UK coronavirus infections soar as 12,782 new positive cases are recorded

Nicola Sturgeon’s plea not to travel south of the border to watch the Old Firm match at English pubs.

The rate of coronavirus infection remains high across Greater Manchester - with hundreds of people testing positive each week.All 10 boroughs remain at the Government's 'red alert' level.Manchester continues to the be the worst affected area in the region and remains one of the UK's coronavirus hotspots.There were 2,715 positive tests in the city in the week up to October 7, according to the latest figures published by Public Health England.That's a slight increase of 21 on the week before.But

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorThe plot details to Ernest Cline’s Ready Player Two have been carefully under wraps, until now.The author, co-producer and co-screenwriter of Ready Player One revealed the details this morning at New York Comic Con in a panel moderated by Wil Wheaton; the details of which you can read below. The long-awaited sequel comes out in hardcover, ebook and audio editions from Penguin Random House on Nov.

More than 100 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in Oldham in 24 hours for the first time in the pandemic as a backlog of cases are added to the statistics.The grim milestone comes as a technical issue across the UK led to more than 15,000 people not being entered into the Test and Trace system last week, and there was a delay in adding them to the figures between September 25 and October 2.As a result the numbers of new coronavirus cases in Oldham have soared at the end of last month and

Matt Ratana has told how a planned holiday to reunite with him will now be a visit to his grave. Matthew Ratana, from New Zealand, had been hoping to meet up with the Kiwi police officer, whose late mother Mary was Scottish, during a planned trip to the UK earlier this year.

hereAs of 9am on Wednesday, there had been a further 7,108 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK, slightly down on the 7,143 reported on Tuesday, which was the highest daily figure recorded since the outbreak began.It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 453,264.The Government also said a further 71 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday.This brings the UK total to 42,143.Separate figures published by the UK's statistics agencies show

Lily Collins has lots of reasons to celebrate right now. Not only has the British actor become engaged to boyfriend Charlie McDowell (the writer-director proposed while the pair were holidaying in New Mexico), but her hotly-anticipated new TV series launches on October 2.

Lily Collins has lots of reasons to celebrate right now. Not only has the British actor become engaged to boyfriend Charlie McDowell (the writer-director proposed while the pair were holidaying in New Mexico), but her hotly-anticipated new TV series launches on October 2.

coronavirus tests recorded in the last 24 hours, with the number of deaths increasing by 13.

hereData for the most recent three days has been excluded as it is incomplete and likely to be revised.Burnley is currently the place with the highest infection rate in the UK - with it standing at 269.9 per 100,000 people.Knowsley has the second highest rate, up from 137.2 to 265.1 with 400 new cases.Liverpool is in third place, where the rate has risen from 146.6 to 251.8, with 1,254 new cases.Bolton has the fifth highest infection rate in the country, with Manchester the ninth highest.Every

Black Mirror director Toby Haynes is set to helm a new Star Wars Rogue One spin-off series.Haynes is replacing Tony Gilroy in the director’s chair for the Disney+ show, which sources claim is due to coronavirus-related travel issues.As Deadline reports, sources say that Gilroy was uncertain whether to travel from his home in New York to the UK to undertake directing duties for the show, which is about to begin production.Haynes is set to direct the first three episodes of the show, having