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Covid-19: Tougher post-lockdown rules 'strike a balance', says PM

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 21:33
Almost all of England will go into tiers two and three when the lockdown ends on 2 December.

Nicola Sturgeon wants indyref2 'early in next parliament'

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 20:32
Scotland's first minister says a referendum should be held "in the earlier part" of the next Scottish Parliament.

Covid: Don't hug elderly relatives at Christmas warns Chris Whitty

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 20:29
It's not against the rules but it's not a sensible thing to do, warns the UK's chief medical officer.

Eamonn O'Kane: Former champion boxer helps deliver his daughter

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 20:07
Boxers are used to big events, but delivering a baby girl was Eamonn O'Kane's toughest bout yet.

Sloppy Celtic out of Europa League after 4-1 loss to Sparta Prague

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 19:49
Celtic's Europa League campaign will end at the group stage as successive 4-1 defeats by Sparta Prague heaps more pressure on Neil Lennon.

'Holy grail' rail posters collection saved from attic

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 19:45
Great Western Railway posters dating back to the 1930s had been forgotten about for 60 years.

Covid: Cardiff police given random vehicle check powers

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 19:01
Officers are granted extra powers to search vehicles this weekend in Cardiff to stop Covid breaches.

Jack Whitehall 'dwarf' routine complaints upheld

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 18:29
The comedian's Live at the Apollo set will not be re-broadcast, after two viewers complained.

Covid-19: Estonia and Latvia taken off travel corridor list

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 18:14
People travelling to the UK from the two countries will need to quarantine from Saturday.

Panto season now 'up in the air' for 2020

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 18:14
New coronavirus tiers mean many theatres remain unsure if the festive favourite will now go ahead.

Rural broadband: Where has all the money gone?

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 18:03
Network and service providers ask why the government's £5bn for rural broadband has been slashed.

Oscar Saxelby-Lee turns on Worcester Christmas lights

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 18:01
People in the city helped to raise £750,000 for the six-year-old to undergo cancer treatment abroad.

Coronavirus: Tory revolt brewing over 'appalling' tiers plan

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 17:42
Some backbench MPs say the new restrictions could lead to "utter devastation" for local economies.

Exeter war veteran, 97, guilty of sexually assaulting five women

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 17:41
Richard Staves, who served in World War Two, assaulted his victims after speaking of his loneliness.

Covid-19: Preparation for NI vaccination programme in December

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 17:39
Rollout will start with care home residents and staff, health and social care workers and those over 80.

Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine 'dose error' explained

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 17:36
Some trial volunteers were given shots half the planned strength, so how does that affect the results?

Covid tiers 'a mortal blow' to hospitality

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 16:01
One bar owner says 'it simply isn't viable' to operate under restrictions as English tiers are revealed.

Swansea bus crash: Driver Eric Vice charged over death

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 15:56
Jessica Jing Ren, 36, died after the double decker bus crashed into a railway bridge in Swansea.

Coronavirus infections levelling during England lockdown

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 15:53
But in Scotland infection rates appear to be rising, according to Office for National Statistics data.

Boris Johnson appoints new chief of staff after Cummings exit

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 15:50
Former Treasury official Dan Rosenfield's appointment comes after a period of upheaval in Downing Street.

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