Max Verstappen is firmly on course to win yet another Drivers’ Championship title after sailing into a 125-point lead at the top of the standings before the summer break. The 25-year-old is far from the only driver on the grid to have impressed over the last few months, while others such as Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez will be desperately hoping for their fortunes to improve in the second half of the
Families have been forced to sleep on the floor of airports as Britain’s travel hell continued today, with little sign of abatement.
In Stansted the combination of delays and queues provided nightmare conditions that saw some try and get rest on the floor.
Elsewhere jam-packed outdoor lines formed outside Bristol’s terminals from 4am under the sky as the day dawned.
And 140 miles away at Gatwick passengers said they too were enduring ‘long and snaking’ queues just to reach their
Holiday companies are reporting a rush of bookings for February half term after the government’s announcement this week that it was scrapping the day two test for UK arrivals from February 11.
The move follows a decision to end pre-departure tests for tourists returning home. But fear not – there are still plenty of holidays left for a last-minute getaway.
Slope off for a ski break
Neilson’s trip to Val di Fassa in the spectacular Italian Dolomites, pictured, costs from
Covid infection rates fell in all but 10 per cent of English councils during the half-term week, official data today revealed after hopes were raised that cases have peaked for 2021.
UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) statistics show cases fell in 132 out of 149 local authorities in England in the week ending October 31. North Somerset in the South West — the region where cases have been highest — saw the biggest drop off (35.2 per cent).
Meanwhile,
More than a million people in England were infected with Covid at any point during the last week before half-term, official data today revealed as health chiefs begged students to get tested before going back to class.
Bosses at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimate around one in 50 people — the equivalent of 1,102,800 — would have tested positive on any given day during the seven-day spell ending October 22. It claims infections have risen by almost 13
