The EU threat to use an export ban to block shipments of second vaccine doses to the UK has been ridiculed by the UK Government. Speaking to Sophy Ridge on Sky News, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden dismissed claims from the French foreign
Beaches in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil were closed on Friday in a bid to slow the rapid spread of COVID-19 pandemic and prevent an already fragile hospital system from completely crashing. The decision to close the beaches in the country’s third-most populous
Australia’s iconic Jenolan Caves shuts down ‘indefinitely’ as landslides and floods rip apart the only road into the tourist hotspot Popular tourist icon Jenolan Caves closed after torrential rain caused landslips Pictures of Jenolan Caves Road show foundations washed down mountainside Torrential
John Lewis announces eight further stores will not reopen after lockdown putting 1,465 jobs at risk John Lewis puts nearly 1,500 jobs at risk as it prepares to shut eight of its stores Retailer is closing shops in Kent, Yorkshire, Aberdeen, Cheshire
Covid outbreak closes Leicester primary school until after Easter while just one year group is left at Manchester secondary after pupils test positive St Mary’s Fields Primary School has sent 480 pupils home after a Covid outbreak Two secondary schools in Wigan