Inspectors judge COVID prevention practices to be 'unsatisfactory' at Perth nursery

Wales’ schools could have to shut again if opening them causes an infection spike, the First Minister has admitted.

The NHS is facing a chronic shortage of GPs, as new figures show family doctors are quitting at a rate of three a day.

One dose of a Covid vaccine appears to be giving 67% protection against the virus after three weeks, a leading expert has declared.

Dancing On Ice bosses have reportedly ramped up Covid precautions on set after two stars had to pull out due to positive tests.

She joked to her 60.4 million followers of how it was a date night for the couple.She said: "So this is what date night looks like in 2021. I get to speak to my husband on my Unfinished book tour."This is going to be a really good one guys because this guy knows me.

North Korea poses a new “catastrophic threat” to the world this year, experts have warned.Foreign policy wonks claim a fresh emergency caused by the rogue state is of major concern in 2021.They say the risk is now even greater than it was four years ago when Donald Trump first became US President.The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has laid out the stark danger from Kim Jong-un’s regime and its nuclear capabilities.Its annual preventive priorities survey ranked a crisis stemming from its continued development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile testing as the “top-ranked conflict concern for 2021”.And it means North Korea’s nuclear programme is now a bigger threat than a cyberattack on US critical infrastructure, which was the top

coronavirus vaccines have been ordered by the Government.More than seven million Brits have so far received either the Oxford/AstraZeneca or the Pfizer-BioNTech jab. However, with the roll-out plan focusing on those most vulnerable and frontline workers initially, many will not receive the vaccine for a few months at least.And now fake vaccines are being flogged on the Dark Web to eager Brits who are keen to jump the queue as the virus mutates.

Gardeners' World host Monty Don spoke of the “immensely impressive service” he received yesterday when he got the Covid jab.The 65-year-old shared the news on social media, confirming that he’d received his first dose of the Oxford/Zeneca vaccination.Monty also said that he was “grateful” for the professionalism of all the people who were involved with running the programme.“The NHS is so good,” the clearly delighted TV star told fans.Following his appointment, he spoke about the news on Twitter, in view of his 210,200 followers.He tweeted: “I had my first Oxford/Zeneca vaccination this afternoon and hugely impressed and grateful for the professionalism, cheerfulness and efficiency of everyone involved.Many took to the comments section of

direct to your inboxFamilies of Manchester prisoners say they have been forgotten in the pandemic. In prisons, inmates have been consigned to their cells for up to 23 hours a day to try and prevent the spread of the virus.In-person visits were cancelled in March, then briefly allowed in the summer, before being stopped again in the autumn, preventing children from being to able to see their parents face to face for months on end.The separation has had agonising consequences for kids - and parents behind bars, relatives on the outside say. One woman, who, like all the relatives we spoke to, asked not to be named, told the M.E.N that her partner's mental health has deteriorated in HMP Manchester.She said he had logged two requests for help,

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coronavirus originated from was reportedly awarded a patent for cages to hold live bats for testing.The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China is said to have been granted it in January 2019, just 11 months before Covid-19 first emerged.It reportedly filed for patents for “bat rearing cages” capable of “healthy growth and breeding under artificial conditions”.The claims come after the World Health Organisation (WHO) last week stated a leak from the lab was “highly unlikely”, which China has been insisting too.WHO investigators did give some credence to theories the virus may have entered China via frozen meat.A later patent, filed last October, was for the “artificial breeding method of wild bat”, according to the Mail on Sunday.The

A British trophy-hunting boss is offering deals to shoot ­endangered animals which he boasts are “plentiful” during the Covid ­crisis.

Amanda Holden has apparently been ‘reported to the police’ for breaking lockdown restrictions.

Manchester United - despite not making a Premier League appearance for the club.The United third-choice keeper, 38, is seen as experienced cover at Old Trafford but to date his only first-team action has been a League Cup and Europa League start.But the ex-Derby, Burnley and Sheffield Wednesday stopper could still be handed a player-coach deal in the summer when his playing contract expires.Grant, a £1.5million signing from Stoke in July 2018, is currently doing his coaching courses and United are considering adding him to their keeper-coaching ranks in June.The news comes just weeks after Grant admitting to being frustrated that a hard week of training is not rewarded by a match at the weekend as it has done throughout his career.He said

Heading to a remote barren island to spend a week alone may sound like the start of a thriller, but that's exactly what Lisa Enroth signed up to do.

Pharrell Williams received good news on Friday after a judge ruled that he did not lie under oath.The judgment in favor of the 47-year-old musician and songwriter appears to be the end of the years-long legal battle in which the estate of the late singer Marvin Gaye sued Williams and his collaborator Robin Thicke over their single Blurred Lines.The estate successfully claimed that Williams and Thicke had plagiarized Gaye's 1977 hit Got To Give It Up in a 2015 trial and a subsequent appeal.

This is the moment lovestruck Andy Bennett proposed to his girlfriend on a windswept English beach after Covid put paid to their romantic trip to the Amalfi Coast.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United will not sacrifice the Europa League to strengthen their Premier League title ambitions, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is planning to rotate his squad for continental competition.After a two-month break European action resumes this week, with United relegated to Thursday night football in the Europa League after their disappointing Champions League group stage exit.That will also mean more games for United, with 32 teams involved in the Europa League knockout rounds and only 16 in the Champions League.But Solskjaer wants success in Europe and while rotation will remain a key part of his plans for this season, he doesn't intend to throw the towel in on the Europa League, despite seeing

New Zealand has been struck by their first Covid-19 outbreak for 21 days.

Abigail Breslin has issued a plea with her fans to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously and just 'wear your d*mn masks.'The 24-year-old Little Miss Sunshine star revealed on Wednesday that her father Michael is battling the relentless Coronavirus on a ventilator in the hospital, as she asked for 'prayers and positivity.'Taking to Instagram on Saturday, she aired her grievances with those who continue to flout the mask-wearing mandate, as she tried to make her 527K followers aware of the severity of the situation, while revealing that her dad is currently 'not conscious.' A frustrated plea: Abigail Breslin, 24, pleads with her followers to 'wear your d*mn mask' after revealing that her father Michael is battling COVID-19 on a ventilator in

They're back from a gorgeous trip to Lake Tahoe and MORE than ready to celebrate the lovers' holiday.Heidi Montag and husband Spencer Pratt were seen out for a romantic and sexy shopping excursion on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California on Saturday.They made a stop at high-end lingerie shop La Perla, where Heidi made quite the splash in the window.