UK places worst hit by coronavirus as rates soar - find out where your area ranks

The English Channel was once again the centre of another heartbreaking tragedy two weeks ago.

Chris Willman Music WriterNo one in the film world had a Year in Music quite like Edgar Wright.

Sir Antony Sher, the acclaimed UK theater actor who also starred in Shakespeare In Love and Mrs Brown, has died aged 72.

LONDON -- Antony Sher, one of the most acclaimed Shakespearean actors of his generation, has died aged 72, the Royal Shakespeare Company said Friday.Sher had been diagnosed with terminal cancer earlier this year. His husband, Royal Shakespeare Company Artistic Director Gregory Doran, took leave from his job to care for him.Born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1949, Sher moved to Britain in the late 1960s to study drama.

There have now been confirmed cases of the Omicron Covid variant in 22 places in England, the government has said.

Cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant have now been confirmed in 17 areas of England.

Game Of Thrones star Peter Dinklage joined The National‘s Bryce and Aaron Dessner for a performance on Colbert this week – check it out below.The trio performed the song ‘Your Name’, which appears on the Dessner twins’ new soundtrack for the Dinklage-starring film adaptation of Cyrano, due out in UK cinemas in January.It was announced last year that MGM had acquired the rights to the film, which will be directed by Joe Wright and see Peter Dinklage reprising his role as Cyrano De Bergerac from

READ MORE: Beautiful town in Wales 2 hours from London regularly named one of the prettiest In fact, a “record-breaking” 125,681 people voted in a poll done by the satirical website 'I Live Here', and the area made it to number 18 in 2021’s ‘Top 50 worst places to live in England’ list. One reviewer went so far as to describe the historic town as an “eyesore concrete jungle” and “covered in Grey”, slamming its estates as “full to the rafters with nasty little miscreants”.

Salford now has the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester.

This year's happiest places to live in Scotland have been revealed – with Stirling coming out on top.

Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to rise in seven boroughs of Greater Manchester.

Strictly Come Dancing's Aljaž Škorjanec and Sara Davies have revealed the secret code word that they use during their performances.The pair have done well so far on the show but they seem to often used an odd term which you wouldn't expect to be used during dancing. Professional dancer Aljaž has been heard shouting 'banana' to his partner but this has left viewers baffled as to what it actually means.The couple appeared on Good Morning Britain where they shed some light on the term.

The coronavirus infection rate has only gone up in one area of Greater Manchester - but a new borough has become the region's worst-hit.