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And temperatures this time will peak in the mid 20s, so we have lost a good few degrees there. and that easterly wind is set to freshen, particularly towards eastern coastal areas of kent, where we could see some gusts later in the day of up to 30 mph. now, through this evening and overnight, it will still feel cloudy and muggy. very mild again, there will be some outbreaks of rain moving northwards and eastwards through the night. in fact, across the weekend, there is a met office weather warning for heavy rain. some of those showers possibly thundery later on in the day on saturday, and on s...

The white house said china�*s reluctance to allow the world health organization to audit some of its laboratories was "irresponsible" and "dangerous". china has strongly rejected a theory that the virus may have leaked from a lab in wuhan. tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from the region of hunan in china as officials confirmed that at least 33 people have died. they include a dozen commuters in zhengzhou, who were caught on the city�*s underground rail system. large wildfires have been burning across the timber—rich region of karelia, in northern russia. officials say the...

Received a contact tracing alert in the last week. the government has said the isolation rules will be relaxed for only a very small number of critical workers, before wider changes in england next month. theo leggett reports. empty shelves in supermarkets, retailers are warning that too many staff are in isolation after being contacted by nhs test and trace, all pinged by the app. now shops and their supply supply chains are under intense pressure. we kept shops open during the pandemic but now we've had to close one or two shops and reduce hours in others but that could get a lot worse a lot...

Has put the uk on the travel read list — in other words, the red list of countries to which flights are simply not allowed. the decision has just been made in the less why by the government. it also named cyprus and turkey for example. the ban does not come into effect, in fact, until friday of next week. but the decision coming against a background of increasing number of covid infections, so uk is among a handful of countries that israel has added to its own red list, so those are countries to which you simply cannot fly. we have been talking so much today and in recent days generally abou...

To keep shelves fully stocked, with rising numbers of staff self—isolating. the warning comes from the british retail consortium which is urging ministers to act quickly to make vaccinated food retail workers exempt from the rules. the government has insisted that it is crucial people isolate when asked do so to stop the spread of the virus. andrew opie from the british retail consortium said the increasing number of workers being told to isolate by the nhs covid app was "putting increasing pressure on retailers' "ability to maintain opening hours and keep shelves stocked". a spokesperson fo...