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SAGE has urged the Government to make Brits wear face masks outdoors while the country grapples with the highly-infectious Kent coronavirus variant. In a recommendation made on January 13, experts said advice on face masks 'should be strengthened' to deal with the devastating winter wave of infections. The group called for people to consider wearing them outside in crowded areas including parks, supermarket queues or outdoor markets. They said it is possible the Kent variant can infect people within a short exposure window, which makes mask wearing an even more 'important mitigation strategy'. SAGE stressed that while masks play only a small role in overall transmission nationally, widespread usage could help contain the spread of the new variant.  The recommendation echoes comments made by England's chief medical officer Chris Whitty, who admitted there was a 'risk' when people huddled closely even outside. So far the Government has resisted calls to make f

A care home in Scotland has gone into lockdown after 12 of its residents died of Covid-19. It is understood 30 residents at West Park Care Home in Glenrothes tested positive for the virus along with 21 staff members. NHS Fife confirmed of those 12 people died and added management at the home is to be given 'advice' to reduce further transmissions. Visitors have been banned from the 36-bedroom site which has temporarily closed to new admissions. Twelve residents at West Park Care Home in Glenrothes died of Covid-19 while another 18 have tested positive A spokesman for NHS Fife said: 'NHS Fife is aware of a cluster of confirmed COVID-19 cases associated with West Park Care Home in Leslie. 'A total of 30 residents have tested positive for the virus. A further 21 staff have also tested positive for COVID-19. 'Sadly, 12 people have died after contracting COVID-19 and our thoughts are with their loved ones at this difficult time. 'Visiting is currently suspended, and

A "depraved" man who had sex with his pet chickens while his wife filmed him has had his jail term reduced on appeal. Footage of Rehan Baig having sex with the birds - which died as a result - was found on computer equipment seized from his home in Bradford, West Yorkshire, along with indecent images of children. Baig, 37, was jailed for three years at Bradford Crown Court last October after admitting a string of offences including having intercourse with an animal, possessing extreme pornographic images and making indecent photographs of children. His sentence was cut to two years and four months at the Court of Appeal in London today after two senior judges concluded the original term was too long. 'Depraved' Rehan Baig's was previously sentenced to three years in prison but today it was reduced at the Court of Appeal in London His lawyers argued that his jail term should be suspended so he could be freed immediately from prison. But Sir Roderick Evans, who hear

Swampy, the leader of Euston Five tunnellers holed up below London protesting HS2, has accused the company of letting water flood water into their burrow. The veteran activist, 48, is among the gang currently hiding in the ground campaigning against the £98billion high-speed railway. He has been underground with Dr Larch Maxey, 48, and Scott 'Scotty' Breen, 47, and Lazer and Blue Sandford, 20 and 18, for coming up to 72 hours. Swampy - real name Daniel Hooper - said he only came out of retirement because he believes the cost of the transport link would be better spent elsewhere. It came after officials warned them to leave the burrows for their own safety after dive collapses in just 24 hours and the protesters claims 'liquid mud' had been pouring in overnight.  Swampy, real name Daniel Hooper, at the opening of the tunnel before the occupation But Swampy claimed the tunnellers have been prevented from fixing the water leaks into the tunnel in a video taken undergroun

An elderly nursing home resident was so neglected by staff that he was left looking like an inmate in a prisoner of war camp, his daughter told an inquest. Stanley Bradford, 76, died just three months after moving to the Brithdir Nursing Home, New Tredegar, South Wales in 2005. The former miner had lived at a residential home for three years but moved because of his declining health. He had previously suffered a stroke and had also been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, diabetes and schizophrenia. Stanley Bradford , 76, died just three months after moving to the Brithdir Nursing Home, New Tredegar, South Wales in 2005 An inquest in Newport, Gwent, is hearing evidence into the deaths of seven residents of the care home between 2003 and 2005, some of whom suffered from dehydration, malnourishment, and pressure sores. The father of five moved to Brithdir in June 2005 and died on September 29 that year, Assistant Coroner Geraint Williams was told. The former miner (pictured at a youn

Angelina Jolie's brother James Haven has been spotted at the beach in Malibu with a young mystery blonde.  Haven, 47, went maskless as he laughed and chatted with his lady friend, exclusive pictures obtained by DailyMail.com show. It comes after DailyMail.com revealed that Haven has been hunkering down with long-term girlfriend Ashley Reign during the pandemic and claims he has 'drifted apart' from his famous younger sister. Oscar-winner Jon Voight's eldest child and his blonde pal first met at an organic juice bar in Malibu Village before moving on to nearby Malibu Lagoon recently.  Angelina Jolie's older brother James Haven was spotted at the beach in Malibu with a young mystery blonde Haven, 47, went maskless as he laughed and chatted with his lady friend, exclusive pictures obtained by DailyMail.com show Oscar-winner Jon Voight's eldest child and his blonde pal first met at an organic juice bar in Malibu Village before moving on to nearby Malibu Lagoon Haven

New billboards installed in Los Angeles and Miami are urging New Yorkers who fled the city during the coronavirus pandemic never to return.  The adverts read: 'New York is dead. Don't come back' and were taken out by a Williamsburg-based art collective, The Locker Room.  The messages are targeted towards the estimated 3,570,000 people who fled the Big Apple between January 1 last year and December 7, according to data from Unacast, leaving a reported income loss of $34billion. They joined the exodus of millions of Americans from expensive and populous cities like New York and San Francisco, for places like Miami, in Florida, Austin, in Texas, and Boulder, in Colorado.   Including one father-of-seven sales executive, Brett Alder, who moved his family from San Diego to Austin in 2015 before moving back to California during the pandemic and was panned in January for his scathing op-ed complaining about the rude locals, the oppressive heat, the rain and the 'bland' cult