Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

Blackburn with Darwen, Rossendale and Oldham are now recording the highest rates.

Mary Trump offers a simple solution to the nightmare of Amy Coney Barrett in just three short words

Mary Trump shared her thoughts on Amy Coney Barrett taking a seat on the Supreme Court in typically succinct fashion.

Home for Christmas? How Covid-19 is changing festive plans

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Lando Norris apologises for 'stupid and careless' remarks about Lewis Hamilton's F1 win record

Lando Norris has apologised for recent "stupid and careless" comments, having downplayed Lewis Hamilton's historic achievements at the Portuguese Grand Prix.Fellow British driver Norris dismissed Hamilton 92nd GP win, an all-time record in the sport after surpassing Michael Schumacher.

Coronavirus: Andy Burnham wants to shut down Tesco stores failing to enforce face mask rules

Greater Manchester mayor asked for powers to shut venues which are not Covid-secure

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  ‘I’m humiliated’: Hearing impaired passenger thrown off Delta flight after mask misunderstanding

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How fast is COVID-19 spreading in your area? England coronavirus infection rates listed

Here is the latest COVID-19 infection rate in your area.

Married Dorset police officer cleared of lover’s murder after being accused of strangling her in pub car park

A police officer accused of strangling his lover after she revealed their affair to his wife has been cleared of murder.Timothy Brehmer killed mother-of-two Claire Parry, 41, in a pub car park on May 9.

Madeleine McCann: UK police attended 'secret' Portugal meeting to work out where she could be buried

Police officers from Scotland Yard have attended a "secret" meeting in Lisbon with their Portuguese and German counterparts to work out where Madeleine McCann could be buried, reports claim. The forces met to pore over the details of suspect Christian Brückner's life in the Algarve at around the time when Madeleine went missing, with reports suggesting German police may travel to Praia da Luz for "one last roll of the dice" in their investigation. According to the Portuguese daily Correio da Manha, the meeting took place "recently" at the Lisbon HQ of the Policia Judiciaria. "Wells and ditches have been looked at with a fine-tooth comb, but no signs of the remains of the missing girl have been found," the Portuguese officers are said to have told British police. The abandoned wells are a 15-minute drive from Brückner's rented cottage on the outskirts of Praia de Luz, on a narrow road leading down to a beach where the he used to park his VW camper van.

2020 election polls: Trump gains ground on Biden in Pennsylvania, extends lead in Ohio

Both candidates will go on a frantic campaigning blitz on Tuesday

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  Kayleigh McEnany praised Biden in interviews from before her time at the White House, saying Trump would struggle to beat him

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  Trump slams Biden at Michigan rally over pledge to raise taxes

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'Chainsaws tearing through my heart': 50 arrested as sacred tree cut down to make way for Victorian highway

'Chainsaws tearing through my heart': 50 arrested as sacred tree cut down to make way for Victorian highway. Legal observers among those arrested as Indigenous Australians express outrage after Djab Wurrung directions tree felled

Halloween coronavirus: Can children trick or treat in England in Tiers 1, 2 and 3?

The government has suggested that children in England can still celebrate Halloween this Saturday night.

COVID deaths spike by 50% in England and Wales in highest weekly total since June

A total of 670 deaths involving COVID-19 took place in the week up to 16 October.

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  Iran says public too lax over COVID-19 rules, as cases, deaths hit records

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  UK records 367 COVID deaths, highest daily toll since May 27

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Coronation Street spoiler pictures show Sally decide to leave after clash with Geoff

There could be big changes on the cobbles.From Digital Spy

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  Emmerdale spoiler pictures show Jamie Tate in new alliance with Mackenzie

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  Hollyoaks spoiler pictures show Ste return and face Yazz

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‘Don’t come running back to me when you’re struggling’ - Eddie Hearn hits back at Kell Brook

The former welterweight world champion has parted with the Matchroom promoter for his next fight against Terence Crawford

Student who posted Instagram restaurant picture fined £6,600 for breaking coronavirus rules

Carys Ann Ingram, 22, was supposed to be self-isolating after arriving in Jersey from Manchester.

Police officer found not guilty of murdering long-term lover

A married police officer has been acquitted of murdering his long-term lover after she revealed their affair to his wife. A jury took just under three hours to find Timothy Brehmer, 41, not guilty of murdering mother-of-two Claire Parry. Brehmer had previously admitted the manslaughter of the married nurse who he had been having an affair with for more than 10 years. The police officer, who served with Dorset Police, will be sentenced at Salisbury Crown Court by Mr Justice Jacobs later on Wednesday. Mrs Parry died during a "kerfuffle" in his car at a car park of the Horns Inn in West Parley, Dorset, on May 9 this year. The court heard that while the pair were in the car, Mrs Parry had taken Brehmer's phone and sent a message to his wife saying: "I am cheating on you."

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  Husband accuses police officer who killed his wife of robbing him of chance to rescue marriage

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  Married police officer not guilty of murder after killing lover who revealed affair

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Electoral college explained: how Biden faces an uphill battle in the US election

Electoral college explained: how Biden faces an uphill battle in the US electionTrump won the presidency in 2016 despite Clinton receiving almost 3m more votes, all because of the electoral college. How does the system work?

Coronavirus: UK deaths up by 367 in highest daily rise since May

Total who have tested positive in UK nearing one million

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U.S. warns of threat posed by China, signs military pact with India

The United States and India signed a pact to share sensitive satellite and map data on Tuesday as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned of the threat posed by an increasingly assertive China. Pompeo, who arrived in New Delhi on Monday along with Defense Secretary Mark Esper, said after talks with their Indian counterparts that the two countries had to work together to confront the threat China posed to security and freedom. "Big things are happening as our democracies align to better protect the citizens of our two countries and indeed, of the free world," Pompeo told reporters after the talks with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

English tourists ‘escorted’ from Wales by police after crossing border

The countries you can (feasibly) visit right now Your last-minute guide to the Canary Islands The new travel rules for Tiers 1, 2 and 3 Your final options for a quarantine-free half-term holiday Sign up to the Telegraph Travel newsletter More than 500 vehicles were stopped by police in Wales this weekend, as officers began enforcing the new ‘firebreak’ lockdown which prohibits non-essential travel in the country. Among them was a family that had driven for five hours from their home in Sussex, only to be stopped by officers in Carmarthenshire. When questioned, the family admitted they were travelling for non-essential reasons, and were escorted back to the border by the police. Other cases include a man from Rotherham in Yorkshire, who told officers he had broken the lockdown rules because he wanted to “climb Mount Snowdon alone”. He was instructed to leave North Wales immediately. Since the 'fire break' lockdown was introduced on Friday, all non-essential travel in Wales is now prohibited, and land borders are closed. The Welsh Government advises that those caught breaking the new laws may have to pay a fixed penalty of £60 – rising to £120 for a second breach – and face criminal proceedings. Scroll down for more updates on this story, and other breaking travel news.

Herd immunity without a vaccine has been 'blown out of the water', Dr Hilary tells Good Morning Britain

Dr Hilary Jones has said that achieving herd immunity by letting the virus run wild has been "blown out of the water" after a new study showed that antibodies decrease over time.The new study, from Imperial College London, involved more than 365,000 randomly selected adults who tested themselves at home using a finger prick test to check if they had antibodies against Covid-19.

Trump’s press secretary said in 2015 Republicans would ‘run into problem’ if Biden stood against Trump

McEnany described Biden as ‘funny and likeable’ in comparison to ‘cold and sombre’ Clinton

Erdogan files criminal complaint against Dutch politician Wilders

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has filed a criminal complaint with Turkish authorities against Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders saying that he had insulted him on social media, state-owned Anadolu news agency said on Tuesday. Wilders is one of Europe's most prominent far-rightists and has been a key figure in shaping the immigration debate in the Netherlands over the past decade, although he has never been in government. On Saturday Wilders posted a cartoon picture of Erdogan and captioned it "terrorist".