Pubs set to remain closed for five more months under latest lockdown restrictions

Louise Thompson has announced she would like two children with her fiancé Ryan Libbey.The 30 year old star, who was recently accused of fleeing Tier 4 restrictions to spend Christmas in Devon, made the revelation during an exclusive chat with OK! online about all things dogs, including pet insurance with Petplan, what research to do and advice to new puppy parents. Explaining that prospective dog owners must do their research before fostering, adopting or buying a furry pet, the star explained that one of the top reasons she and Ryan share two Cavalier King Charles Spaniel's – Toto and Koji – is because they're good with children.

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direct to your inboxThis week, the oldest and most vulnerable residents of Manchester began to turn up to a repurposed sports stadium, the Etihad Tennis Centre, to receive a vaccination.The jab, produced thanks to a global scientific effort, will protect them against a potentially deadly disease sweeping through the population.Its impact promises to be significant - especially in the most deprived areas where people are more likely to live in cramped conditions and have poor health already.The threat of Covid-19 has led to extraordinary levels of intervention into our daily lives by the state, not seen in this country since the Second World War.But as unprecedented as the current pandemic crisis might seem, remains found buried beneath a

Holly Willoughby has been wowing Dancing On Ice audiences with her showstopping looks ever since she joined the show in 2006 alongside Phillip Schofield.

Hailey Bieber looked every inch the doting aunt as she cradled her older sister Alaia Baldwin's five-month-old baby Iris in a series of new snaps on her Instagram Story.As the 24-year-old supermodel bonded with her darling niece, who she affectionally nicknamed her 'little pickle,' she filmed herself crooning a song from her childhood.'Nana used to sing this to me as a baby,' the Vogue cover girl captioned footage of herself and a relative seemingly reciting a nursery rhyme in Portuguese.

Salford. Four attendees of the lockdown flat party were subsequently issued with fixed penalty notices for breaking Coronavirus regualtions.Pictures and videos were posted on the party-goers public Instagram pages prompted members of the public to report them to the police.

The inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is next week, something you probably haven't forgotten on account of all the potential terrorism. Still, if the theme of "unity" still resonates with you, or if you just feel like celebrating the defeat of 45, Issa Rae's Raedio has compiled a 46-track playlist celebrating Biden's big day.

J Dilla's seminal album Welcome 2 Detroit dropped in 2001, and on February 5 the project gets a massive 20th anniversary reissue treatment. The 12-vinyl box comes with outtakes, alternative mixes, a whole-ass book about the album's creation, and two new remixes.

direct to your inbox'You can't sleep, you can't do anything, it's literally all consuming'.These are the words of Anandi Ramamurthy, describing life caring for a relative with a severe mental health condition. Her loved one's deterioration was rapid."It's very hard to describe the level of distress," she explained."If you've got someone and you feel that you can't keep them safe and they can't keep themselves safe it's horrible."Before I experienced this I had never come across someone who had that level of distress, I'd never seen it in my life - most people don't.

Polo & Tweed specialises in placing VIP staff in homes around the world, says she has heard many reports of deteriorating mental health among children, particularly teenagers, due to lack of contact with their peers. Having (barely) survived the first lockdown, families rushed out to hire as many staff as they could to save them from further stress. “We were inundated with people looking for highly qualified nannies, particularly those with a degree in education,” says Challenger.

The year 2020 saw many couples bond during the lockdown. Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas were among them.

The government could start lifting the current lockdown as soon as early March under a three-point plan.

Miracle Shot. The deeply conditioning formula is mixed into your at-home hair colour as it develops.As you apply the colour to your hair, the conditioning agents in Miracle Shot are sealed into the hair (rather than on top of it, like most conventional hair conditioners) resulting in a 62 per cent reduction in breakage of hair and a mighty 38 per cent less colour fade.

‘Flattering’ has become a bit of a linguistic grenade. As various commentators have pointed out, when someone tells you an outfit is flattering, the compliment is invariably freighted with implications that you’re less than perfect.It’s true that flattering is often a synonym for slimming.

Rooney Mara is getting in some exercise!

Wardpark Film Studios in Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, where the time travel drama is filmed. Staff, including stars Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe, are to be given £150 rapid lateral flow tests up to three times a week, with employees only allowed to continue working if their result is negative.

domestic abuse, a study has found.Academics from Edinburgh and Stirling universities found mothers with male children had a 20 per cent higher chance of being assaulted by their partners than mums who had daughters.The groundbreaking research also concluded that young women were more likely to experience abuse than those who are older.The findings of the study – published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence – have been described as “surprising” by researchers.They believe an abuser may become jealous that their victim’s affection is directed towards a boy but not resentful of a girl getting more attention.Lead author Dr Valeria Skafida, of Edinburgh University’s school of social and political science, said: “It’s not something that

Flood warnings have been issued by the Met Office ahead of three days of heavy rain combined with melting snow.

Dennis Nilsen has confessed to horrific crimes from "beyond the grave" in a new book based on notes he penned in jail.

Ryan Reynolds has played more than one superhero on the big screen.And the Golden Globe nominee could also qualify for superhero status in real life, as he continues to use his platform for good.He recently recorded a heartfelt message for an 11-year-old cancer patient and Deadpool fan Brody Dery, after the boy and his mom got Reynolds' attention with the help of social media. Giving back: Ryan Reynolds recently recorded a heartfelt message for an 11-year-old cancer patient and Deadpool fan Brody Dery, after the boy and his mom got Reynolds' attention with the help of social mediaThe 44-year-old said in the clip: 'Brody, it's Ryan Reynolds.

The Telegraph : "All over-18s by June – yes." They added: "It is delivery, delivery, delivery.”However, the Department of Health are reluctant to publicly to announce a public deadline, after saying it hoped it would have vaccinated "tens of millions" of people by April. Britain's new £158m Government vaccine factory in Oxfordshire has said it'll be able to vaccinate the entire nation against new dangerous Covid strains within four months, when it is fully open by the end of the year.