Less than a week after the UK learned of a new COVID-19 variant that is up to 70% more infectious, a second one has been found. Here’s what we know so far: Where did the second coronavirus variant come from and how many cases have been found? Two cases have been detected in the UK
Month: December 2020
The pound has made strong gains against the dollar over hopes of a breakthrough in Brexit talks. Sterling has been further buoyed by France lifting a border blockade aimed at stopping the spread of a fast-spreading new COVID-19 strain. Live coronavirus updates from the UK and around the world Please use Chrome browser for a
British supermodel Stella Tennant has died suddenly at the age of 50, her family has confirmed. Paying tribute, they said in a statement: “It is with great sadness we announce the sudden death of Stella Tennant on 22 December 2020. “Stella was a wonderful woman and an inspiration to us all. She will be greatly
Two cases of a new, “more transmissible” COVID-19 variant linked to South Africa have been identified in the UK, the health secretary has said. Both cases are contacts of people who travelled from South Africa over the last few weeks, Matt Hancock said at a Downing Street news conference. Those with the new variant, and
A special cargo flight chartered to supply UK supermarkets has landed in Yorkshire with 80 tonnes of fruit and vegetables on board. The delivery was a one-off organised as thousands of trucks remain stranded near Dover after France stopped them crossing over fears about the new coronavirus variant announced last week. The closure has stopped
VW confirmed that the production of electric e-Golf ends today at the Transparent Factory in Dresden and it will be replaced by the new ID.3 electric car. The VW e-Golf was, by most people’s description, a compliance electric car. It was built on an existing fossil fuel-powered model, produced in limited quantities, and made available
The British Retail Consortium has warned that there could be supply issues for some fresh goods until the backlog of trucks at Dover is cleared. Thousands of trucks have been stranded in Dover after France closed its borders earlier this week in reaction to a new highly-infectious coronavrius variant confirmed in the UK. The closure
UK film censors have added a warning about racial stereotypes to Flash Gordon, saying the character of Ming the Merciless is “dubious, if not outright offensive”. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) said it now has to bear in mind discriminatory depictions that are “no longer acceptable to modern audiences” when older films come
In this photo illustration, a visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency Ripple is displayed on January 30, 2018 in Paris, France. Chesnot | Getty Images The price of XRP plunged again Wednesday after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit alleging that Ripple, a blockchain company with ties to the cryptocurrency, conducted a
Scuffles have broken out at Dover as stranded lorry drivers clash with police. Several thousand lorries have been stuck near the Kent port after France stopped them crossing the Channel due to the new variant of coronavirus. They have been lined up on the motorway and at nearby Manston airfield after the French government took
More areas could be moved into Tier 4 after Christmas given the “very worrying” new coronavirus variant, a cabinet minister has told Sky News. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said the mutation “is very concentrated in London and the South East”, where full lockdown measures are already imposed. “We’ve now had time to think again about
US President Donald Trump has issued a number of controversial pardons in the final weeks of his tenure. The list of 20 people who have had their crimes pardoned includes ex-members of Congress convicted of corruption, two people charged in the Russia investigation that shadowed his presidency, and four security guards who opened fire on
Three police officers have been killed by a gunman who had taken his partner hostage in central France. The gendarmes had been responding to a report of domestic violence at a house in Saint Just, Puy-de-Dome, when the attacker began shooting at them. He then set fire to the building. After a lengthy stand-off, the
Donald Trump has suggested he may not sign the $892bn (£665bn) coronavirus relief package that was approved by Congress. The US president said in a video shared from his Twitter account that the bill was delivering too much money to foreign countries and not enough to US citizens. The bill allows for most Americans to
December 22nd, 2020 by Steve Hanley Every year about this time, the US Congress passes what is known to Washington insiders as a “Christmas Tree Bill” — an end of year spending package with enough ornaments on it to sink an aircraft carrier. Part of the new legislation — all 5,593 pages of it —
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