Vaccine passport app for travel 'ready in weeks' giving Brits hope of foreign holidays

"Borat" star Sacha Baron Cohen issued some light political jabs while accepting his Golden Globes on Sunday.  "Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm," the sequel to his immensely successful 2006 comedy, took home the award for best motion picture — musical or comedy, and Cohen personally won for best performance by an actor in a motion picture - musical or comedy.

direct to your inboxSupermarket shoppers in the UK have been alerted that fresh government rules could soon come into place in major supermarkets like Asda, Tesco, Aldi, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Lidl.At the moment, all shoppers are required by law to wear face masks inside shops (unless medically exempt), and must social distance themselves from other shoppers at all times.However, a review will look into the possibility of these rules being relaxed, or even lifted.Boris Johnson issued his roadmap out of lockdown at the beginning of last week.The Prime Minister hopes that a gradual easing of restrictions over the coming months could see all legal limits on social contact removed.While supermarkets have remained open since the outbreak of

direct to your inboxA government minister has said that the UK is ‘working with’ the European Union on the issue of vaccine passports to restart international travel.Vaccine passports have been considered by many politicians and organisations to be the most realistic way of allowing people to travel abroad this summer.It would mean that those travelling internationally would need to prove they have been vaccinated from Covid-19 through a physical or digital document before being allowed to pass through another country’s border.Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi had previously insisted that there were no plans to roll out such a scheme in the UK, calling the idea ‘discriminatory’.But President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,

urgent alert has been issued to find the other case after the test came back positive on February 14.The Brazilian strain has been designated “of concern” as it shares key mutations with the variant detected in South Africa, which is more transmissible than the original strain.Concerns have been raised vaccines may not be as effective against the variant.But Professor Stephen Powis, the national medical director of NHS England, said jabs could be rapidly adapted.And Boris Johnson said: "We don't have any reason at the present time to think that our vaccines are ineffective against these new variants of all types."Public Health England "don't think that there is a threat to the wider public", he added.The Prime Minister said a "massive

Prince Philip is being treated but was shielded from public view as they got into an ambulance. It is not known who was transported away from King Edward VII Hospital in central London on Monday morning, but there was a police presence ensuring the road was clear.

Met Office.The weather authority said: "Cloudy with showery rain for southern areas Wednesday, this clearing Thursday."Much colder, clearer weather already across the north, then follows southwest late Thursday.

Boris Johnson says he is "confident" his roadmap out of lockdown won't be slowed down - despite the detection of cases of the Brazillian strain of Covid-19.

Downing Street's Union Unit chief after Johnson's controversial visit to Scotland at the end of January.

coronavirus vaccine roll out will receive a £1.65 billion boost to help it meet the target of offering a dose to every adult by July 31.

Times Up investigation revealed there are no Black members within the small but mighty international journalist organization.The award-winning director was tapped as the presenter for Hamilton’s nomination for best picture, musical or comedy (it lost to Borat Subsequent Moviefilm). She remained committed to be part of the show in appreciation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s artistry.

The emergence of the Brazil Covid variant in the UK could lead to the end of lockdown being delayed or even reversed, a top scientist has suggested.

BRIT stars Josh O'Connor, John Boyega and Daniel Kaluuya won awards as The Crown swept the board at the Golden Globes. The 78th annual awards show was broadcast from the famous Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles and mixed both virtual and in-person appearances.

The Golden Globes may have been mired in questions about diversity and the odd technical glitch, but one thing’s for sure: It was another good night for the Brits.

direct to your inboxManchester City and Manchester United are almost guaranteed to finish in the top two places in the Premier League, according to Roy Keane.City now have a 12-point lead at the top of the Premier League table following Saturday’s 2-1 win over West Ham, which was their 20th successive victory in all competitions.United remain in second place despite their frustrating 0-0 draw with Chelsea on Sunday, one point above Leicester, who were beaten 3-1 at home by Arsenal. West Ham are fourth, but are just one point above Chelsea and two ahead of Liverpool, who ended their four-match losing streak with a 2-0 win over Sheffield United on Sunday.

Morgan Wallen‘s ‘Dangerous: The Double Album’ has become the first country music album to spend its first seven weeks atop the Billboard 200 despite the star seeing airplay cut after he used a racial slur.The disgraced US singer-songwriter was dropped by his label Big Loud last month after a video surfaced of him making the remark. Radio stations also removed his music from their playlists.‘Dangerous: The Double Album’ is the only country music album to spend seven consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard chart.As Billboard reports, the only other country set to tally its first six weeks at Number One was Garth Brooks’ ‘The Chase’ in 1992.

Nicola Sturgeon has struck the right balance on easing lockdown restrictions – but a big majority think that the Scottish Government should speed up the timetable if the vaccination rollout reduces the death toll.With the UK hitting 20million vaccine doses yesterday, a Survation poll for the Daily Record shows that 57 per cent of people think that the phased easing of lockdown in Scotland should be accelerated.But almost the same number of Scots – 56 per cent – think the Government should not allow football fans to attend matches before the end of the season in May, compared with 30 per cent who want fans back in grounds and 15 per cent who don’t know.Read more from the poll results hereEdinburgh airport is to trial pre-departure rapid

CORONATION Street's Victoria Ekanoye has given birth to her first baby with partner Jonny Lomas. The 38-year-old star announced the happy news on her Instagram page, where she shared a cute first video of her little boy.

MARRIED AT First Sight Australia's Jessika Power has lashed out at Brits after receiving backlash for saying she's "dying" from a "bad kidney infection". The 29-year-old reality star claimed that UK followers "don't get her sarcasm" after her hospital dash on Friday.

Coronation Street star Victoria Ekanoye has given birth to first child with her partner Jonny Lomas.

Towie star Danielle Armstrong has shown off the results of her body transformation with before and after shots just nine months after giving birth.

Mark Wright has spoken out about feeling "depressed" as he trained to get a six pack to look like Brad Pitt.