Professor Francois Balloux, director of the Genetics Institute at University College London, told BBC News on Thursday that the current wave of COVID-19 infections caused by the Omicron variant is a different situation to previous waves, with lower death rates.... As a result, he said he felt" very optimistic" that by Spring, Britain could see the back of the virus and start to" celebrate life" again. Professor Balloux said: “ I am quite optimistic, very optimistic, that by the Spring, the wors

A man who has been pretending to be an urbane English gentleman is an American fugitive accused of faking his own death in an effort to escape justice, facial recognition experts believe. Proceedings are under way to extradite Nicholas Rossi to the United States, where he faces allegations of rape and fraud, although he claims that he is called Arthur Knight, has no passport or identity documents, and has never left the British Isles. This week, he invited The Telegraph to the Glasgow home he sh

Plastic screens could increase the risks of catching Covid in some circumstances, the government has been warned. Experts say screens may block or change airflow patterns or, in some cases, create areas of poor air circulation. However, screens and barriers are likely to cut the risk of people being exposed to larger aerosols and droplets from other people’s breath when they are face-to-face and within two metres of each other, ministers have been told. The Environmental Modelling Group, a panel

Stage four of lockdown easing was meant to see all social distancing and Covid safety measures being removed across England.... But, with the Prime Minister urging for a cautious move out of lockdown, many venues and public transport services have called for Brits to continue to wear face coverings.... So where will you have to wear face masks?...

RAF gunner Corrie McKeague, who vanished on a night out in 2016, died after getting into a bin which was then tipped into a waste lorry, an inquest has concluded. The airman, from Dunfermline, Fife, was 23 when he disappeared in the early hours of 24 September in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.He was last seen on CCTV at 3. 25am entering a service area behind a Greggs shop.... His body has never been found, despite extensive searches.On Tuesday, an inquest jury recorded a narrative conclusion that Mc

A BRITISH gran jailed for smuggling ￡1million of cocaine has died in agony alone in a Portuguese prison. Susan Clarke, 72, died of breast cancer last Sunday in the jail where she was serving eight years, The Sunday Mirror reports.... 5 Susan Clarke, seen here with husband Roger, has died in a Portuguese prison two years after being jailed for a ￡1milion cocaine plot Credit: Solarpix 5 She was caged in 2019 after the couple were caught in Lisbon with suitcases stuffed with the Class A Drug Credi

PRISON chiefs stopped treating a British drug-smuggling gran suffering from cancer and only let her husband see her through glass before she died. Susan Clarke, 72, died of breast cancer last Sunday in the Portuguese jail where she was serving eight years.... 6 Susan Clarke, seen here with husband Roger, has died in a Portuguese prison two years after being jailed for a ￡1milion cocaine plot Credit: Solarpix 6 Susan pictured in prison, where she was serving an eight-year sentence Credit: Mirror

A MAN who lives right beside a busy motorway teeming with traffic says he'd never move from the idyllic location. Neil Clifford's home in Port Talbot, Wales, overlooks the busy M4 which hosts four lanes of busy traffic generating noise pollution and car fumes.... Neil's lived on Pen-Y-Cae Road for 26 years and says he's" got used to the noise by now".... She said her home boasted a" lovely", generously-sized garden perfect for her two dogs-and the motorway sounds were just a trade off....

I’m 21 years a sergeant in the police.... My son’s in the police as well.... “ They’ve suggested Corrie may have gone Awol( absent without leave) or got lost on his way home to his RAF base, ” he said in a statement.In their conclusion, jurors said Mr McKeague’s “ death was contributed to by impaired judgment due to alcohol consumption ”....

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