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London's mayor today voiced his fury at Boris Johnson after alleged plans to lock down the capital were drawn up without his knowledge.

A British woman who killed her husband in a villa on a paradise island in Malaysia has escaped the death penalty.

England's schools will "definitely" reopen to all pupils in September despite fears of a second wave of coronavirus, a Tory minister has declared.

My Skin Story Clinic, shared her fustration to her Instagram followers over how the public is still able to go to social venues such as pubs amid a rising coronavirus infection rate - but can’t receive clinical treatments.In a press briefing on Friday, July 31, the Prime Minister announced the government’s decision to put the brakes on the next easing of lockdown set for Saturday, with all additional close-contact beauty treatments postponed until at least August 15.“We’ve been kicked to the curb and kicked to the back of the queue,” Ella said in a video.“I drove through Manchester city centre yesterday and I can't tell you how busy it was there, I thought hang on, how is this acceptable?”The beautician specialising in skincare treatments

Edinburgh, were told to “pray she survives.” Mekala was flown back to Edinburgh after two months in hospital in Singapore and has spent the last seven months working on her rehabilitation. She told the BBC : "I had lost the feeling in my arms and legs.

A 35-year-old woman who spent a staggering 141 days in hospital after catching coronavirus has finally been able to go home.

Jonny Hayes admits interested teams had no chance of signing him before he sealed his emotional Aberdeen return. The 33-year-old exited Celtic after three seasons and was chased by a host of clubs including Dundee United and a clutch of English Championship sides.

The government has postponed a planned easing of England’s lockdown on Saturday amid a rise in the prevalence of coronavirus in the community.The announcement was made after tightened lockdown measures were imposed on Greater Manchester and other areas in the north from midnight on Friday.But it appears the whole country wasn’t ready for the next stages of lockdown as the R rate - the average number of people that an infected person passes the virus on to - has crept up.The government's scientific advisory group, SAGE, has said it "does not have confidence" the R number is currently below the paramount figure of 1 in England.The latest R rate is estimated to be between 0.8-0.9, with a higher figure in the north west of between 0.8-1.1.The

Chris Whitty that the the country was "near the limits" of opening up society.The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine academic told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I think that's quite possible.""I think we’re in a situation whereby most people think that opening schools is a priority for the health and wellbeing of children and that when we do that we are going to reconnect lots of households."And so actually, closing some of the other networks, some of the other activities may well be required to enable us to open schools."It might come down to a question of which do you trade off against each other and then that’s a matter of prioritising, do we think pubs are more important than schools?"The professor's remarks come on the

Brits could face an autumn ban from meeting family while there are fears pubs may have to close to allow children to return to school.

Just weeks ago Boris Johnson had proudly boasted things would return to normal by Christmas as he threw open bars, cafes, ­restaurants and hairdressers.

At today’s Downing Street press conference on the ramped-up coronavirus measures announced for much of the north, Boris Johnson addressed the question of messaging.Until a vaccine emerges, he said, ‘the only real utensil we have for controlling the spread of this new virus is human behaviour’.“And the only way we can encourage people to behave in one way or another is through advice…We need to keep it as simple as we possibly can.”And yet what Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and East Lancashire have been told to do over the last 24 hours doesn’t really fall into the category of simplicity or clarity.When the news emerged - late on last night, via Twitter and a Sky News interview with the health secretary - it was mired in contradictory

England has "probably" reached the limit of easing the coronavirus lockdown, or is close to it, the Chief Medical Officer declared today.

The UK has potentially reached a limit for how much of society can be opened up, chief medical officer Chris Whitty has said.He said the idea that 'we can open up everything and keep the virus under control is clearly wrong'.In order to do 'more things' in the future, we may have to do 'less of some other things', he said.If we do 'too much', then the virus will come back.

here"But I have also consistently warned that this virus could come back and that we would not hesitate to take swift and decisive action as required."I am afraid that in parts of Asia and Latin America the virus is now gathering pace. And our European friends are also struggling to keep the virus "under control."As we see these rises around the world, we cannot fool ourselves that we are exempt.

Bryan Cranston has counted himself lucky that he has beaten coronavirus before it could take hold in his body.

A council area which is being subject to tighter lockdown restrictions is "getting mopped up with the broader area" and has low rates of coronavirus, a council leader has claimed.Rossendale in Lancashire was among a number of areas where new rules have been introduced preventing households from meeting each other inside their homes or in gardens following a spike in virus cases.But figures from Public Health England on the Government's coronavirus online dashboard show Rossendale had a rate of new cases in the seven days to July 27 of 4.2, compared to 60.2 in Leicester and 54.3 in Oldham which have also been placed under restrictions.The 4.2 figure puts Rossendale 153rd on the list of 315 local authority areas on that measure, and Alyson

Followers and fans of Amanda Kloots know her husband, Nick Cordero, died on the 5th of July after a battle with the coronavirus. He was 41-years-old.

If there’s any moment that sums up Britain’s toxic relationship with food, it was this tweet from Annunziata Rees-Mogg – sister of House of Commons leader Jacob.

Boris Johnson has warned up to 30 places in Britain are at risk of "tough local lockdowns" as coronavirus cases continue to rise.

Ice-T has shared a stark warning about the realities of contracting COVID-19 after the virus put one of the rapper’s family members “on his back.”