Covid cases rise by 40% per cent to 3,240 due to Indian variant but deaths remain flat at six, as 537,000 more people are vaccinated Daily cases have risen by nearly 40 per cent in a week, from 2,325 last Sunday to 3,240 due to Indian variant But the number of daily coronavirus deaths rose by just one in a week, from […]

COVID-19 vaccine side effects are 'pot luck' says expert When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Virologists are vigilantly scanning […]

Russia: Separatists react to getting passports When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Concerns are growing in Ukraine and other […]

A serial driving exam fraudster bandaged his head to try and scam theory tests. Izmir Senaj, 28, used the disguise at several Driver and Vehicle Agency [DVSA] test centres across England to impersonate people he'd agreed to sit the tests for – but his luck ran out after staff recognised him from wanted posters. It turned out it wasn't the […]

A £32,000 World War 2 London underground train will be destroyed if not sold within five weeks. Marcus Mayers, 45, is in a race against time to find a new home for three tube carriages that would have taken Brits to work during the Blitz. Despite buying the train, Marcus admits he has no space to store all three carriages […]

The Channel Islands were not just the only part of the British Isles invaded by German troops during World War 2 – they were also the site of the only Nazi death camp ever built on British soil. Only now, over 75 years since German troops on the island surrendered to the Allies, are the full horrifying details starting to […]

On December 14, 1972, NASA astronaut Eugene Cernan stepped into Apollo 17’s lunar module, Challenger, and lifted off from the surface of the Moon. Since then, no one has returned. But new findings have sparked a literal "gold rush" with China, the US, Canada, and South Korea all vying to carve out a stake on the satellite’s desolate surface. A […]

The residents of a Jefferson County condo complex are under a shelter-in-place order while sheriff’s deputies search for a suspect in a shooting. The condo complex is located in the 7700 block of West Glasgow Place, about two miles north of Chatfield State Park. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office first took to Twitter about the incident at roughly 2 p.m. […]

Furlough money and even bonuses were handed to prisoners at the height of the Covid lockdowns. The Daily Star Sunday can reveal that while millions of hard-working people faced pay cuts and hardship, some convicts cashed in. Dozens of inmates at open jail Spring Hill on work placements received wages under the furlough scheme. Their jobs were suspended on health […]