UK military set to get its biggest investment in 30 years
Boris Johnson will “end the era of retreat” when he unveils what is being billed as the biggest programme of investment in Britain’s armed forces since the end of the Cold War.
Only five Senate Republicans join Democrats to reject effort to declare trial is unconstitutional
Piers Morgan speaks about Derek Draper's "heartbreaking" condition.
The retired footballer father has come under fire for his absence from Harvey's life. highlighted by the new BBC documentary.
Boris Johnson 'deeply sorry for every life that has been lost' to Covid Hotel quarantine for 30 high-risk nations All over-50s will be vaccinated by March, AstraZeneca chief says Judith Woods: We are grieving alone – on a national scale Allison Pearson: After this grim milestone, we need a glimmer of hope Subscribe to The Telegraph for a month-long free trial Britons in up to 30 countries will have to pay for hotel quarantine if they return to the UK to prevent new Covid variants reaching this country from South Africa and South America. Boris Johnson was on Tuesday night expected to approve the plans for Australian-style hotel quarantine that will cost travellers up to £1,500 for 10 days self-isolating with meals served in their rooms and supervised by private security guards. The Cabinet’s Covid operations committee was expected to back away from imposing the requirement for quarantine hotels on all returning Britons and instead limit it to the 30 “high risk” countries currently covered by a travel ban for foreigners. All 30 bar Portugal and Cape Verde are in or around South Africa and South America, where three Covid variants have emerged, in addition to the one that emerged in Kent. Home Secretary Priti Patel is widely expected to announce a limited plan for new arrivals in England to quarantine in hotels when she later details to the House of Commons border protections against new coronavirus variants arriving from overseas. Follow the latest updates below.
‘It’s far too early for us to even speculate about the summer’
There is a "real danger" that schools could remain closed until the summer, the Children's Commissioner warned as she blamed ministers for a "lack of planning". Downing Street needs to "think creatively" about how to get youngsters back to the classroom and must "ultimately make something happen", Anne Longfield said. Her intervention came as the Government came under mounting pressure from Tory MPs to explain why schools in their constituencies could not reopen after the February half-term. In a new policy briefing on schools, Ms Longfield said: "Everyone recognises the necessity of reopening schools as soon as possible, but hope alone will not make it happen. What is lacking is a clear roadmap towards this. There is a real danger that schools will remain closed until Easter at the earliest, or even into the summer – not because the virus makes this inevitable, but because of a lack of planning." She said that while the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) could provide modelling of different options, it was the role of ministers to "think creatively about what those different options might be, explore all possibilities, come up with a plan and ultimately make something happen". Ms Longfield set out a number of options for the gradual reopening of schools, including certain year groups returning sooner than others and children returning on a rota basis, meaning they take it in turns to come in on certain days. She said reopening is "not a simple on/off switch", and that while it may not be possible for all schools to open before Easter, that "does not mean it is impossible" for some children to go back in some areas on a smaller scale. On Tuesday, Gavin Williamson, the Education Secretary, came under fire for failing to appear in the Commons to answer Labour's urgent question on schools reopening. Instead, the schools minister Nick Gibb was pressed by MPs on what the Government's plan to reopen schools is.
The list reflects a brutal 12 months marred by the pandemic.
AstraZeneca vaccine may not go to older people, EU medicines chief suggestsEuropean Medicines Agency approval could stipulate age range, says Emer CookeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Emer Cooke of the EMA, who is Irish, said the regulatory body is examining the ‘totality of the data’. Photograph: AP
The total for the number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test has doubled since November 11.
While physical ‘Trump’ signs have been gone since last year, the latest move would fully remove the ex-president’s name from the condo’s official title
Total of 100,162 people have now died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19
Fox News issued a statement saying Ms McEnany is not currently employed by the network
‘It is not the right time to start a new efficacy trial for a further vaccine in the UK, with the emphasis rightly placed on mass vaccination,’ says professor Robin Shattock
Liz Hurley's risque pictures are going viral online
Technology company described the Capitol riots as ‘disturbing’
The YouTube personality will don the gloves for his third pro bout on 17 April
Will she be okay?From Digital Spy
Anne Hegerty, Mark Labbett and Shaun Wallace paid a visit to a dolphin sanctuary in the first episode of their new show.
Request for higher authorisation meant Major General Walker ‘did not have that authority’ to deploy National Guard