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Police have warned the public of the Covid risks posed by large crowds after hundreds of people gathered to go sledging or drink in parks this week. Officers responded to busy scenes on Town Moor in Newcastle on Thursday and in Middlesbrough on Wednesday, while police in Leicester cracked down on a ‘pop-up pub’. Cleveland Police … Read more
Covid vaccines being used in the UK are safe and the high levels of protection they give against the virus ‘far outweigh’ any side effects they cause, regulators say. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) today published a summary of its safety reports from the jabs between December 9 and January 24. It … Read more
Dramatic moment young indigenous woman risks her life trying to cross a raging river after collapse of only bridge linking her tribe to the rest of the world The dilapidated footbridge over the Qguita River in Colombia was washed away It has left 2,000 members of the Embera Chami tribe cut off from a nearby … Read more
The head of the UK’s data privacy watchdog has told MPs she can see the benefit of Covid-19 immunity passports, but warned they could pose data privacy risks and create a ‘two-tier’ society based on who has had the jab. Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham told MPs such a system would raise concerns about how health … Read more
1603 James IV of Scotland becomes James I of England, after succeeding Elizabeth I. From this point on the nations have the same monarch. 1707 England and Scotland are formally joined in the Act of Union. 1934 The Scottish Nationalist Party is formed, calling for the creation of a separate Scottish assembly. 1942 The SNP … Read more
This is the incredible moment a hero gardener risks his life to save a terrified dog swept off an overflowing dam into raging rapids in South Africa. Scamp had tried to follow his owner across a watery causeway from one side of a filled-up dam to the other but was carried away into the surging … Read more
They announced their relationship on Instagram last week. And on Tuesday, Kiki Morris looked happier than ever as she hit the beach in Byron Bay with her new boyfriend, Lucas Azzopardi. The former Bachelor star, 33, showed off her sensational figure in a fluorescent bikini which featured cheeky G-string bottoms. Get a room! Former Bachelor star … Read more
President Donald Trump initially resisted taping his video message acknowledging his election loss but agreed to after the White House counsel warned him he could face legal charges for stoking the mob. The Justice Department said Thursday it would not rule out pursuing charges against President Trump for his possible role in encouraging the insurgents … Read more
Danny Dyer has reignited his feud with Olly Murs as he branded his music ‘s**t’. The outspoken TV star, 43, took a cheeky swipe at the singer’s songs while chatting to his daughter Dani, 24, about her birthing plans and what songs she will play. The comment comes almost six years after Danny first slammed … Read more
The UK’s chief medical officers have warned of a ‘material risk of the NHS being overwhelmed’ in the next 21 days as the mutant Covid strain wreaks havoc across the country. Parts of the health service are under ‘immense pressure’, the chief medical officers for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – and NHS England’s national … Read more