We could be ‘looking back’ at pandemic by October, top scientist says

The coronavirus pandemic could largely be over in Britain by October, a top scientist has predicted. Professor Neil Ferguson - whose modelling led to the first lockdown in March 2020 - said caution is still needed, but cases are ‘plateauing’.more

A historic Glasgow church has been gutted by flames, after more than 30 firefighters were called out to an early morning blaze. Though small in size, St Simon's was well-frequented and was the spiritual home of the Polish community in the west of Scotland who had established a shrine there.more

Senior cabinet ministers are to discuss allowing fully vaccinated travellers from the EU and US to avoid quarantine when they arrive in England.more

A roofer discovered the decomposing body of a 47-year-old man in a North Staffordshire flat, three months after neighbours first complained about the smell.more

Selfridges’ billionaire owners, the Weston family, have launched a formal auction to sell the historic department store business. It is understood that advisers at Credit Suisse will start looking for a buyer, with the company valued at as much as £4 billion.more

Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has branded those who refuse a Covid vaccine “selfish” and insisted that they face being barred from mass events.more

The European Commission has paused legal proceedings against the United Kingdom over the implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol in the hope that solutions can be found.more

Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor has been listed in the royal line of succession seven weeks after she came into the world.more

UK house prices hit a new high in June and are 30% higher than the peak they reached before the 2008 financial crisis, according to the latest snapshot of the market.more

Staff and councilors presided over a "culture of cover-up" that led to more than 700 children in south London care homes suffering cruelty and sexual abuse, an inquiry has found. more

The UK government has told the European Union that its new proposals to resolve the stalemate over the Northern Ireland Protocol do not go far enough, the British media reported.more

Wider electronic surveillance of prison exits, the continued loosening of stop and search rules, more community service and police effectiveness rankings - these are the main points of the UK government's crime-fighting plan.more

Covid deaths in the UK have exceeded 100 for the first day since March 17. A total of 131 people have died within 28 days of a positive test in the past 24 hours. But cases have fallen for the seventh day in a row, with the country reporting 23,511 new infections today. Yesterday, 14 deaths and 24,950 new cases were recorded.more

Up to 77 countries are in contention for the Government’s green list for travel giving hope for holiday-makers who are not yet fully jabbed, experts have said.more

The pingdemic will leave supermarket shelves empty in just weeks unless the staff crisis is solved, an industry boss has warned.more

In the UK, the number of infections has been falling for a few days, but it could increase again soon as children return to school and adults to work, British specialists warn. It is too early to strike back the success - they stipulate.more

A series of fundraising events will take place during August to help ensure Notting Hill Carnival returns to London’s streets in 2022. The organisers previously announced the event, which had been planned for August 29 and 30, will not take physically take place this year due to the “ongoing uncertainty and risk Covid poses”.more

Tesco Bank has said it will close all of its current accounts because most customers are no longer using them. more

People from white and mixed ethnic groups had lower life expectancy compared with Black and Asian groups in England and Wales between 2011 and 2014, according to analysis by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). more

Two 14-year-old students who attacked a 13-year-old boy and stabbed him to death after a social media argument are guilty of murder, a court in Reading, southern England, said.more

The coronavirus pandemic caused a colossal loss of students in Polish Saturday schools in Great Britain, as a result of which some of these institutions found themselves on the verge of survival, says Elżbieta Barrass, president of the Polish School Society (PMS), which supports Polish education in this country.more

Europe’s biggest budget airline, Ryanair, lost an average of €3m (£2.6m) each day between April and June. This was even higher than the same quarter in 2020, when traffic collapsed altogether.more

People who have recovered from COVID-19 are more likely to score lower on intelligence tests, new research has found. Scientists tested 81,337 people between January and December last year as part of the Great British Intelligence Test, including almost 13,000 who had been infected with the virus.more

A new £48m National Adoption Strategy seeks to improve adoption services and help place more children with families as it launches in England.more

The UK has reported 24,950 new cases of COVID-19 in the latest 24-hour period. It means the number of COVID cases reported in the UK has fallen for the sixth consecutive day. Fourteen deaths were reported during the same period.more

Heathrow Airport has urged the government to reopen the UK economy to fully vaccinated travellers from the EU and US by the end of the month after revealing coronavirus crisis losses of almost £3bn to date.more

A woman wearing a Charlie Hebdo T-shirt was attacked with a knife at Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park on Sunday, police said.more

A flood expert has urged for the UK to be more prepared after parts of London were submerged in dangerous floodwater for the second time in two weeks.more

Contraceptive pills are available to buy over the counter in pharmacies for the first time in the UK. Until now women have needed a prescription to get the pill.more

China’s state-owned nuclear energy company could be blocked from all future power projects in the UK, with ministers understood to be investigating ways to prevent its involvement.more

Illegal levels of toxic air have been detected at 15 key sites across London, it was revealed today.more

W ciągu 10 lat w Wielkiej Brytanii po raz pierwszy może zostać osiągnięta temperatura 40 stopni Celsjusza, bo przez zmiany klimatu intensywne fale upałów będą się zdarzać coraz częściej - uważają naukowcy, których cytuje "The Sunday Times".more

Philip Morris International is hoping that customers will switch to vapes which are considered less harmful.more

Taxpayers will bear the costs of Covid "for decades" - and an inquiry will not come soon enough to learn lessons from the pandemic, MPs have said.more

Voting on the selection of the Rector of PUNO for the academic years 2021-2025 ended with the selection of a Polish astronomer and activist from London - prof. dr Włodzimierz Mier-Jędrzejowicz. Rector Prof. However, Dr. Tomasz Kaźmierski does not recognize the results of the elections and claims that there were a number of irregularities during the elections.more

Torrential rain has flooded roads and tube stations in London after thunderstorms hit the south of England on Sunday. Barts Health NHS trust declared a major incident after the flooding led to problems at Whipps Cross hospital and Newham Hospital in the east of the city.more

Britain reported 29,173 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, a fall from 31,795 a day earlier, while the number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test dropped to 28 from 86 on Saturday, official data showed.more

Meghan Markle’s estranged dad has said he’s prepared to go to court with his daughter and her husband to gain access to his grandchildren. Thomas Markle, 77, has yet to meet Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor – or even Prince Harry.more

Boris Johnson’s poll lead has fallen sharply in the wake of last weekend’s fiasco over whether he should be exempt from self-isolation requirements.more

Giving the second dose of Pfizer's two-dose COVID-19 vaccine eight weeks after the first is the "sweet spot" to protect against the fast-spreading Delta variant, a UK research group has said.more

This National Ice Cream Month, those with a sweet tooth could get paid £1,000 to indulge in their favourite dessert. There is a small catch though - you must go sugar-free. Wheyhey, the naturally sugar-free ice cream brand, is on the hunt for one candidate to take part in a study focussed on finding out if sugar-addicts can get the same enjoyment from sugar-free snacks.more

The UK is eroding its global reputation for conserving its “unparalleled” historic assets, culture bodies have warned, with Stonehenge expected to be next in line to lose its coveted World Heritage status after Liverpool.more

Cornwall tourism bosses urged staycationers to bring Covid tests on holiday with them as 2.3million hit the road on Friday.more

Tributes have been paid to a Polish war hero who fought in the Battle of Monte Cassino and alongside a bear who has gone down in his nation's history. Bazyl Klimowicz, who was thought to be one of the last surviving members of the Polish II Corps, died in North Walsham on July 3, aged 103.more

Britain effectively covered the cost of Poland's EU membership with the £11.1billion it paid into to Brussels last year despite having quit the bloc, a new investigation has demonstrated.more

Britain has reported another 31,795 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, according to official figures released Saturday.more

Holidaymakers planning to travel by rail this summer are being urged not to travel over the weekend if at all possible to avoid overcrowding on popular routes and services.more

Significant numbers of Europeans in the UK aged over 65 failed to apply to the EU settlement scheme (EUSS) before the deadline, a parliamentary report has found, warning that this could make thousands of retirement-aged EU nationals vulnerable to Britain’s hostile environment policies.more

A scheme allowing key workers to avoid Covid self-isolation in England has been significantly expanded following criticism it did not go far enough.Police, fire, Border Force, transport and freight staff will now be able to join a daily workplace test scheme, whether they are vaccinated or not.more

Heathrow is set to introduce a £5 passenger drop-off fee for travellers arriving at the airport by car or taxi.more

A bus driver was punched in the head after confronting a passenger who refused to wear a face mask, police have revealed.more