After almost three years, the UK Health Security Agency will stop publishing COVID modelling data next month. The increasingly sporadic updates on the virus’s R number will cease from 6 January, with it deemed “no longer necessary” thanks to vaccines and therapeutics. COVID’s reproductive rate, which referred to the number of people an infected person
Month: December 2022
The UK education secretary’s Twitter account appears to have been hacked, with its profile picture changed to an image of Elon Musk and several posts promoting a cryptocurrency once backed by the billionaire. While Gillian Keegan’s page still describes her as MP for Chichester and secretary of state for education, and has retained its banner
The guide to getting a Boxing Day bargain Reena Sewraz, from Which?, says there are ways to keep costs down no matter what you’re in the market for. Make sure deals are genuine: Some special offers may not be as special as they appear. Use price-tracking websites to check the history of a price. Shop
A seven-year-old Ukrainian figure skater who fled the war to live with a host family in Bristol has returned home. Gosha Mandziuk and his mother Iryna arrived in the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme in April 2022. Putin says Russia ‘ready’ to negotiate – war latest After appearing on Sky News, Dancing On
Golfer Kathy Whitworth, who clocked up more wins than any other player on a single professional tour, male or female, has died aged 83. No one has matched her outstanding 88 victories, not the legendary Sam Snead or Tiger Woods, nor Mickey Wright and Annika Sorenstam, who are considered two of the greatest female golfers
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of those who died after a bus fell from a bridge and crashed into a river on Christmas Eve, according to Spanish authorities. They said six passengers died and the driver and another passenger were injured in the accident in Galicia in northwestern Spain. The blue roof of the half-submerged
Ukraine has said Vladimir Putin “needs to come back to reality” in response to the Russian president’s claim that he is ready to negotiate. On a day which saw Russia launch rocket attacks on dozens of frontline towns, Mr Putin had told state broadcaster Rossiya 1 that the Kremlin was “ready to negotiate with everyone
There are major fears homeless deaths in Scotland could rocket this winter as the cost of living crisis worsens. The Simon Community charity, which is supporting record numbers of vulnerable people, has told Sky News the number of Scots suffering homelessness is a “massive concern”. Recent official figures from the National Records of Scotland (NRS)
The man suspected of shooting dead three Kurds in Paris this week has told investigators of his “hatred of foreigners”, prosecutors say. The suspected gunman, 69, was arrested on Friday after two men and a woman were shot dead at a Kurdish cultural centre in the French capital’s busy 10th district. Three others were wounded,
David Tennant and Catherine Tate have appeared in a new trailer for the next series of Doctor Who, which sees the pair return to the franchise after 13 years. In a surprise twist at the end of the last series, Jodie Whittaker’s version of the character regenerated into David Tennant’s iteration of the Doctor –
From one of Hollywood’s last Golden Age stars and the first black man to win the Oscar for best actor, to a cricketing legend, an EastEnders icon and the incomparable singer who would do Anything For Love – it’s time to commemorate the stars and notable faces we have said goodbye to in 2022. Among those who
As one of the biggest games of the year, God Of War Ragnarok will no doubt have found itself on plenty of Christmas lists. After critical acclaim and huge launch sales, its performance at The Game Awards – where it won in more categories than any other title – came as no surprise. But never
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT iPhone 14 Sofia Pitt | CNBC You may have gotten Apple’s iPhone 14 as a gift for the holidays. If you’re upgrading from a much older iPhone model, there’s going to be a bit of a learning curve when it comes to navigating your brand-new
Rescue workers are searching for two people feared buried by an enormous avalanche in western Austria. Initially, up to 10 people were feared missing, based on video from a witness. But eight of those individuals have since been identified and are alive. They are from Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, the US, Croatia and Bosnia, tourism
Careering, squealing and with arms windmilling, a little girl in Minnie Mouse pyjamas flew past the lobby elevator on bright white roller skates with pink glittery wheels. “Merry Christmas,” her mum called out, smiling through slightly gritted teeth. This is Watertown, New York. The town Christmas (almost) forgot. We found ourselves here after a seven-hour
Combat medic Myroslav Mardarevych is hunched over a desk in the foyer of St Sophia Cathedral in central Kyiv. He has just come from the frontline and is furiously writing down names on small pieces of paper. These slips are prayer submissions for the church and Myroslav has filled out three of them with names.
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