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As the coronavirus vaccine rollout continues, with 16 million already jabbed, the country can finally begin to see a way out of the pandemic which put normal life on hold for a year. Rightly, the Government has focused all its efforts on tackling the crisis and saving lives. But when the country emerges from lockdown and the crisis begins to ebb, thoughts will turn to how Tory election promises made in December 2019 – just weeks before Britain's first confirmed Covid-19 case was discovered – can be delivered. Here, Deputy Political Editor Ben Glaze examines the scale of the challenge. Boris Johnson is today urged to deliver on “levelling-up” promises to Northern voters as the country begins to look beyond the coronavirus pandemic. The Prime Minister was warned he owes a debt to Red Wall voters in former Labour heartlands who were seduced by his election pledges on tackling Britain's inequality. The 64-page Conservative Party manifesto contained 11 references to … [Read more...] about Neglected North where ‘even McDonald’s has left’ demands PM delivers on promises

A RETIRED British woman living her " dream life on a farm” was allegedly beaten to death after dumping her 'jealous' toyboy lover. Tina Eyre , 62, a former legal secretary from Gloucester, was reportedly attacked with a spade by her 26-year-old partner - who then used it to dig her grave in the backgarden of her home near Sofia, Bulgaria . It is believed Tina was stalked and harassed by her suspected killer in the weeks leading to her death after he refused to accept their relationship was over. Tina, a divorcee with no children and also known as Roxanne, was found stabbed and beaten to death by a shovel, in a pool of blood in a barn at her home in Veliko Tarnovo, after neighbours became worried about her. She had not been seen for several days and had not responded to phone calls from the local post mistress, who alerted the local mayor. Two other Brit expats who lived nearby were asked to check on Tina but when they arrived they reportedly found her boyfriend … [Read more...] about Toyboy lover, 26, ‘beat Brit to death with shovel when she dumped him as he bombarded her with calls and messages’

A GIRL of nine died under the wheels of a goods train in a freak accident on the way to buy sweets for her birthday with her dad. The horror was filmed by a street CCTV camera in the small town of Zaozyorny in central Russia last week. In the footage, the father is seen leading his daughter across the tracks as a train approaches. They can be seen hurrying across the rails and reaching safety. The man makes then several steps walking the girl away from the tracks but appears to changes his mind and come back. Further footage shows him walking his daughter next to the rails, holding her by the hand. The locomotive then hits the father, who is knocked to the ground and drags his daughter down with him. She finds herself lying on the snow, and an instant later is sucked under the wheels by the air flow. The footage ends with the man crawling away from the moving train. His daughter died on the spot, a source said. The 33-year-old father was taking her to a … [Read more...] about Girl, 9, killed by train after her father slipped on snow near tracks as he took her to a sweet shop for her birthday

Like so many others, the coronavirus has robbed travel influencers of their livelihoods. International travel is almost impossible and advertising partners have drastically scaled back their orders. Many of them now advertise fashion, sandwich spreads or mail-order companies. But some influencers carry on regardless. Clients around the world are using them and their immense influence to market travel destinations ― especially during the COVID crisis. Travel influencers promote travel to high-risk areas Like the Gulf emirate of Dubai. It relies on social media stars to attract vacationers ― after all, it wants to become the "world's leading tourist destination," in the words of the tourism authority's website. Influencers receive numerous benefits in Dubai. In return, they are supposed to persuade people willing to travel to book their vacation in the desert city despite the coronavirus pandemic and recent scandals about human rights violations . Dubai's tourism authority did … [Read more...] about Travel influencers and the COVID crisis