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UK signs £17.6billion free trade deal with Singapore as Liz Truss hails ‘further proof we can succeed as an independent trading nation’ International Trade Secretary Liz Truss met Singapore’s trade minister this week Ms Truss said the deal will cover trade with the country worth £17.6billion It is the second biggest agreement Britain has signed … Read more
Annette Guest, 69, a retired sales manager, developed shingles three weeks after having Covid-like symptoms — a pounding headache that lasted days and a sore throat — in early March Are we living through a quiet epidemic of shingles triggered by Covid-19? Doctors have been reporting a higher than expected number of cases of the painful … Read more
Boris Johnson is ready to quit Brexit talks within 48 hours unless the EU drops ‘ludicrous’ demands that would curb UK independence. He has told his chief envoy David Frost he will not sign any deal that binds Britain to future Brussels laws. France’s Emmanuel Macron wants any trade agreement to include the power to … Read more
Dizzy spells, clumsiness, loss of balance and falls. All worrying and strikingly common symptoms that affect millions of Britons. And while sinister causes such as cancer or a stroke, blood pressure fluctuations and infections can be quickly ruled out, for many the trigger – and an effective remedy – can remain elusive. But could the … Read more
Britain and France have signed an historic agreement to tackle the number of migrants crossing the English Channel each year. Home Secretary Priti Patel and her French counterpart Gerald Darmanin said they wanted to make the route unviable after more than 8,000 migrants crossed this year. They agreed to double the number of French police … Read more
Malin Andersson has shared a snap of her bleeding nose after being abused by her ex-boyfriend Tom Kemp as she urged fans to sign a petition to abolish time limits on domestic violence charges. The Love Island star, 28, re-posted the snap of her face as she pleaded with her followers to support the cause, … Read more
Prickly decision: Just FOUR councils requested to use a new hedgehog traffic sign to warn drivers of animals in the road – and all have been DENIED Signs unveiled last year to be used in areas with high accident rates due to small animals They also aim to alert drivers of area with high concentrations … Read more
Sweden has admitted it is seeing no signs of herd immunity slowing the spread of Covid-19 as the number of new infections soars. The Nordic country, whose approach to tackling the pandemic has garnered global attention, registered 17,265 new cases since Friday, according to its Health Agency on Tuesday. The increase compared with 15,084 new … Read more
It’s a situation bordering on the ridiculous – but two friends from two neighbouring areas of Scotland have found a new way to continue to meet despite tougher lockdown measures. Friends of 30 years, Tim Porteus and Sheila McWhirter live in the neighbouring council districts of East Lothian and Edinburgh. But because both areas are … Read more
Someone as wild as Donald Trump seems to have been installed at the Department of Health and Social Care. On Saturday evening this character tweeted an attack on a piece which appeared in that day’s Daily Mail. The article had cited numerous statistics which suggested that the effects of Covid-19 are less uniformly destructive than … Read more