Month: February 2021

Boris Johnson has said he will be focusing on data and not dates when it comes to the easing of England’s coronavirus lockdown. The prime minister said Professor Dame Angela McLean was “absolutely right” to tell a committee of MPs earlier that the relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions should hinge upon “data, not dates”. Latest coronavirus…

Milder weather is a few days away – after a freezing week that saw the UK record its coldest temperature in 25 years. Saturday will still be bitterly cold, with wind chill making it feel below zero across the country – as low as -7C (19.4F) in northern England. There could also be treacherous travel…

A former Conservative minister attempted to influence judges over the case of an ex-Tory MP jailed for sexually assaulting two women, a parliamentary watchdog has found. Lord Freud breached the code of conduct for peers over his actions linked to the trial of Charlie Elphicke, the House of Lords Commissioner for Standards ruled. In November…

Two women and a man died in a series of linked incidents in Kilmarnock on Thursday night, Police Scotland has said. A 39-year-old woman was found injured in a car park outside Crosshouse Hospital in the town at 7.45pm. She received medical care but died at the scene. In the second incident 20 minutes later…

Residents in parts of Surrey will be offered coronavirus tests after two people with no travel links were found to have caught the variant discovered in South Africa. Households in the Goldsworth Park and St Johns areas of Woking will be visited and asked to carry out a COVID-19 test – regardless of whether they…