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EntertainmentYahoo News UK100,000 COVID infections recorded in a week for first time, according to government figures
The total of 101494 new infections is the highest since Test and Trace was launched in May.
EntertainmentPA Media: EntertainmentBallet company performs for first time since lockdown
Northern Ballet dancers returned to the stage for the first time in seven months in front of a socially distanced audience in Leeds.
EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UK'EastEnders' team members test positive for coronavirus
Production on the soap is not thought to have been affected.
HealthYahoo News UK'I'm aghast': Anger as government insists shielding not necessary for COVID vulnerable
Shielding aims to protect those at greatest risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19.
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'End SARS': Nigeria in peril as global calls to cease police brutality rise
Protests calling for an end to police brutality in the West African country of Nigeria turned deadly after soldiers in Lagos opened fire on demonstrators Tuesday, killing at least 12 people. Soldiers from a police unit called the Special-Anti-Robbery Squad, or SARS, shot at protesters who had gathered in the Lekki toll gate area of Lagos, according to Amnesty International. “[There was] no provocation whatsoever,” Chioma Agwuegbo, an activist in Nigeria, told Yahoo News. “People were just singing the national anthem and holding the flag. I have never, ever seen anything like this in my entire life.”
NewsYahoo News UKThe No 1 reason people break COVID rules is those who run the country don't stick to them
No 10 chief adviser Dominic Cummings and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn were both accused of breaking rules.
NewsYahoo News UKFootball team fined for pub visit 'insisted they were all in same household'
The team were at the Wouldhave pub in South Shields, South Tyneside, on Sunday night.
NewsYahoo News UKAstonishing moment Angela Rayner accused of calling Tory MP 'scum' in House of Commons
'Excuse me, did the honourable lady just call me scum?'
NewsYahoo News UKCoronavirus: The 7 major developments that happened on Wednesday
Scotland has recorded the highest daily death toll since May.
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'They only care about votes. They don't care about voters': Americans in need of 2nd stimulus are fed up with government leaders
Shannon O’Brien’s daughter turns 15 years old on Wednesday, but O’Brien doesn’t know if he’ll be able to get her a birthday present this year because he receives so little from unemployment and he’s drowning in unpaid household bills. O’Brien, like millions of Americans across the country, is now dependent on the government to help make ends meet with a second stimulus bill. As more time passes, Americans don’t care how it gets done; they just want something done.
NewsYahoo News UKChinese city hands out £50 COVID-19 vaccine as country steps up battle against virus
Shaoxing city in Zhejiang province is to offer experimental coronavirus vaccines to its residents.
NewsYahoo News UKBoris Johnson accused of ‘blatant lie’ during blistering attack on London mayor Sadiq Khan
Boris Johnson claimed Sadiq Khan had already bankrupted Transport for London before the COVID-19 crisis began.
NewsYahoo News UK‘He’s bargaining with lives’: PM attacked over fears millions will be trapped in Tier 3 for months on end
Boris Johnson has been accused of 'bargaining with people’s lives' amid fears people in Tier 3 lockdown areas could be stuck on reduced incomes for months.
NewsYahoo News UKDaily coronavirus deaths 'could hit 500 by end of October in England'
A new report estimates that daily COVID-19 deaths are 'likely' to be between 230 and 515 in England by 31 October.
NewsYahoo News UKSchool forced to shut as self-isolating caretaker has only keys to get in
Parents criticised Temple Meadow Primary School for closing and offered to pick up the keys themselves.
HealthYahoo News UKSage adviser says Boris Johnson 'not being cautious enough' day after COVID death toll hits four-month high
One of the government’s top coronavirus advisers has said Boris Johnson is not being cautious enough and warned that his three-tier local lockdown strategy will not work.
NewsYahoo News UKAndy Burnham wanted 'preferential treatment' for Greater Manchester in Tier 3 talks, government claims
Communities secretary Robert Jenrick placed the blame of talks breaking down at the Greater Manchester mayor’s feet.
NewsYahoo News UKMatt Hancock 'spent first five minutes of Greater Manchester Tier 3 meeting having a go at Andy Burnham'
The health secretary is said to have 'ranted' at the Greater Manchester mayor.
LifestyleYahoo News UK'We can't afford to let them die': Moment Jonathan Van Tam says elderly must be protected at all costs
The deputy chief medical officer said the R rate is currently above one across the country.
SportYahoo News UKHow fast is COVID-19 spreading in your area? England coronavirus infection rates listed
Here is the latest COVID-19 infection rate in your area.
NewsYahoo News UKMoment devastated Andy Burnham is told on live TV that PM has forced region into Tier 3 lockdown
This is the moment Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham finds out on live TV that his region has been forced into a Tier 3 lockdown.
NewsYahoo News UKThe European countries that have gone back into lockdown
Several European countries have introduced tough new measures to try and combat a second wave.
NewsYahoo News UKGreater Manchester Tier 3 lockdown talks collapsed because government 'wouldn't shift over £5m'
The talks reportedly stalled over financial compensation for the region.
HealthYahoo News UKBoris Johnson's COVID response 'still too slow', warns leading WHO scientist
Asked if the UK is still acting too slowly, the WHO's Dr David Nabarro said: 'Yes. Oh yeah.'
NewsYahoo News UKCoronavirus: The 7 major developments that happened on Tuesday
The number of coronavirus deaths has risen by a third in a week.
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