Purgatory News

The NHS Covid-19 app is being updated so fewer contacts will be instructed to isolate after an increase in people being pinged since lockdown restrictions ended..

Great Britain’s eventing team won gold after producing a dominant display in the showjumping finale at Tokyo Equestrian Park..

Nicola Sturgeon has urged the Prime Minister to meet her to discuss the country’s recovery from coronavirus..

Emily Campbell landed the first women’s Olympic weightlifting medal for Great Britain with silver in the +87kg category in Tokyo..

Tributes have been paid to a “beautiful” five-year-old boy found dead in a river in South Wales after two adults and a teenager were arrested on suspicion of his murder..

Samaritans has introduced new safeguarding “measures” amid allegations of incidents of helpline volunteers meeting vulnerable callers for sex..

Almost two million more premises across rural parts of England will be plugged into superfast internet as part of the Government’s £5 billion gigabit upgrade plan..

No traces of coronavirus were found in tests at four major railway stations and on intercity train services, Network Rail said..

Seventy mixed-ability cyclists have raised around £12,000 for the Jo Cox Foundation after cycling 280 miles..

Boris Johnson is facing a renewed backlash within his party over the “threat” of domestic vaccine passports..

Demand for university places is set to increase over the next few years, the chief executive of Ucas has warned..

Lewis Hamilton has said he is “devastated” following the death of a volunteer marshal during a race meeting at the Brands Hatch circuit..

The Chancellor has warned Boris Johnson that the UK’s travel restrictions are “out of step” with its international rivals as he pushes for holiday rules to be relaxed, according to reports..

Extra training is required to deal with the “many thousands” of redundancies being predicted as furlough support tapers off, the British Chamber of Commerce has said..

Food delivery and taxi-hailing companies are to offer discounted rides and meals for customers who get a Covid-19 jab to help boost vaccine uptake, the Government has announced..

Duncan Scott has become the first British athlete to win four medals at a single Olympics..

A quarter of a century after her mother came up agonisingly short in her final Olympic regatta, Emma Wilson confirmed a windsurfing bronze medal for Great Britain in Enoshima..

Canada’s chief public health officer said that the country could face a fourth wave of Covid-19, driven by the Delta variant, by the end of summer if restrictions are eased too quickly and before enough people have been vaccinated..

Adam Peaty’s partner said she was in tears after watching the British quartet win gold in the 4x100m medley relay..

A health workers union is to recommend rejection of the Government’s 3% pay deal and will have “no hesitation” in supporting members if they want to take industrial action..