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Staff shortages caused by workers having to self-isolate with coronavirus are wreaking havoc on travel and health services. Flights have been grounded, trains trips have… Read More »Travel Chaos As Staff Shortages Ground Flights, 18,829 NHS Workers Sick A Day And Trains Suspended

Riders and hounds have taken off across the countryside as scaled down Boxing Day hunts met under Covid restrictions for the second year running. Packs… Read More »Tally Ho! Hunts Set Off For Their Traditional Festive Outings As Numbers Are Hit By Covid

Britons descended upon the nation’s high streets in their droves to grab their Boxing Day bargains today, with many planning to spend more in this… Read More »Shoppers Hit The Boxing Day Sales

Scores of Britons are reporting testing positive for Covid today following family Christmas family gatherings – stoking fears that infections will sky rockets well above… Read More »Testing Positive On Christmas Day: People Lament Getting The Gift Of Positive Covid Tests

Duchess of Cornwall reveals Black Beauty was her favourite book during her ‘pony-mad’ youth – and thinking about ‘poor old Ginger’ still makes her cry… Read More »Duchess Of Cornwall Reveals Her Favourite Childhood Book Black Beauty Still Makes Her Cry

At 9am on July 13, 1955, Ruth Ellis was led out to the scaffold at HMP Holloway to meet the legendary hangman Albert Pierrepoint. The… Read More »Did Ruth Ellis Face The Hangman To Save The Life Of Her Secret Lover

Prince William and Kate have shared a Christmas message to pay tribute to ‘those who are alone or having to isolate away from loved ones’.… Read More »Kate And William Pay Tribute To All Those ‘having To Isolate Away From Loved Ones’

Families in northern England and Scotland have woken up to a white Christmas this morning – after hopes of widespread snowfall for Britain were dashed… Read More »White Christmas For Scottish Highlands, North Wales And The Pennines

The growing number of people testing positive for Covid after coming into hospital for another illness is a ‘major problem’, an intensive care doctor in… Read More »Doctor Admits Number Of Patients Testing Positive For Covid AFTER Admission Is A ‘major Problem’

Rail services disrupted on Christmas Eve in Britain STRIKE ACTION ON CROSSCOUNTRY Industrial action by the RMT union means CrossCountry services have been cancelled between: … Read More »The Christmas Eve Getaway…but We Can’t Get Away: Rail Passengers Are STRANDED