Department of Health figures also showed that 3,287 more Britons had tested positive for the coronavirus. Today’s death toll is marginally lower than the 363 recorded yesterday. Via: Britain announces 351 more Covid-19 deaths
A Pakistan International Airlines jetliner has crashed into a residential area of Karachi in Pakistan. The Airbus A320 with 107 people aboard went down in the Model Colony area. Via: Video shows final moments of doomed Airbus A320 before crashing into Karachi killing all 107 aboard
Vladimir Bardoshi, pictured, was jailed for nine years at Canterbury Crown Court. He is the third member of the smuggling gang to be imprisoned. Via: Albanian human trafficking gang boss is jailed for nine years
Public Health England bosses Yvonne Doyle and John Newton were grilled this morning by MPs on the Science and Technology Committee, when they were forced to defend PHE’s actions. Via: Coronavirus UK: Testing abandoned in March as outbreak too big
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Scotland’s makar recalls being taunted and beaten up by older boys as an eight-year-old and reflects on a much-changed countryOne of Scotland’s most garlanded poets, Jackie Kay, has spoken out about the racist bullying she experienced as a child in the 1970s.Kay, who is Scotland’s makar, or national poet, said Read more
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Jet carrying 91 passengers and seven crew members comes down in residential areaThere are fears of mass casualties after a passenger aircraft carrying 98 people crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Karachi.The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) jet, carrying 91 passengers and seven crew members, was on Read more
Number of confirmed coronavirus infections in UK reaches 254,195 Via: UK coronavirus death toll rises by 351 to 36,393
Video call turns nasty – as local politician yells at colleague and says ‘he is absolutely thick’ Via: Councillor rages during council Zoom meeting branding fellow member 'thick' and 'an idiot'