For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage, learn more here. It was Wednesday afternoon and Nejla Mohammad picked up her eight-year-old son from school. When the 33-year-old mother of four arrived home she received a text message from the school alerting her that one of the teachers had tested positive for COVID-19 and asking them all to isolate immediately. She panicked. […]

OPINION: A focus on case numbers was very important when we knew nothing about this virus and whether our hospital system would be able to cope. A lot has changed since then. Increasingly we need to look beyond just the case numbers to know what our future holds. How we can keep safe and how we get our lives back […]

Texas, Mississippi business owners react to coronavirus restrictions being lifted La Boutique Excentrique owner Wylea Brown and Half Shell Oyster House owner Kevin Fish on the impact of reopenings. The Mississippi State Department of Health issued an alert on Friday ordering any coronavirus-positive individuals to isolate for at least 10 days or face up to a 5-year prison sentence and […]

Stephen Lawrence drama written by Jeremy Corbyn ally ignores Sir Keir Starmer’s key role in securing convictions for his murderers Sir Keir was Director of Public Prosecutions when he prosecuted two suspects TV series has no character depicting Sir Keir, which sources think is deliberate Writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce is a friend of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn   The key role […]

Nearly 4,000 Afghan and British nationals have been evacuated from Afghanistan, but fears remain many could be left behind as the US prepares to leave the country. Some 3,821 individuals have been rescued thanks to British efforts under Operation Pitting since 13 August, according to the Ministry of Defence, including 1,323 who have made it to the UK. This includes […]

BUNGLING Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was having a splashing time in his £1,000-a-night holiday suite’s private pool as Afghanistan collapsed in chaos. Mr Raab, 47, lapped up the luxury of his resort’s exclusive “Amirandes Family Suite” which boasts its own pool and garden in Crete. And he was unable to tear himself away from the dream hideaway among millionaires and […]

By AHMAD SEIR, RAHIM FAIEZ, KATHY GANNON and LOLITA C. BALDOR KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Potential Islamic State threats against Americans in Afghanistan are forcing the U.S. military to develop new ways to get evacuees to the airport in Kabul, a senior U.S. official said Saturday, adding a new complication to the already chaotic efforts to get people out of […]

Cops are hunting two men after a man was raped in woodland at Clapham Common. The victim, in his early 30s, was ambushed near a wooded area on the common in south west London. Police said two men are believed to have been present during the horror attack which happened on June 30, but was only reported to them this […]

RAPPER Ice-T shared his heartbreak over the murder of his producer friend Joseph "Taheim" Bryan who was shot multiple times in New York. Bryan, 50, was sitting in his new Mercedes-Benz on Thursday night when a gunman ambushed him and shot him four times in the torso before fleeing. He was rushed to the nearby Mount Sinai Queens hospital where […]