Home Secretary Priti Patel has asked officials to look into constructing an asylum processing centre on a remote volcanic island located over 4,000 miles away from the UK.
Priti Patel with the Foreign Office considered transferring asylum seekers to the South Atlantic British overseas territories of Ascension Island and St Helena. Both islands lie...
"Students’ basic legal rights must be upheld throughout the pandemic. To even have to argue this is, frankly, shocking."
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson told MPs it was “essential” that measures were put in place to ensure students could be with their loved ones during the festive period while “minimising the risk of transmission”...
A Manchester man has become the first UK patient to be given an experimental arthritis drug as part of a clinical trial to treat severe lung disease related to Covid-19.
Farhan Hamid, 41, has received a dose of otilimab - a potential rheumatoid arthritis treatment, as well as standard coronavirus care at Manchester Royal...
Asian Funeral Home provides a service for each religious funeral with its own faith-led dedicated team including the provision of Granthis and Priests
Arranging a funeral often proves a difficult, emotional, and exhausting process. It’s a highly personal endeavour, and your decisions will be shaped by your life experiences, religious background and your...
Faith leaders have joined with health chiefs in urging the region’s communities to remain vigilant in the fight against coronavirus and stay safe by following new rules and guidelines introduced this week.
Laws preventing social gatherings of more than six people are now in place across England. But with Covid-19 cases rising quickly in...
From Thursday 24th September certain businesses in England are required by law to display NHS Test and Trace QR codes so customers with the NHS COVID-19 app can use them to check-in.
QR codes will help businesses meet their legal requirement to log contact details and allow public health leads to send alerts...
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People across England and Wales are being urged to download the NHS COVID-19 app to help control the spread of coronavirus and protect themselves and their loved ones as case numbers rise.
Features of the app include contact tracing using Bluetooth, risk alerts...
Restaurants, cafes and pubs in England will be given a curfew as part of measures to try to halt the spread of Covid-19.
The new measures, which come into effect from Thursday 24th September, mean that all restaurants, cafes, pubs, bars and other hospitality venues in England must close by 22:00 BST.
The UK's coronavirus alert level has been changed from three to four. It means transmission of the virus is now high, or rising at an increasing rate.
How is the alert level set?
The government unveiled the system in May this year. Risk levels are measured by a five-level, colour-coded...
The government's chief scientific adviser has warned UK could soon see 200-plus deaths from new cases of coronavirus unless action is taken to drive down the current rate of infection.
Without serious intervention to stop the spread of Covid-19, the UK could see 50,000 new coronavirus cases a day by mid-October Chief Scientific Officer...
No new restrictions have been imposed on Leeds by the government today, but the city could face further limits this time next week if the number of infections continues to rise.
People are being urged to do everything they can to help stop the spread of the virus as the city remains in enhanced...
COVID-19: New lockdown regulations and guidance will come into force from Tuesday 22nd September to curb infection rate
Further restrictions have been introduced across parts of North West, Midlands and West Yorkshire to curb rising infection rates.
All parts of Bradford, Kirklees, Calderdale, will now be banned from socialising with...
Restaurants, bars and pubs are to shut between 22:00 BST and 05:00
The Northumberland, Newcastle, Sunderland, North and South Tyneside, Gateshead and County Durham council areas are the new areas affected by new measures in an attempt to control the rate of coronavirus infection.
Around two million people in north-east...
See, Hear, Respond set up to support those who have become vulnerable throughout the coronavirus pandemic
More than a million parents believe their child could benefit from professional help in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown, according to a new survey by Barnardo’s.
The poll of more than 1,000 British...
“The extreme floods that we are seeing today could just be the tip of the iceberg,” Maria Zafar, campaigns co-ordinator
Following weeks of intense flooding in some of the world’s poorest countries, Islamic Relief UK is calling on the British Muslim community to make its voice heard in the fight against the climate...
A Keighley-based artist, producer and TV Presenter will take the lead in Bradford’s bid to become UK City of Culture 2025.
Nationally-acclaimed Shanaz Gulzar, who has worked across the UK for the BBC, MIF and National Theatre Wales among others has been announced as the new Chair of Bradford 2025. Her appointment is a...
"I’m sorry I’m not able to buy a lemonade from you, but I’d still like to make a donation to your stand," writes Angelina Jolie
Two six-year-old boys who’ve been selling lemonade all summer to raise money for children in war-torn Yemen have just had a surprise celebrity donation.
Angelina...
"Unsuspecting consumers of craft beers from Kirin’s subsidiaries in the UK will be horrified to realise that they may be in any way contributing funds to Myanmar’s military" - Peter Frankental from Amnesty International
Secretive conglomerate MEHL whose activities include beer, mining and tobacco linked to financing of Myanmar’s militaryMEHL’s shareholders include military...
Honeybee venom can kill breast cancer cells in the laboratory, according to “incredibly exciting” research.
Scientists found honeybee venom rapidly destroyed triple-negative and HER2-enriched breast cancer cells; the former of which is notoriously difficult to treat.
And a specific concentration of the venom led to 100% cancer cell death, while having...
A former homeless man, who’d been living on and off the streets since he was 13-years-old, is determined to end homelessness and to help those battling cancer.
Liam Perry, 35, has taken on the challenge of a sponsored walk in memory of the six family members he’s lost to cancer. He’ll be undertaking the...
