Fears over new 'stealth' Covid variant which could spread faster than Omicron

Deltacron has now officially been declared a COVID-19 strain. Concerns about a mutation combining features of both the Delta and Omicron variants first arose earlier this year, following an investigation that took place in a Cyprus lab. Virologists in Paris have now confirmed its existence.

"Deltacron" has been officially identified as a coronavirus variant.

My Chemical Romance have unveiled the support acts for their upcoming US tour.The band will be supported by numerous acts across the dates including: Badflower, Devil Master, Dilly Dally, GHÖSH, Kimya Dawson, Meg Myers, Midtown, Nothing, Shannon And The Clams, Soul Glo, Surfbort, Taking Back Sunday, The Bouncing Souls, The Homeless Gospel Choir, The Lemon Twigs, Thursday, Turnstile, Waterparks, and Youth Code.You can find exact details of who is playing where on the band’s official website.A post shared by My Chemical Romance (@mychemicalromance)A post shared by My Chemical Romance (@mychemicalromance)The returning group will kick off their reunion tour in the UK and Ireland, with a date at the Eden Project in May followed by gigs in Milton Keynes, Dublin, Warrington, Cardiff and Scotland. The tour will then move onto Europe, before visiting New Zealand and Australia in 2023.Last week, the group added more North American dates to their upcoming 2022 reunion tour.The band had previously confirmed more than 25 dates to take place in the States and Canada this summer and autumn, including festival headline sets at Riot Fest, When We Were Young and more.The reuniting emo band then added more arena shows to their itinerary, including 10 new cities.

An expert has issued a warning over the pandemic amid the spread of 'Stealth Omicron'.

The award-winning stage show of Bugsy Malone will be coming to Manchester Opera House in November. The production will be part of the show taking to the road and touring the UK.

Fears have been raised over local jobs following reports convenience store chain McColl’s is on the brink of collapse.

Chris Stapleton left fans in tears on Monday when he was joined by his wife Morgane as they gave a heartbreaking tribute to the 60 people killed and more than 400 injured after a gunman opened fire in Las Vegas in 2017.MORE: 2022 ACM Awards winners - live updates The singer performed his song Watch You Burn, which was written following the tragic events of October 2017 and which remains the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, at the 2022 ACM Awards alongside a 16-person choir, who joined him on stage surprising fans.

Prince Charles has provided an update regarding the health of Queen Elizabeth II after her coronavirus diagnosis. The Prince of Wales, 73, provided the update to Janice Jacom, a local administrative worker, at an area golf course during a visit in Southend-on-Sea, England, for its City Day, according to Hello! magazine. "I asked the prince about his mother, and he said, 'She's a lot better now.

Supermarket giant ASDA has announced plans to make its fruit have a longer shelf-life.

Warning: This story contains spoilers for the online game Wordle.They felt like an American Wordler in London.Amid ongoing complaints that the New York Times ruined Wordle, Thursday’s answer caused an uproar among US-based players, who deemed the answer decidedly “too British.” A Twitter thread detailing the allegedly Anglocentric vocab — spoilers below — is currently blowing up online.For the uninitiated, the viral brain teaser — in which players get six tries to guess a new five-letter word each day — has become a daily routine for puzzle lovers of late. Nonetheless, American Wordlers were flummoxed by Wordle 250’s answer “bloke” — British slang for “man,” which they found incomprehensible to anybody who didn’t live across the pond.

Companies representing the estates of Jimi Hendrix Experience members Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell have requested that legal action filed with the courts in New York by the Hendrix estate and Sony Music be dismissed on jurisdiction grounds. That legal action seeks court confirmation that agreements reached between the Hendrix estate and Mitchell and Redding back in the early 1970s are still in force.The UK-based companies representing the Redding and Mitchell estates have filed their own litigation in the English courts, specifically against Sony Music UK.

Not everyone was thrilled with Lorraine Kelly's first show of the week.