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A former deputy leader of the SNP has called for a coup to be launched against Nicola Sturgeon before the Holyrood election, as a party civil war over Alex Salmond deepened. Jim Sillars, a former MP who served as deputy leader in the 1990s, said he would not vote for the SNP at Mayโs Holyrood election which he said had its โtoxic tentacles stretching into and around civic Scotlandโ. He also backed claims that Mr Salmond had been the victim of a conspiracy, something dismissed as ridiculous and a โheap of nonsenseโ by Ms Sturgeon, and claimed SNP voters were facing a similar dilemma to โdecentโ Republicans in the USA when the party was led by Donald Trump. โYes, time is short, but it has not run out,โ Mr Sillars wrote, on an online blog. โThere needs to be a revolt and a change in leadership, a real sweeping change. The first action falls upon the NEC [the SNPโs ruling body] to demand and create the change."
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European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen faced a battle on two fronts today as new rules blocking UK fresh shellfish exports came under attack from a French MEP and Environment Secretary George Eustice. Mr Eustice branded an unexpected decision by the EU to impose barriers on live farmed shellfish that MPs suspect were designed to target the UK industry as โindefensibleโ .
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There were 8,433 deaths linked to coronavirus in the final full week of January, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Nearly half (45.7%) of all deaths registered in England and Wales in the week to 29 January mentioned COVID-19 on the death certificate - the highest proportion recorded during the pandemic. Meanwhile, all travellers arriving in the UK are to face mandatory coronavirus tests - paid for by themselves - from next week.
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Covid case rates in Britain have fallen to a quarter of the peak, according to the King's College symptom tracker app, as a scientist questioned whether schools need to remain closed. The latest results from the ZOE tracker, which has been monitoring the virus since March, showed that cases are now at a similar level to September. Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London and the lead scientist on the app, published the findings on social media and said the data suggested that over-18s were driving new cases at the start of the second wave. "UK new case rates from ZOE app now at a quarter of the peak on Jan 1st and same as in September," he wrote. "Although hospital admissions lag by 1-2 weeks, they are declining in all regions. Do we really need to keep English schools closed till March 8 and prolong long-term damage?"
A Holyrood inquiry into the Alex Salmond affair has been branded a whitewash after pro-independence MSPs blocked the release of a dossier of his allegations against Nicola Sturgeon. The former First Minister on Tuesday night appeared almost certain not to give evidence in person to the inquiry, after all four SNP MSPs and one former Green, now an independent, on the nine-person committee voted to block the publication of a document already largely in the public domain. Mr Salmond wanted to expand on his claims that Ms Sturgeon repeatedly broke the ministerial code over her handling of sexual harassment complaints against him, which if established, would see her expected to resign. He claims the refusal to publish the information means he will be unable to give a full account of his position, and is putting in place plans to hold a press conference to set out his claims against Ms Sturgeon instead. However, there remains an outside chance that Mr Salmond could yet appear, with The Spectator magazine, which has published the dossier on its website, to seek a ruling from the High Court in Edinburgh on Thursday which would put the legality of publication beyond doubt.
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It is not yet clear whether the world needs a new set of vaccines to fight different variants of the novel coronavirus but scientists are working on new ones so there is no reason for alarm, the head of the Oxford Vaccine Group said on Tuesday. South Africa has paused a planned rollout of AstraZeneca's vaccines after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild infection among young people from the dominant variant there, stoking fears of a much longer battle with the pathogen. AstraZeneca and Oxford University aim to produce a next generation of vaccines that will protect against variants as soon as the autumn before the Northern Hemisphere winter, AstraZeneca's research chief said this month.
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What awaits those facing hotel quarantine? Great British Getaways: your ultimate holiday planner Travel experts predict overseas holidays will return by early summer Our blueprint for getting holidays back to normal Sign up to the Telegraph Travel newsletter The UKโs airports and airlines are battling to survive in the face of blanket travel restrictions, aviation chiefs have warned โ after new, tighter border restrictions were announced by Matt Hancock this afternoon. The Health Secretary laid out the new legislation for arrivals into England โ including ยฃ10,000 fines for those trying to evade quarantine, and prison sentences of up to 10 years for anyone trying to conceal their arrival from a red list country. Scotland, meanwhile, plans to make hotel quarantine mandatory for all arriving travellers. But Karen Dee, chief executive of the Airport Operators Association and Tim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, are calling for an exit strategy to enable travel to restart when the virus's grip loosens. โWhilst public health must come first, this latest measure means all travellers to the UK will need to take three tests in addition to quarantine, they said in a joint statement. โIt adds a further barrier to viable air travel and deepens the worsening 2021 outlook for our sector, which has already been largely grounded for a year. โA two-week review clause is essential to ensure that the current complex, blanket set of measures are rolled-back as soon as it is safe to do so. โIn the meantime, airports and airlines are battling to survive with almost zero revenue and a huge cost base, and practically every week a further blow lands.โ Mr Hancock unveiled a number of significant changes to Englandโs travel rules this afternoon, including a mandatory โtriple testโ requirement for travellers arriving in the country, as well as details surrounding the new quarantine hotel scheme. Scroll down for more updates.
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Highway cameras in Milwaukee caught a pickup truck falling 70 feet after skidding off a highway overpass on Saturday, February 6.The Wisconsin Department of Transportation released footage of the dramatic incident, captured by a camera at the Interstate 94 and Zoo Interchange.In the upper lefthand corner of the footage, a pickup truck can be seen breaching the overpass barrier and falling onto the highway beneath as cars drive by. The truck lands backwards but upright on its wheels on westbound I-94.According to the Milwaukee County Sheriffโs Office, the incident occurred just before 10 am on Saturday morning.The driver was conscious and unimpaired when other drivers and medics responded to the scene, and the motorist was taken to a local hospital, the sheriffโs office said.The freeway was closed for a preliminary investigation, which found the driver lost control of the vehicle due to icy conditions. Credit: Wisconsin Department of Transportation via Storyful
Environment Secretary George Eustice says the flower industry is set to change due to Brexit, with it becoming increasingly likely flowers grown outside of the UK will be flown into Heathrow Airport, rather than being routed through the Netherlands. He adds the government will be in talks with the EU on how to improve the Export Health Certificate forms, which currently are to be filled out by hand.