The Foreign Secretary defended the decision by the Department for Transport to remove the country from a list of safe destinations in the wake of a spike in coronavirus cases. Via: 'We cannot apologise': Dominic Raab DEFENDS decision to axe quarantine-free travel to Spain
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World’s venues will look on to see how holding a festival during the pandemic turns out Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage When the lights go down at Salzburg’s Felsenreitschule theatre on Saturday afternoon, it won’t just be the physically distanced audience that is watching closely. Many of Read more
About 40 pianos have been used to create seating for the Springburn Park auditoriumInside a cavernous steel hut in the middle of Glasgow’s Springburn Park, the sweeping arc of keyboards, lids and carved panels has been taking shape, creating the UK’s first permanent auditorium made entirely of recycled pianos.Using mainly Read more
‘She feels embarrassed about letting down the image of her cousins bouncing across Alpine snow with barrels of brandy around their necks,’ say team Via: St Bernard mountain rescue dog rescued – from mountain
‘The noise of the wind was like nothing I’ve ever heard in my life,’ says witness Via: 'Breathtaking': Rare tornado filmed sweeping through Northampton
Exclusive: ‘We will not be there to protect the girls who need us. We know that FGM is still being practised in communities across England’ Via: UK's only centre for eradicating FGM faces closure after funding pulled by government
Exclusive: Feuerkrieg Division was banned this month but its members are already active in different groups as extremists ‘evolve’ Via: New neo-Nazi terrorist groups will emerge as government bans 'not effective', experts warn
‘Whether we’ve taken our eye off the ball or just decided not to put our eye on it is an interesting question,’ says former PM Via: Russia report: Tony Blair calls on government to investigate Moscow's alleged interference in Brexit
Florida’s infections overtake New York’s; North Korea holds emergency meeting after suspected Covid-19 case reported; WHO says 1m cases reported per week for last five weeks. Follow the latest updatesVictoria launches Covid-19 ad blitzGlobal cases near 16mHow Australia’s universities are changing after the coronavirus cataclysmHow coronavirus turned the US election Read more