Britain’s Omicron wave continued to collapse today as Covid cases fell once again and NHS hospital admissions remained flat.
Another 109,133 positive tests were logged across the UK over the past 24 hours, down 39 per cent on the tally a week ago. It is the eighth consecutive day that new infections have fallen week-on-week and the lowest daily total in more than a fortnight.
Deaths — which are a lagging indicator of the outbreak— have been slowly creeping up
Shane Warne has taken aim at Novak Djokovic saying the World No. 1 should be deported after his entry form was incorrectly filled out before arriving in Australia.
The cricket great took to Twitter on Friday to condemn the tennis star as he awaits to learn his fate and whether the immigration minister will cancel his visa again.
‘Novak is a great tennis player & one of the all time greats. No doubt,’ he wrote.
‘But he’s lied on entry
The Omicron-fuelled staffing crisis in the NHS was laid bare today as paramedics warned ambulances were being taken off the road because of a lack of emergency responders.
One paramedic in Sheffield claimed teams were taking 24 hours to reach patients suffering from ‘urgent’ pains or burns. The NHS aims to attend category three calls — the name for these types of calls — within two hours.
They branded the service ‘completely broken’ and said it was no longer for
Covid cases jumped 6 per cent today and breached 50,000 for the fourth time in a week, as Omicron’s grip on the UK continues to tighten and Britain stares down the barrel of tighter restrictions.
Government figures show there were 51,342 positive tests in the last 24 hours, up 6.1 per cent on last Wednesday’s 48,374.
Deaths have fallen week-on-week however, with the number of lives lost to Covid falling by 5.8 per cent during the same time-frame to 161.
Satellite images have revealed huge new camps of Russian troops, tanks and artillery near the Ukrainian border as Vladimir Putin continues massing his forces on Europe’s doorstep amid warnings he could invade within weeks.
Newly-published images document at least three camps housing seven battalions of troops near at Yelnya and Pogonovo, between 100 and 150 miles from the border, which analysts say have arrived in the last month.
More images taken from Russian-occupied Crimea shows what appears to be dozens
Alice Evans met up with a pal on Wednesday, hours after her estranged husband Ioan Gruffudd and his new girlfriend Bianca Wallace went ‘Instagram official’.
The actress, 50, was seen with supportive friends and waving her wedding-ring free hand shortly before she continued her Twitter tirade, which was laden with shocking claims about the couple.
She launched her furious attack on the couple moments after both Ioan, 48, and Bianca, 29, shared a loved-up image on their respective social media
The COVID crisis has scrambled the EU’s priorities when it comes to health. But while all eyes have been on COVID-19, European institutions have been carrying on their “silent battle” against an older enemy: cancer.
Despite making up less than 10% of the world’s population, Europe accounts for almost a quarter of global cancer cases.
In 2020 alone, 2.7 million people in the EU were diagnosed with cancer, while 1.3 million people lost their lives to it.
So it came
Jonathan Pryce was seen sitting behind the wheel of a Range Rover MK1 on Monday as he got into character playing the late Prince Phillip in series 5 of The Crown.
The renowned Welsh actor, 74, donned a dark navy suit teamed with a white shirt and mustard tie as he filmed new scenes for the Netflix hit.
He was seen sitting besides another actor inside the vehicle, which was secured onto a trailer as crew captured the scenes in
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