Home Office admits 15,000 people deleted from police records | Police

A blunder led to the records of more than 15,000 people being deleted in their entirety from the Police National Computer, the Home Office has admitted. News of the data loss emerged last month, but on Monday the government put numbers on what had been erased. The policing minister, Kit Malthouse, said in a written … Read more

Coronavirus live news: WHO says it is ‘too early’ to dismiss AstraZeneca vaccine; France death toll rises by 458 | World news

More than 4 million more vaccinations were reported over the weekend, a significantly faster clip than in previous days, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly one in 10 Americans have now received at least one shot. But just 2.9% of the US population has been fully vaccinated, a long way from … Read more

Calls for sweeping border curbs to protect UK against new Covid variants | World news

Scientists and senior MPs have renewed calls for sweeping border curbs to protect the UK’s vaccination programme against new variants as Boris Johnson prepared to introduce tougher measures and Britain saw internal infections fall. The government is to announce sweeping new restrictions on arrivals into the UK this week, including mass testing of all arrivals. … Read more