Just 78 victims of coronavirus were recorded in England and Wales last week

Advertisement The UK today recorded another 3,105 cases of the coronavirus as the outbreak continues to grow, while separate figures show the number of Covid-19 deaths has dropped to a six-month low. Government statistics show the UK's rolling seven-day average of daily infections has tipped 3,000, after doubling in a …...Read More

Dramatic moment 10 lions bred to be shot by hunters were rescued from a squalid South African farm

Footage has emerged showing the moment 10 lions were rescued after being held in captivity on a farm where they were bred for 'canned hunting' in South Africa. Canned hunting is the killing of captive-bred wild animals in small enclosures and the controversial and widely criticized 'sport' is most commonly …...Read More

Alexei Navalny says he can breathe unaided a month after he was poisoned with Novichok

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny posed on his German hospital bed with his family today and announced he could breathe by himself a month after he was poisoned with Novichok. Taunting the Kremlin in a defiant Instagram post, Navalny appeared with his wife Yulia and their two children from the Berlin …...Read More

Dominic Cummings' message to the generals? Top aide flashes letter about military tech

Dominic Cummings sent a less than subtle message to Britain's generals to accept new technology this morning over his modernisation drive that could revolutionise the Armed Forces. Boris Johnson's famously unkempt top aide is currently overseeing a defence spending review that could make sweeping changes and cost-cutting, including a greater …...Read More

The walk of shame: 'Naughty Tory' Charlie Elphicke, 49, heads to court ALONE

The wife of disgraced ex-Tory MP Charlie Elphicke stood by him today as he was jailed for two years after being found guilty of three sexual assaults on two younger women. Elphicke, whose wife Natalie accompanied him to court throughout the trial, was not in court today for his sentencing …...Read More

Priti Patel vows to snitch on her OWN neighbours if they break 'Rule of Six'

Priti Patel today warned that two families bumping into each other on the street would be breaking the 'Rule of Six' - as she vowed to snitch on her own neighbours if they flout the new law. The Home Secretary said more than half-a-dozen people stopping to chat after accidentally …...Read More

Meet Susannah Taylor our new health and well-being expert

How’s this for legwork? Susannah doing aerial yoga Why I promise not to preach I love exercise, yoga and I make my own granola. Before you roll your eyes, I want you to know that I’m not an Instagram wellness ideal. I have never been the proud owner of a …...Read More

Liz Jones's Diary: The lunch date with P, part two

I started to wonder for the first time how it would feel to be looked after I’m back. I’m staying with my friend while my cottage is being renovated and had told her I was meeting a man for lunch. She spots my car and leans out of her window, …...Read More

Horoscopes: Get things done this week, Virgo

Virgo 24 Aug-23 Sept With the Sun in your sign linked to driven Pluto, this is one of the best times of the year for getting things done. The higher you aim the more you’ll achieve. Don’t let anyone tell you that certain things aren’t possible. It may be true …...Read More

Elizabeth Day: Man of my dreams? I'd rather have reality

Stylist: Holly Elgeti. Hair: Alex Szabo at Carol Hayes Management using T3. Make-up: Nicky Weir using Hourglass. Dress, EMILIA WICKSTEAD. Earrings, ALIGHIERI. large Ring, EMEFA COLE. An engagement was announced on Instagram the other day. The post came from Marnie Simpson of Geordie Shore – which bears the notable distinction …...Read More