22 h. ago New Covid 2025 Autumn jab rules causing chaos as thousands of people turned away

The NHS and UK Health Security Agency has warned people that even if they got the vaccination last year they may no longer be allowed to have it for free

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23 h. ago UK Covid jab Autumn 2025 warning as new rules mean booking chaos

The NHS and UK Health Security Agency has warned people that even if they got the vaccination last year they may no longer be allowed to have it for free

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3 d. ago Storm Amy chaos as man dies and thousands left without power in record

Britain has been braced for the first named storm of the season – with Storm Amy bringing a wave of destruction and death as it swept across the country leaving thousands without power

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4 d. ago Storm Amy latest: UK faces ‘danger to life’ warnings with 100mph winds and heavy rain after man dies in Ireland

Weather warnings cover much of country as first named storm of season brings travel chaos and leaves hundreds of thousands of homes without power

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4 d. ago Michelle Mone told us ‘business isn’t easy’ during Covid. How are things now, your ladyship? | Marina Hyde

After a company she was linked to was ordered to repay £122m it made from pandemic deals, the baroness has embarked on a masterclass in victimhoodBy their own accounts, there have been two Westminster-adjacent victims of inflammatory language this week. One is the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, hurt to the point of requiring smelling salts by some politically commonplace words spoken by the prime minister. And the other is legally besieged bra baroness Michelle Mone, who has always been performatively sensitive, with chaos as her rising sign.Alas, far from their shared victimhood drawing our two snowflakes closer together, in Michelle, we may have finally found the Tory from whom Nigel would not accept a defection to Reform. Which really means something, considering Britain’s would-be next prime minister currently has precisely zero peers in the House of Lords. Like the PPE she provided during the pandemic, Michelle would be deemed incredibly expensive and absolutely unusable.Marin...

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4 d. ago 11 stars ruled out of Chelsea vs Liverpool as injury crisis causes havoc

Chelsea welcome Liverpool to Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening but a whole host of stars could potentially be set to miss out with injuries currently biting both sides

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5 d. ago UK government owes children apology for damaging Covid errors, inquiry hears

Children’s commissioner during pandemic says long lockdowns caused explosion in vulnerability among youngThe government should apologise to children for the damaging mistakes and policy errors it committed during the pandemic, the former children’s commissioner for England has told the Covid-19 inquiry.Giving evidence to the inquiry’s public hearing on Thursday, Anne Longfield said a “doom loop” of fatalism among ministers meant the government failed to do more to help children. She argued that the prolonged lockdowns and school closures were responsible for the explosion in mental health, welfare and behaviour difficulties still being experienced by children and young people. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Covid exercise messaging left children stuck indoors, UK inquiry hears

Children not allowed out partly because their exercise – playing – looked too much ‘like fun’, says campaignerChildren were stopped from playing outside during Covid partly because it looked “like fun” and did not fit with the seriousness of the restrictions, the UK’s inquiry has heard.Alice Ferguson, the founding director of Playing Out, which campaigns for children’s freedom to play outside, told the inquiry that play was fundamental for children’s health and wellbeing, especially play outside with other children. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago UK airports in chaos as airline cancels all flights leaving thousands of passengers stranded

Icelandic budget airline Play has gone bust and is telling its 120,000 or so passengers who have forward bookings: “We kindly advise you to check flights with other airlines.”

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8 d. ago Gatwick train station EVACUATED sparking chaos for thousands of passengers – check your journey

A MAJOR UK train station has been evacuated leaving thousands of passengers facing travel chaos. London Gatwick Airport Station was cleared of all passengers earlier after becoming severely overcrowded. Passengers have been barred from entering the station again until further notice. Concerns were raised around overcrowding after someone was hit by a train between Haywards...

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9 d. ago 'Envelope rule' causes Ryder Cup disagreement between opposing captains in New York

Keegan Bradley calls for change but Luke Donald says ‘it’s been in place for a long time’

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9 d. ago Ryder Cup hit by delay as Keegan Bradley rushes to have say on rules controversy

USA captain Keegan Bradley rushed to make his point to the referee after a rules controversy involving Justin Rose caused a delay on the third and final day of Ryder Cup action

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1 week ago Travis Decker’s cause of death will ‘never be known,’ coroner admits after dad accused of killing daughters is found dead

Decker’s skull and torso are still missing, making it impossible to rule out suicide, a fall or another cause

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1 week ago Travis Decker’s cause of death will ‘never be known’ coroner admits as hunt for dad accused of killing daughters ends

Decker’s skull and torso are still missing, making it impossible to rule out suicide, a fall, or another cause

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2 w. ago What are the new ‘Stratus’ Covid symptoms as cases rise across UK

New XFG.3 variant accounts for a larger proportion of infections than any other

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2 w. ago UN and rights groups condemn reported jailing of Wuhan Covid citizen journalist

Zhang Zhan sentenced to four years for second time on charge often used by China to target government criticsThe UN, human rights groups and media freedom watchdogs have condemned reports that Zhang Zhan, a Chinese citizen journalist, was sentenced to jail for the second time last week.Zhang, 42, is thought to have stood trial in Shanghai on Friday on a charge of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”, a charge often used in China to target critics of the government. Western diplomats were reportedly turned away from observing the trial. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago UK politics live: Farage warned expelling thousands of legal migrants would spark ‘legal and practical chaos’

Chancellor says Reform’s plans have ‘no basis in reality’

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2 w. ago The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever

This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate‘It is,” says one contributor to The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money, “probably the biggest misspending scandal in the UK of all time.” When a documentary tries to bring an underreported outrage to a wider audience, it helps to have attention-grabbing quotes like that. But as the evidence about the Covid “VIP lane” affair is collated by this cool, clear investigation, “biggest misspending scandal of all time” starts to look like an understatement.When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the UK in the early months of 2020, doctors and nurses urgently required large amounts of personal protective equipment (PPE): the disposable masks, goggles and gowns that would allow them to treat an infectious disease without contracting it themselves. Our impoverished NHS did not own adequate stockpiles of PPE, so the Conse...

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2 w. ago Travel chaos as thousands hit by flight delays and cancellations after cyberattack on European airport systems

Experts said the cyberattack was ‘deeply concerning’ and warned flights could be disrupted for days if the issue wasn’t solved quickly

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2 w. ago Travel chaos as thousands hit by flight delays and cancellations after cyber attack on European airport systems

Experts said the cyber attack was ‘deeply concerning’ and warned flights could be disrupted for days if the issue wasn’t solved quickly.

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