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Hotels are quitting Australia’s border quarantine system amid fears that repeated outbreaks are damaging their brands – throwing the network into chaos. A dozen establishments including Sydney’s five star Hilton and InterContinental and Melbourne’s Marriott will no longer take part in the scheme, according to reports. The move piles pressure on state leaders to find an alternative … Read more
Rebecca Judd and her AFL player husband Chris were thrilled when their children returned to school after Melbourne eased it’s months long lockdown in October. But the kids are now being home schooled again after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced a statewide five-day hard stage four lockdown on Friday, amid fears the hyper-infectious UK strain … Read more
Moment jogger rescues eight-month-old Cockapoo called Fudge after the excitable puppy plunged into the Thames Fudge the puppy skidded down a steep embankment into fast-flowing water Luckily jogger Yousef sprang into action and saved the pup with quick-thinking Fudge is now resting up at home and being kept well away from waterways By Rory Poulter … Read more
Pressure on NHS intensive care has started to ease for the first time since the second wave of coronavirus took off and Test and Trace data shows cases of the disease are down 41 per cent in a fortnight. All key metrics now indicate the darkest days of the winter crisis are behind us, with the … Read more
Small investors are nursing their wounds after the collapse of the ‘meme stock’ bubble caught them on the wrong side of the trade, with high-flying GameStop shares plunging 72 percent from Monday morning to Tuesday night. GameStop shares rallied 20 percent at the opening bell on Wednesday as the company announced a new chief technology … Read more
An ‘upbeat and outgoing’ 28-year-old took hanged himself after coronavirus lockdown loneliness sent him into depression while he was furloughed. Jamie Mathias, 28, who was a gas engineer, had secured one of his long-term goals and purchased his first home last February. The ‘funny and charming’ young man from Harlow, Essex, was set to have a … Read more
Airports in Britain suffered an 76 per cent fall in traffic last year as international air travel plunged by 60 per cent – with the coronavirus pandemic bringing it back down to 2003 levels. Carriers in Britain are estimated to have lost nearly £20billion last year as the Civil Aviation Authority revealed just 59.5million passengers … Read more
Pensioner in his 70s is ‘very lucky’ to be alive after his car plunged into a river when he put it in ‘drive’ instead of reverse Man believed to have accidentally driven his Citroen C3 into water in Inverness Police, coastguard, ambulance and fire service attended scene by Nairn Harbour Eyewitnesses said driver escaped onto … Read more
An Israeli healthcare group on Friday said coronavirus infections had plunged among people aged over 60 who had been vaccinated. Israel is currently leading the global vaccination drive, with around 30 per cent of its citizens having had at least a single dose of a jab so far. But concern had risen globally over infection, … Read more
Footfall at shops plunged more than a quarter last week as the brutal lockdown hammers the economy. Total shopper numbers tumbled by 27.1 per cent in the seven days to January 9 compared to the previous week. The grim figures from research group Springboard emerged as Rishi Sunak prepares to face MPs for the first … Read more