Which? reveals best supermarket of 2020

According to consumer group Which?, the cheapest supermarket in the UK last year was Lidl.more

Some hospitals look like a warzone as they struggle with the huge strain caused by the second wave of Covid-19, the Government’s chief scientific adviser has said.more

The Budzik clinic in Olsztyn looks after stroke patients, so we can take care of a Pole from Great Britain who is in a coma - said the neurosurgeon Wojciech Maksymowicz yesterday.more

A further 1610 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test, the highest daily figure since the pandemic began.more

In a bid to help as many people as possible get a vaccine, Uber will offer free door-to-door trips to seven mass vaccination centres in England. more

Under tougher plans reportedly being considered by ministers, supermarkets could be encouraged to implement a ‘shop alone’ policy amid concerns that trips to the local store are being seen as a family ‘outings’. more

Ryanair and Virgin Atlantic have been rated as the worst of six major airlines for providing passenger refunds in a survey by Which?.more

A surge in secret software used to spy on staff working from home during the pandemic has led to calls for new laws to be brought in against unscrupulous bosses.more

British Airways has suspended flights on the London-Heathrow-Warsaw route until the end of January. Depending on the development of the epidemic, the cruises may be resumed in mid-February this year - said the spokesman of Chopin Airport, Piotr Rudzki.more

London may be deep in lockdown but the housing market has still managed a strong start to the new year. The average asking price of a property in the capital is now £604,000 according to the latest figures from Rightmove.more

UK Health Minister Matt Hancock said he had self-isolated by Sunday after receiving a warning from the NHS Covid-19 mobile app that he may have been in contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. more

Fears are growing that schools may remain closed until the Easter holidays, meaning children will have spent another three months away from the classroom. more

More than 52,000 fish were either killed or escaped during a “major” seal attack at a Scottish salmon farm.more

A British court agreed yesterday evening to a request from a hospital in Plymouth in the south-west of England not to allow a Polish consul to access a Polish citizen who is in a coma.more

Another 37,535 new cases of coronavirus have been announced, with 599 deaths within 28 days of a positive test. more

An inflatable blimp depicting US President Donald Tump as a giant baby has been acquired by the Museum of London.more

Heavy rainfall could cause dangerous flooding this week as Storm Christoph is set to reach England and Wales.more

More than 20 trucks unloaded with shellfish stood near the seat of the British Prime Minister and the Houses of Parliament in central London. The owners of fishing companies are thus protesting against the post-Brexit bureaucracy which prevented them from exporting their goods to the EU. more

Brits are turning to "super weed" from California to help them get through Dry January in lockdown, it has been reported.more

A third of people who recovered after suffering from severe Covid were readmitted to hospital within five months with complications including heart problems, diabetes and chronic liver and kidney conditions. more

The number of people visiting sexual health clinics dropped by 85% due to lockdown, data revealed. Experts fear this will rise suddenly once restrictions are changed.more

People needing to travel by rail during lockdown are being urged to double-check train times, as services are being reduced.more

Staycations are expected to boom in 2021 after lockdown ends, UK holiday firms have said. more

Coronavirus cases are falling in every London borough for the first time in months – confirming that the devastating second wave of the pandemic has finally passed its peak.more

The Duke of Sussex is “heartbroken by the situation with his family” after moving to America, his friend Tom Bradby has said. However, the ITV News at Ten anchor said Harry and Meghan are “content” with their new lives after stepping down as working royals and are “quite excited” by the things they are doing.more

A further 671 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test and 38,598 more people have tested positive for coronavirus.more

Krzysztof Szczerski, Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the President, announced that, on the orders of President Andrzej Duda, he would meet with the British ambassador to Poland today about a Pole who remains in a coma. more

The UK is on track to offer every adult in the country the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine by September, and if it can be gotten faster, it will be a bonus, said British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab. more

Someone is being admitted to hospital with coronavirus “every 30 seconds”, the NHS England chief executive has said.more

Hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, pharmacies, exhibition and conference halls and sports venues where Covid-19 vaccination is taking place in Britain are joined this weekend by the most spectacular sites - two medieval cathedrals. more

British doctors have called on the government to introduce legislation to protect them from legal action over decisions to treat Covid-19 that could be made under conditions of extreme pressure. more

A bird named Merlin, who lives in the Tower of London, went missing before Christmas. The bird was considered dead. Tower authorities are already thinking about a successor. more

A further 1,295 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test have been reported in the UK, the third-highest daily total since the pandemic began. It brings the total number of deaths by this measure to 88,590.more

More than 3 million people in England were vaccinated against coronavirus in just over a month, new figures show. A total of 3,189,674 Covid-19 jabs were administered in the country between December 8 and January 14, according to provisional NHS England data released on Friday.more

Business secretary has denied claims EU-based employment laws such as 48-hour week will be axed.more

The Tories candidate for London mayor has said that homeless families could "save up" for a £5,000 deposit. more

London patients suffering from Covid-19 are being transferred to hospitals in the north of England as the capital is running out of beds, it has been revealed. The strain on London hospitals has reached the point that patients are being transferred to cities like Sheffield, Northampton and Birmingham, according to The Guardian.more

British lorry drivers crossing the Channel to France will be exempt from requiring a PCR coronavirus test, the transport secretary has indicated. Grant Shapps said PCR tests would be required for passengers but hauliers could use the lateral flow system. more

All travel corridors will be closed from Monday for a month to protect the UK against new variants of Covid. People arriving in the UK must show a negative test and quarantine for 10 days or test negative again after five days.more

Only one in 20 are looking to buy handbags over the next 12 months, a survey has found.more

The number of daily coronavirus cases has rise above 50,000 for the first time in five days, despite hopes that the outbreak is slowing in parts of the UK.more