The UK has recorded its lowest daily rise in coronavirus cases so far this year, with 22,195. The last time the number of cases by date reported was lower than that was 15 December, according to the government’s coronavirus data dashboard. While there is usually a reporting lag over and immediately after the weekend, resulting
Month: January 2021
A new laser system that may revolutionise the treatment of cancers and help surgeons remove them without damaging healthy tissue, is being developed by scientists. Experts at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh are working on the system based around ultrafast picosecond lasers that deliver energy in a series of pulses one trillionth of a second long.
Sir Keir Starmer is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus. In a message on his Twitter account, the Labour leader said he currently had no COVID-19 symptoms and would be working from home until next Monday. This is the third time Sir Keir has had to self-isolate during
Men in low-skilled jobs or caring, leisure or other service roles had the highest rate of death from COVID-19 in England and Wales from March to December last year, according to new figures. The Office for National Statistics said 7,961 deaths involving coronavirus in the working age population (those aged 20 to 64 years) were
ASOS has said it is in pole position to snap up the most valuable brands, including TopShop, within Sir Philip Green’s collapsed Arcadia empire. The online fashion retailer issued a short statement to the City on Monday morning to announce it was in “exclusive” talks with administrators after Sky News revealed details on Saturday. The
A Ugandan court has ordered the military and police to stop surrounding the home of opposition leader Bobi Wine, who says he has been held under house arrest since the country’s presidential elections. Mr Wine’s lawyer George Musisi told the Reuters news agency: “The judge ordered that the state and its agenciesshould immediately vacate his
Conditions in the city of Manaus, deep in the Amazon rainforest where the Brazilian variant of COVID-19 is believed to have originated, are now so bad that people are suffocating in hospital beds without oxygen. It’s being described as like a “medieval plague” and the fear is that it’s going to continue to spread. With
The starting gun for Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial is fired today with the Article Of Impeachment sent to the US Senate. Republicans and Democrats have agreed on the start date for the trial – 8 February – but not much else, it seems. The ground rules for the trial are still being discussed. Democrats
Fashion retailer Boohoo has paid £55m to acquire the brand of collapsed rival Debenhams – with the intention of relaunching it online. The cut-price deal for the brand name and intellectual property is expected to result in the closure of Debenhams’ remaining stores, according to a report in the Financial Times which was later confirmed
US President Joe Biden is set to reimpose a number of travel bans that were repealed by his predecessor, according to the Reuters news agency. Mr Biden is also set to put a travel ban in place to arrivals from South Africa, apparently over fears of the new coronavirus variant discovered in the country. Donald
The boardroom pay chief at Hollywood Bowl is facing a shareholder backlash this week after the company decided to ignore the coronavirus crisis in its decision about incentive payouts to top executives. Sky News has learnt that Hollywood Bowl has been trying to appease top investors in recent days in order to prevent an embarrassing
“We just all hope that we will live, and come out of it,” says Tony Brown, a 73-year-old lorry driver, clinging to life in Barnet Hospital. He spoke for every patient in the room – some of them unconscious or wearing CPAP masks, which stands for continuous positive airway pressure. Nurses describe the high-pressure masks
John Lennon was “bubbling over with excitement” about returning to the UK in a phone call the night before he was assassinated in New York, according to a newly released letter by his aunt. The former Beatle was shot and killed outside his home in Manhattan on 8 December 1980 by Mark Chapman. The following
Nicola Sturgeon has accused Boris Johnson of being “frightened of democracy” and said she will seek a “legal referendum” on Scottish independence. Scotland’s first minister claimed the prime minister “fears the verdict and the will of the Scottish people” over his refusal to agree to another independence vote. It comes after the Scottish National Party
It is still a “long, long, long way” before coronavirus cases are low enough for lockdown to be lifted, the health secretary has told Sky News. Matt Hancock said “early evidence” shows tough restrictions around the UK are starting to bring the number of new infections down, but he warned the NHS remains under “enormous”
Eleven gold miners have been rescued a fortnight after they were trapped by an underground explosion in China, according to state media reports. It is not known how many others are still alive in the mine. State media footage showed the first miner to be rescued, a black blindfold across his eyes, being lifted out
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