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David Parrott is just 19 years old and he sits in isolation wearing an oxygen mask that help his COVID-ravaged lungs to breathe.

All three rapid COVID testing centres in Luton have been shut because of snow in the area, the council has said, while other parts of England have also woken up to snowfall.

Police are appealing for information after a video posted on TikTok showed a car parked across a live railway track for a photoshoot.

The second of two new coronavirus variants from Brazil is likely to already be in the UK despite the government imposing a travel ban, a leading epidemiologist has warned.

Sir Keir Starmer has called on the home secretary to "take responsibility" for hundreds of thousands of police records which were accidentally deleted from a national database. 

Archie Lyndhurst, the son of Only Fools And Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst, died from a brain haemorrhage, his mother has confirmed.

The Duke of Cambridge has spoken of his concern about the pressure faced by emergency workers during the coronavirus pandemic, saying his work as an air ambulance pilot showed him that being surrounded by trauma and sadness can make you see the world as a "darker, blacker place".

All travel corridors will close from Monday, forcing everyone arriving in the UK to self-isolate.

Two Black Country MPs have urged the local South Asian community to ignore Covid vaccine misinformation and fake news after it emerged some have rejected the jab.

A computer-generated fly-through released this week gives a glimpse into the future showing how the much-anticipated Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro extension is set to look in Dudley town centre.

A Dudley MP has congratulated local medics after it emerged the borough was on track to vaccinate all care home residents by the end of next week.

During an interview on ITV's This Morning, Priti Patel indicated that people should 'exercise alone' - despite government guidelines permitting socially distanced activity with up to one other person.

Following the recent news that England has entered a third national lockdown since Covid-19 restrictions began last March, for many this can cause a lot of worry and anxiety when it comes to the uncertainty of the next few months.

Two new coronavirus testing sites will open in the next few days to boost Dudley borough’s testing capacity.

More than £50,000 is to be spent on improving a children’s play area in the borough.

Boardwalks and artificial grass will spruce up town centres in the borough as part of a pavement widening scheme to help keep people safe during the pandemic.

Archie Lyndhurst, the son of Only Fools And Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst, died from a brain haemorrhage, his mother has confirmed.

It's not easy taking on the role of an iconic celebrity beloved by millions, and it's a job made even harder when that celebrity's estate hasn't given you their blessing.

Rapper and producer Dr Dre has returned home after a stay in hospital with a reported brain aneurysm.

Saved By The Bell star Dustin Diamond has been diagnosed with cancer and is receiving treatment in hospital, his team have confirmed.

A grime artist who was serving 24 years in jail for imprisoning and repeatedly raping four women has had his sentence increased by six years.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he can "count on one hand" the games that have gone perfectly as he prepares to face Manchester United this weekend, live on Sky Sports.

Sir Alex Ferguson says he wanted to buy Jordan Henderson while in charge at Old Trafford, but was advised against it by the club's medical staff on the basis of the midfielder's running style.

Heather Watson is among 47 players competing in the Australian Open who must quarantine for 14 days following three positive Covid-19 tests on chartered flights.

Dillian Whyte knows that Alexander Povetkin's 'nice guy' act softened his spite, but is ready to exact a vicious form of revenge after the Russian inflicted more world title torment.

EDF, the French state-backed energy giant, is drawing up secret plans for a stock market flotation of one of Britain's biggest providers of electric vehicle charging infrastructure amid soaring demand from motorists.

WhatsApp is delaying the rollout of new business features following a user backlash over the company's data sharing practices.

The proprietors of The Daily Telegraph have begun exploring plans for a £3bn-plus flotation of Very Group, their booming online retail operation.

Small firms are cheering a Supreme Court ruling that forces insurers to pay out on disputed coronavirus business interruption claims worth at least £1.2bn.

The UK economy returned to a reverse gear in November as tightened coronavirus restrictions took their toll on the fightback from the steepest recession on record, according to official figures.

Sir Keir Starmer has called on the home secretary to "take responsibility" for hundreds of thousands of police records which were accidentally deleted from a national database. 

Hundreds of thousands of fingerprint, DNA and arrest history records were accidentally wiped from police databases because of "human error" and "defective code", the policing minister has said.

All travel corridors will close from Monday, forcing everyone arriving in the UK to self-isolate.

Closing schools has been one of the most painful consequences of the pandemic - the action Boris Johnson described as his "last resort".

More than 66,000 hauliers have so far been tested at the Channel crossing with only "very low levels" of coronavirus detected, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has told Sky News.

India has began its ambitious project of vaccinating its 1.3 billion citizens - as it aims to administer 300 million jabs by August.

Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of the Uganda presidential election with 58.64% of the total votes, according to the country's electoral commission.

With shaking hands, broadcast live to the nation, a doctor administered Indonesia's first COVID-19 vaccination.

Alexei Navalny is flying back to Russia and straight into the hands of the authorities.

Global deaths linked to coronavirus have passed two million - just over a year since it was first identified in China.

"The situation is the most serious that it's been since the start of the pandemic in Ireland."

Every year, Forbes magazine produces a list of the most powerful women in the world. And in 14 of the past 15 years, it has been the same person - Angela Merkel.

Ice cream has been found to have been contaminated with COVID-19 in China after three samples tested positive for the virus.

A group of elite tennis players will have to self-isolate for 14 days after two flight passengers tested positive for coronavirus - as Australians expressed anger that they were allowed in the country while thousands are stranded abroad.

Police involved in protecting the Capitol building last week have spoken for the first time describing what happened as "brutal, medieval style combat".

A racing pigeon that survived an 8,000-mile (13,000km) journey across the Pacific Ocean from the US to Australia, is to be put to death over fears it may be carrying disease.

A driver travelling from the UK had his ham sandwiches confiscated by Dutch border guards, who said they were now prohibited under post-Brexit rules.

Two fishermen have rescued a naked fugitive who they found sitting on a tree branch in Australian crocodile habitat.

A US police officer called to charge two women for shoplifting instead paid for them to have Christmas dinner with their children.

People suffering from long COVID are reporting a strong smell of fish, sulphur and a sweet sickly odour, as further symptoms of the virus emerge.

Members of the US Space Force will be known as "guardians", it was announced on the military service's first birthday.

Scientists have described the ways an ancient "crazy beast", which lived alongside dinosaurs on Madagascar approximately 66 million years ago, broke the rules of evolution.