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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 …

T he UK has recorded another 316 deaths on Sunday with 30,501 new Covid-19 cases. The boss of the firm behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has raised hopes it is more effective than first thought amid the rapid spread of the UK virus strain across the globe. AstraZeneca chief Pascal …

M illions more are spending their first day living under tougher coronavirus restrictions as Tier 4 comes into force in areas of the south and south east of England. The Government said a further 570 died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus as of Christmas Day, while …

R oyal Mail has become the first UK parcel carrier to deliver a package with a drone. The landmark delivery was made to a remote lighthouse on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) delivery is the first …

UK bolsters economic support as England goes into lockdown … with the likes of British Airways, Royal Mail and Rolls-Royce all laying off thousands. Source link

Four of Britain’s distinctive red postboxes have been painted black and gold and adorned with images by or of illustrious Black Britons, in a novel way of celebrating Black History Month. One of Britain’s most recognisable symbols, red pillar boxes appear on countless postcards and souvenir items, while tourists can …

We are in a small grocery store on an isolated island off the northwest coast of Scotland. The camera smoothly glides along, past the canned goods and hardware, to the ‘spice’ section. Here it stops to reveal only salt, pepper, and a lot of empty shelf space. Omar, the Syrian …

SCHOOLS in Scotland and Wales are to close from the end of this week, it was announced today. In a briefing in Edinburgh, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon conceded that closures were now inevitable, with a number of schools across Scotland already closed due to staff shortages. The Welsh government said that it …

Tories win general election After Boris Johnson’s Conservative party won a landslide majority the likes of which has not been since Margaret Thatcher, industry professionals have hailed the news as a tailwind for the UK economy and assets. The markets reacted positively to the win, with the domestically-facing FTSE 250 …

Jo Swinson, the Liberal Democrat leader, has won a court order forcing the Scottish National party to withdraw an election leaflet that accuses her of hypocrisy over fracking. Lord Pentland, a civil judge sitting in the court of session in Edinburgh, ruled the Royal Mail should no longer circulate the …