The UK has recorded 26,628 new COVID cases and 185 more coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period, according to government data. The figures compare with 30,825 infections and 61 fatalities reported yesterday, while 37,489 cases and 209 deaths were announced this time last week. COVID latest – follow live updates Meanwhile, another 19,428 people
Month: September 2021
The energy watchdog has moved to reassure customers of two failed household suppliers as wholesale prices hit record levels, threatening a leap in bills in and after the winter months ahead. Ofgem said the demise of Utility Point – first reported by Sky News – and People’s Energy meant their respective customer bases, totalling more
Not even Noel Coward’s eccentric clairvoyant Madame Arcati could have predicted theatres would be left dark for 18 months by the pandemic – but as Jennifer Saunders returns to the stage in Blithe Spirit, she says her prediction has to be that we can get the show back on the road. Saunders told Sky News
Lockdowns, mandatory face masks, vaccine certificates, and work from home orders could return this winter as part of a “plan B” to deal with the pandemic, the health secretary has announced. Sajid Javid said if the data shows the NHS is likely to come under “unsustainable pressure” from the COVID-19 pandemic again, the government has
SpaceX is set to launch a motley crew of amateur astronauts into space on Wednesday in the first ever all-civilian orbital mission. The crew of four civilians includes a high-school dropout for a commander, a medical officer who survived cancer as a child, an artist and college professor, and a man who won his seat
Hurricane Nicholas has made landfall along the Texas coast, bringing the threat of up to 20 inches (50cm) of rainfall to parts of the Gulf Coast which have already been battered by storms this year. Nicholas is the 14th named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. Nearly all of Texas’ coastline is under a
Syrian President Bashar al Assad has met Vladimir Putin in Moscow – their first meeting in the Russian capital since 2015. Mr Putin congratulated his counterpart on winning May’s presidential election, according to the Kremlin. The election – in which Mr Assad is said to have won 95% of the vote – was dismissed as
Fresh from her US Open victory, British tennis sensation Emma Raducanu has been rubbing shoulders with celebrities at the Met Gala. Raducanu, 18, wore a black and white Chanel ensemble at the annual extravaganza, which was returning after a year off due to the pandemic. The event delivered its usual mix of the weird and
Spotting waxcap fungi could help protect the environment, nature charity Plantlife says. People are being asked to report sightings of the colourful fungi so that experts can identify forgotten patches of old grassland which can then be ear-marked for protection. The UK has some of the most important waxcap grassland in the world, and more
Apple has issued an emergency software update after a flaw was found that allows spyware attributed to Israel’s NSO Group to infect an iPhone, Apple Watch, or Mac computer without the user having to click on anything. The malware was found on the phone of an unidentified Saudi activist by Canadian internet security watchdog Citizen
The government has accepted the recommendation from the UK’s chief medical officers that children aged 12 to 15 should be offered a first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine and invitations will start being sent out next week. Making the announcement in the Commons, Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi said: “We will now move with the
Los Angeles Police Department has confirmed it has been told by its missing persons unit that British actress Tanya Fear has been found alive. The actress, who starred in Doctor Who in 2018, was last seen leaving her Hollywood Bowl apartment, in Los Angeles, on Thursday 9 September. A statement posted on the FindTanyaFear Twitter
Prince Andrew’s lawyer has said claims of sexual assault against him are “baseless, unviable and potentially unlawful”. Andrew Brettler represented the Duke of York in a pre-trial hearing in New York. The hearing looked at whether the duke was properly served with the lawsuit by accuser Virginia Giuffre, the woman who has launched a civil
Two-thirds of travel sector employers with staff still on the furlough scheme are planning redundancies once the wage support is removed at the end of the month, the travel association ABTA has warned. The body said a survey of its membership showed that 69% of employers planned to let staff go after 30 September. It
The UK has recorded 30,825 new COVID cases and 61 more coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period, according to government data. The figures compare with 29,173 infections and 56 fatalities reported yesterday, while 41,192 cases and 45 deaths were announced this time last week. 987 deaths have been reported in the last seven days,
SpaceX is set to launch the world’s first ever all-civilian mission to orbit on Wednesday evening in Florida, weather permitting. The crew of four civilians includes a high-school dropout for a commander, a medical officer who survived cancer as a child, an artist and college professor, and a man who won his seat through a
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