Concerns over the Queen's health arose after it was confirmed she had been in direct contact with Prince Charles two days before he tested positive last Thursday
On Wednesday, she welcomed visitors to her sitting-room at Windsor for her first in-person engagement, in what royal-watchers had taken as a sign of her continued health
🗣️ British scientists and politicians were primed to respond disastrously to Covid-19 long before the virus was even heard of, epidemiologist Prof Mark Woolhouse argues in his book The Year the World Went Mad
🔴Russian invasion 'of Ukraine very highly likely', says James Cleverly
🔴Dmitry Polyanskiy, the first deputy permanent representative of Russia to the United Nations, has accused the West of "warmongering" by creating an "artificial crisis" in Ukraine
🔴 Vladimir Putin may be preparing a cyber assault on British interests, the Home Secretary and GCHQ warned as they urged companies and public services to take "pre-emptive measures" to defend themselves against an attack