Ministers are poised to announce a travel ban from Brazil and a number of other South American countries following concern over a new coronavirus variant.
Duffy
Duffy (born 23 June 1984 as
Amie Ann Duffy) is a Welsh singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Gwynedd, Wales, she was introduced to Jeannette Lee of Rough Trade Records, which led to her signing a recording contract with A&M Records in 2007.
Following the release of the singles Rockferry (2007) and Mercy (2008), the latter reaching singles charts worldwide, Duffy released her 2008 debut album
Rockferry. The album entered the UK Album Chart at number one, and became the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold. The album was certified several times Platinum and sold over 7 million copies worldwide, spawning further successful singles. With Mercy , Duffy became the first Welsh woman to achieve number-one on the UK Singles Chart since 1983, while
Scottish Greens claim Forth tunnel would boost rail journey times to north-east An ambitious plan to build a rail tunnel underneath the Forth has been unveiled by the Scottish Greens.
The party wants a £22 billion rail revolution to be at the heart of Scotland s green recovery from Covid-19.
As part of that, it claims a tunnel between Leith and Kirkcaldy - at a cost of £4-6 billion - would help boost journey times to and from the north-east.
As part of its Rail for All proposal, unveiled ahead of this year s Scottish Parliament election, the party is also proposing that one publicly owned rail operator is formed, by reintegrating ScotRail and Network Rail (Scotland).
An Italian prosecutor, who has been called a dead man walking by members of the mafia, has told Sky News he will not be intimidated at the start of the biggest trial against a criminal syndicate in decades.