The man who injured himself and got stuck in a Brecon Beacons cave for two days is named George Linnane, Sky News can reveal. Mr Linnane is said to be doing “remarkably well” in hospital after being rescued from Ogof Ffynnon Ddu on Monday night. The caver in his 40s got trapped on Saturday at
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One of the UK’s longest-suffering COVID patients has revealed he was confronted by a conspiracy theorist during his 10-month stay in hospital and heard bogus claims that the virus is a hoax. Cancer survivor Andy Watts, 40, told Sky News he feared he would die after falling seriously ill with coronavirus in December last year.
A 10-year-old boy killed in a dog attack near near Caerphilly in South Wales has been named by Gwent Police as Jack Lis. Armed police were sent to an address in Pentwyn, Penyrheol, at 3.55pm on Monday, accompanied by paramedics from the Welsh Ambulance Service. They confirmed a child had died at the scene. The
A man has been rescued from a cave system in the Brecon Beacons after getting injured and being stuck for two days. Rescue workers pulled the man out of Ogof Ffynnon Ddu near Penwyllt this evening. He is alive but his condition is unknown. Sky News reporter Becky Johnson witnessed the moment he was brought
The NHS has renewed its push to drive up booster uptake, with people now allowed to book their appointments a month before becoming eligible. They will only be able to receive it once they do become eligible, but the new measure could help them ensure they get inoculated as soon as their group is called.
Ten million COVID-19 booster jabs have now been administered in the UK, latest figures show. The milestone – hailed by the prime minister – was reached after 409,663 third shots were given out on Saturday, taking the total to 10,062,704. Another 35,045 first doses and 23,952 second doses were also administered, meaning 50,234,416 people have
The health secretary has urged elderly and vulnerable people to get their COVID-19 booster jabs “as soon as you can” to help avoid restrictions being imposed over Christmas. Around 30% of people aged over 80 and 40% of over-50s in England are yet to receive a top-up jab of the coronavirus vaccine, according to the
The UK has reported another 155 daily COVID deaths and a further 30,693 infections in the latest 24-hour period, according to government figures. The number of deaths is down on the 193 reported yesterday, and the number of cases is also lower than the 34,029 that were confirmed. There were 166 deaths and 41,278 cases
COVID-19 booster jabs will be able to be booked a month earlier under a change that comes into effect on Monday 8 November. Currently, people in England have to wait until six months after their second dose before they are eligible to book their booster jab. But the change will mean that they can make
The UK has reported a further 34,029 coronavirus cases and 193 deaths in the past 24-hour period, according to government figures. For comparison 37,269 COVID-19 cases and 214 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were reported on Thursday. There were 43,467 cases and 186 deaths reported this time last week. Another 334,398 booster
An electrician who thought he had got away with the murders of two young women 34 years ago is facing the rest of his life in jail after new DNA techniques finally identified him. David Fuller, 67, pleaded guilty to murdering Wendy Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, in two separate attacks in Tunbridge Wells,
When police family liaison officers knocked on the door, they looked visibly distressed. Nevres Kemal, a social worker from north London, couldn’t imagine what bad news they could possibly have. Her only daughter had died just over a year ago, she didn’t have any other family. The scene was similar to when, in July 2020,
Cricketer Azeem Rafiq has responded after his former teammate admitted using a racial slur against him by saying the problem is “not really about the words of certain individuals” but rather “institutional racism”. The 30-year-old, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in two spells between 2008 and 2018, previously accused the club of “institutional
The British trawler, which had been held in France amid the row over post-Brexit fishing licences, has been released. The vessel, a Scottish-registered scallop dredger called Cornelis Gert Jan, set sail from Le Havre on 3 November after it was detained at a port in northern France last week. France accused it of fishing in
Free blood pressure monitors are to be given to more than 200,000 people in a bid to prevent heart attacks and strokes. The NHS will make 220,000 devices available to people who have been diagnosed with uncontrolled high blood pressure to enable them to carry out checks at home. More than 65,000 people have already
Three people who died after getting into trouble while paddleboarding on a river in Wales have been identified by police as tributes have been paid by friends and family. Dyfed-Powys Police confirmed that the victims of the incident on the Cleddau River at the weekend were Morgan Rogers, 24, from Cefin Coed, Merthyr Tydfil; Nicola
An electrician accused of murdering two women more than 30 years ago sexually assaulted dead bodies in the mortuaries of hospitals he worked at, a court has heard. David Fuller is standing trial at Maidstone Crown Court in Kent accused of the murders of Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce in 1987. Both women were found
A quarter of stillbirths and a fifth of premature births across England have been linked to poverty, race, weight and smoking and could be avoided, a new study suggests. A review in The Lancet of more than one million births found South Asian and black women living in the most deprived parts of the country
Walk-in sites across England will now be offering booster jabs to those already double vaccinated, as the NHS attempts to increase take-up ahead of winter. From today, anyone who has had their second dose at least sixth months ago will be able to turn up at one of the hundreds of vaccination sites with no
Two trains have crashed near Salisbury station and emergency services are at the scene, Wiltshire Police have said. No one has died, but a number of people have been injured, British Transport Police said. Its officers were called to Fisherton Tunnel at 6.46pm on Sunday. There are unconfirmed reports that one of the train drivers