EXCLUSIVE: A pair of German production houses has teamed for animated adventure feature Tafiti — Across the Desert, which Sola Media is launching at AFM.
07.10.2023 - 12:43 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The monitoring and testing of coronavirus levels is set to return this winter, after being ended earlier in March 2023.
These surveys will be a scaled-back version of the initial infection monitoring levels that ran for almost three years, reports Nottinghamshire Live.
These surveys were considered the 'gold standard' for keeping track of how rampant the virus was at the time, and since it ended this year, there has been no official estimate of how many people have Covid across Britain.
However, a new study is set to begin in November, and will run until March 2024. This study will see up to 32,000 lateral flow tests being carried out each week, with as many as 200,000 members of the public invited to take part.
This will be a smaller number than the original survey, but the results will be a broad representation of the population of the UK as a whole.
As well as estimating the prevalence of Covid in the UK, the study will also allow scientists to understand any changes in the rate of infected people being admitted to hospital, and to assess the potential for increased demand on the NHS.
The study is being co-ordinated by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which oversaw the original survey together with Oxford University.
Professor Steven Riley, UKHSA director-general of data, analytics and surveillance, said: "The data we collected alongside the ONS during the pandemic provided us with a huge amount of valuable insight, so I am delighted that we are able to work together again to keep policymakers and the wider public informed in the coming months.
"UKHSA continues to lead the way internationally on Covid-19 surveillance and by re-introducing a study of positivity in the
EXCLUSIVE: A pair of German production houses has teamed for animated adventure feature Tafiti — Across the Desert, which Sola Media is launching at AFM.
After six nail biting weeks on our screens, Celebrity Race Across the World finally came to its jaw dropping conclusion, with Alex Beresford taking home the coveted win with his dad Noel.The duo were the first to arrive at the final checkpoint in Tromso, Norway, with the delighted pair clearly overwhelmed with emotion as they celebrated their impressive accomplishment with a series of warm embraces. Hot on their heels however were McFly star Harry Judd and his mum Emma, who finished just four minutes behind the pair, with All Saints star Melanie Blatt and her mum Helene taking home the third place title.
Marta Balaga DR Sales has been racking up sales for Danish drama series “Prisoner.” Starring Sofie Gråbøl, David Dencik, Youssef Wayne Hvidtfeldt and Charlotte Fich, it has been picked up by BBC (UK and Ireland), Canal+ Group’s channel Polar+ (France), MHz Networks (U.S.), SBS (Australia), NPO (Netherlands) and BeTV (French-speaking Belgium). Revolving around four desperate prison guards, forced to deal with everything from rampant drug trade to their personal problems and imminent closure of the prison, the show was created by Kim Fupz Aakeson.
Blink-182 have announced details of a 2024 US tour, featuring support from Pierce The Veil. Find out ticket information below.The trio – formed of Travis Barker, Tom Delonge and Mark Hoppus – announced their plans for a US tour earlier today (October 20) with an update shared on social media.“ONE MORE TIME! 2024 tour featuring special guest @piercetheveil,” they wrote on X (formerly Twitter), sharing a poster of upcoming tour dates.The live shows will celebrate the release of their new album, ‘One More Time’ – which arrived last Friday (October 20) and marked their first full LP with the classic line-up since 2011’s ‘Neighborhoods’.
There were two major new entries this weekend at the international box office, one local (Tamil thriller Leo: Bloody Sweet) and one from Hollywood. Starting with the latter, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon from Apple, Paramount and Imperative Entertainment, had a big opening with $21M in 63 offshore markets and No. 1s in 24 of those, including France, Germany, Australia, Spain, Netherlands and Switzerland. The global bow, factoring in its strong domestic opening, was $44M; great for a period movie with a long running time and at a moment when talent could not promote it due to the actors strike.
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Fashion designer Stella McCartney’s plans for an ultra-modern holiday house in the Scottish Highlands have been met with a backlash from across the UK.
The Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Max streamer will launch in 22 European countries in spring 2024 and France and Belgium later next year, the media outfit revealed today.
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Greg Kurstin, Mura Masa, Danny L Harle, Count Baldor, Phil and Cash Cobain among others.Speaking of the LP in a press release, the singer said: “The record is about grief for a loss but being at peace with yourself in your aloneness. Journeying from hell into purgatory, but I’m ok with being there.”‘Heaven Knows’ is set for release on November 10 via Warner.
Oasis have topped a new BBC chart ranking the most streamed albums of the ’90s.The Official Most Streamed Albums of the ’90s chart, which is being shared to celebrate National Album Day next week (October 14), features the Top 40 most-streamed albums from that decade, based on UK streams, as compiled by the Official Charts Company. It will air on BBC Radio 2 between 1-3pm on October 14; the programme is available to listen to now on BBC Sounds here.Oasis have earned the two top two slots in the chart with ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory’ at number one and ‘Definitely Maybe’ at number two.
Brunch - subjectively the best invention of the 21st century.
A service station on the M62 has been named the worst in the country for a second year in a row. Hartshead Moor East in West Yorkshire ranked bottom in a list of 120 motorway service stations, according to a survey of more than 30,000 visitors.
Big Brother's Jonny Regan has been spotted for the first time in years - as a reboot of the show is set to return this week. Jonny, a 51 year old former fireman, rose to fame in 2002 when he appeared on the third series of the iconic reality show. He finished runner up on Big Brother 3 - a season that also made stars of eventual winner Kate Lawler, the late Jade Goody, BBC Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts and This Morning favourite Alison Hammond.
A 'highly-mutated' variant of Coronavirus has been detected in the UK and is now spreading 'in most regions.'
A grieving brother has said he is 'connected for life' to a Dutch couple who discovered the balloon that he released in memory of his tragic sister 500 miles from where he let it go.