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England have confirmed Emirates Old Trafford and the Ageas Bowl as the venues for fixtures against Ireland and Pakistan this summer. Ireland will visit later this month for three ODIs, while Pakistan have already arrived in the country ahead of Test and T20I series. The ECB has been working to salvage as much of...
Parents are faced with 1,750 difficult decisions in their baby’s first year, according to new research. Between planning childcare, learning about formula ingredients and decorating the nursery, these decisions add up fast — a survey of 2,000 parents with an infant found respondents are faced with about 34 tough decisions per week.
Emerging accusations of endemic sexual harassment and a 'culture of abuse' within Britain's comedy circuit is under the spotlight. Amid accusations from several women are stories of unwanted advances, inappropriate touching, and even degrading rape jokes. Funnyman, chef, and presenter Hardeep Singh Kohli, 51, is in the accusations pool along with...
Just over four years since Aston Martin announced its investment in a brand new manufacturing facility at St Athan in Wales, the first Aston Martin to be “Made in Wales” has been driven off the production line. It’s been a culmination of an extensive development programme that began with virtual...
Britain's prime minister is being urged to provide proper guidance on face coverings. The move comes after Boris Johnson said that people in England should be wearing face masks inside shops to help prevent the spread of coronavirus; but Cabinet Minister Michael Gove said that face coverings should not be mandatory in England.
Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek have been admitted to hospital in Mumbai with coronavirus. The 77-year-old actor, understood to be in an isolation unit, Tweeted: "Family and staff undergone tests, results awaited." Nanavati Hospital health officials have confirmed that both father and son are in a stable condition.
The full list of countries to be exempted from the need for passengers to self-isolate for 14 days does not include travellers arriving from the US or from Greece. Transport secretary Grant Shapps confirmed that people returning to England after trips to Spain, France, Italy and Germany will no longer have to self-isolate from...
Fifty years after the world said “Never Again” to the horrors of the Holocaust, genocide took place on European soil. The name Srebrenica has become synonymous with those dark days in July 1995 when, in the first ever United Nations declared safe area, thousands of men and boys were systematically murdered and buried in...
Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of missing Bradford man Ismail Ali. The 46 year old and was last seen in Gulams in Cumberland Road on the afternoon of Friday, 29 May. He is described as being of slim build with short black hair. He has links to the...
A total of 21 people have been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A and class B drugs after a series of dawn raids were carried out. The warrants are the culmination of an eight-month investigation into drug supply, anti-social behaviour and violent crime in and around Stratford Park,...
Produced in partnership with the UK Government Veterans have joined the numerous skilled workforces helping the country - everything from building the Nightingale Hospitals to delivering essential supplies. Working alongside brave workers in the NHS, former service personnel have been making urgent food and medicine deliveries to thousands of vulnerable...
• Researchers globally tracking the spread of Covid-19 discover viruses with a new variant have now overtaken the original strain• Analysis of the virus’s genome sequence found a mutation called ‘D614G’ made the virus more infectious than the original strain• Data suggests that the new strain was associated with higher viral loads in the upper respiratory...
A court heard how a married fertility consultant wrote fake prescriptions to get packs of free Viagra to boost his performance in bed while having an affair. Consultant gynaecologist Dr Harsit Tejura, 51, used false names and addresses to pick up 30 free packs of the NHS pills during his extra-marital affair.
Scotland Yard's former top female Asian officer is suing the force in a £500,000 claim over alleged racist and sexist abuse. Nusrit Mehtab quit the Metropolitan Police this year after complaining of a "toxic workplace" in which colleagues and bosses, including Commissioner Cressida Dick, allegedly only paid lip service to diversity.
Byline: Luke Patel With the government beginning to lift some of the restrictions imposed after the COVID-19 outbreak, a number of businesses are able to trade again for the first time in three months. However, the severity of the economic downturn caused by the pandemic is likely to hit many businesses hard and...
Food factory workers say the site they worked at has seen 237 cases of coronavirus, and claim they had begged bosses to shut it down. Rowan Foods in Wales processes food for supermarkets across the UK including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda, employs more than 1,000 people on the Wrexham Industrial Estate.
A highlighted map, produced by Public Health England (PHE), shows for the number of cases per 100,000 population, Bradford, Rochdale, Barnsley are added hotspots for Covid-19 cases. Sources say they are "working collaboratively", focusing on the dozens of areas in England where coronavirus cases are rising. According to national news outlets,...
People from Asian communities who have recovered from COVID-19 are more likely to have the antibody-rich convalescent plasma which can save lives, according to early analysis. Asian donors, including the man with the highest antibodies of Asian donor so far, are now supporting NHS Blood and Transplant’s (NHSBT) appeal for more people to donate...
Hundreds of petitions have been started on petition platform Change.org to replace statues and signs of slave traders, colonialists and imperialists since the statue of Edward Colston was torn down on Sunday. One of the most popular petitions, with almost 30,000 signatures, calls on the UK Government to remove all slave trader statues from...
Legendary TV actress and director Rubina Ashraf, 60, who has been battling Covid-19, has thanked her fans for their love and prayers during her recovery. Being in a ‘critical condition’ two weeks ago, Rubina contracted the coronavirus on 3rd June. She was shifted into intensive care at a hospital in Karachi after her health...

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