000 – as novices beg for the exact location of the valuable find The 280g nugget was found near Kalgoorlie, west of Perth, on Wednesday  People flocked to the comments section to ask where exactly it was found Experts say …

Britain’s biggest ever hoarder who crammed a £4 million treasure trove of more than 60,000 items into a terraced house, a rental flat, two garages and 24 wheelie bins has been pictured for the first time. Ramann Shukla, 64, left behind an enormous hoard stacked floor to ceiling in every room …

Scientists from the world’s top universities have penned an open letter calling for the UK and US to build herd immunity to Covid-19 by letting it spread in young people.  The anti-lockdown petition warns that tough social distancing rules are having ‘damaging physical and mental health impacts’. The petition has …

In the final part of our serialisation of his sensational new book, distinguished royal historian Robert Lacey charts the eventful courtship of William and Kate, from their happy university days to their traumatic break-up while she was working for Jigsaw — and how William finally decided he needed Kate, and …

A statue depicting London’s first black mayor is being planned in the wake of the global Black Lives Matter movement.  John Archer was elected mayor of Battersea, south London, in 1913 and has been described as a pioneer for his role in local politics and for helping bring in a …

Belgium’s newest princess has spoken out for the first time after a court officially recognised her as the love child of the country’s former king, Albert II. Delphine de Saxe-Cobourg Gotha, who previously went under the surname Boel, was overcome by emotion as she addressed reporters in Brussels on Monday, …

These images show Britain’s HMS Queen Elizabeth leading the largest and most powerful task force assembled by a European Navy in almost 20 years. The £3billion aircraft carrier – the joint largest in the Royal Navy’s history – was the crown jewel in a flotilla of nine ships which form …

Tens of thousands of Britons have been ‘put at risk’ by a computer glitch that meant thousands of new cases were missed from the government’s coronavirus infection figures and were delayed in being passed on to NHS Track and Trace, according to reports.  Public Health England last night admitted nearly …