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Mourners ignored lockdown restrictions to take to the streets and offer their farewell to a much-loved grandmother of the traveller community today as the nation entered its second national lockdown. Family and friends congregated outside St Cuthbert's Church in Stockton-on-Tees today to pay their respects to Honor Francis, 63, who died on October 23 following an illness. The scenes came as the UK entered its second national lockdown today amid a rise in coronavirus cases across the UK. Following the service Ms Francis' daughter, Claire Bousfield, 38, described how the pandemic would not stop her family from celebrating her mother's life.  She told Teesside Live: 'Covid can kiss my backend, I'm giving my mum the send-off she deserves. I want her to go out like the Queen. She was our queen.'  Members of the traveller community paid their respects to Honor Francis, 63, who died on October 23 following an illness Mourners gathered outside St Cuthbert's Church i

Thousands of Sydney residents are being urged to immediately get tested for COVID-19 after the virus was found in sewerage drains across five suburbs.  NSW Health on Thursday night confirmed the state's sewage surveillance program detected traces of the virus at a sewage pumping station in the city's south-west. The sewerage system drains parts of Leppington, Catherine Field, Gledswood Hills, Varroville and Denham Court. 'Symptoms like a runny nose or scratchy throat, cough, tiredness, fever or loss of taste or smell can all signal COVID-19,' NSW Health said.   NSW Health on Thursday night confirmed the NSW sewage surveillance program detected traces of the virus at a sewage pumping station in the city's south-west (file image) 'After testing, you must remain isolated until a negative result is received.' Health officials started sewage testing for COVID‑19 in July, but there is no evidence the virus can be transmitted through wastewater systems.   NSW on

The Bank of England pumped another £150billion into the economy as lockdown began today - amid fears that it will send GDP plummeting and destroy jobs. The Bank has increased its mammoth bond-buying programme to £895billion, warning that UK plc's recovery was already 'softening' before the squeeze was announced on Saturday. Interest rates are being kept on hold at the record low of 0.1 per cent.  The economy is projected to shrink by 2 per cent between October and December, but the Monetary Policy Committee says the UK is likely to dodge a double-dip recession. GDP is now predicted to be 11 per cent lower this year in real terms, worse than the 9.5 per cent it suggested in August. The Bank's central expectation is that the economy will not regain its level from last year until the start of 2022. The MPC said unemployment is set to peak at 7.75 per cent in the second quarter of next year - with government bailouts pushing back the worst of the impact from the 7.5 per cen

Fort Worth, Texas police have arrested and charged the man they believe shot and killed Ibrahim Johnson, the half-brother of Orlando Magic center Mo Bamba. Stanley Laroy Ford Jr., 30, was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder, as well as unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of marijuana, according to police records. He is currently being held on $150,000 bond. Johnson died from a shotgun wound to the chest on October 18 at an apartment complex where he and Ford were neighbors, according to a police warrant obtained by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Johnson had been quarreling with two neighbors, including Ford, his girlfriend told police. Fort Worth, Texas police have arrested and charged the man they believe shot and killed Ibrahim Johnson , the half-brother of Orlando Magic center Mo Bamba. Stanley Laroy Ford Jr. , 30, was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder, as well as unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of marijuana, according to police records. He is

Four out of 10 young people say they will break the coronavirus lockdown rules this Christmas, a survey has found. Forty per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds said they would flout the restrictions over the festive period, the YouGov poll for MailOnline revealed. It is more than double the number of over-65s - just 15 per cent - who admitted they will go rogue when asked. But 14 per cent of youths said they would definitely break the rules during the holiday - which are expected to return to the Tier system. It comes as the country today plunged into a second national lockdown, with pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops in England forced to close. Boris Johnson insisted four weeks of restrictions should be enough to drive down the spread of coronavirus so the severe measures can be eased. He said 'the objective' is to return to regional restrictions next month so 'people across this country will be able to have as normal a Christmas as possible'. Four out of 10 young peopl

Police are hunting a missing teen mom and her eight-day-old baby boy after they were last seen out for a walk in Georgia Wednesday.  Alyssa Nicole Ward, 17, and her newborn son Elijah have not been heard from since around 11:40am. They were seen on McDonald Drive in Rossville.  Catoosa County Sheriff's Office posted about the incident online, describing the new mom as a 'runaway juvenile'.  In their post police wrote: 'Please assist the Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office with locating Alyssa Nicole Ward and her baby boy.' Alyssa Nicole Ward, 17, and her newborn son Elijah were last seen Wednesday The mother and son had been out for a walk on McDonald Drive in Rossville, police said Catoosa County Sheriff's Office described the new mom as a 'runaway juvenile' Ward is described as a white female with blonde, red hair and blue eyes.  She is 5 foot 2 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds.  Ward’s baby boy is twenty and a half inches long, and weighs eight pounds, p

US stocks jumped again on Thursday as the presidential election hung in the balance with the Dow rising nearly 600 points and the S&P 500 rallying toward its biggest weekly jump since April. With counting continuing in the battleground states, investors were abandoning cautious positioning that many took ahead of the election, driving all of Wall Street's main indexes up by around 2 percent. The S&P 500 is on pace for its fourth straight gain of more than 1 percent, and a 7.6 percent jump for the week. That would be its best week since the market was exploding out of the crater created in February and March by panic about the COVID-19 pandemic. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 577 points, or 2.1 percent, in mid-afternoon trading. The Nasdaq composite was 2.6 percent higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 577 points, or 2.1 percent, in mid-afternoon trading Markets are banking on Tuesday's election leading to split control of Congress, which could mean lo