WE DON'T usually think of the Queen as the "mother of the nation".

A FEW days ago the meteorological fraternity was talking about the possibility of a shivering winter blast this week.

VE DAY will be spent at home this year due to coronavirus. Here are some great baking ideas to help you celebrate at home.

GIN-LOVERS rejoice as Express.co.uk has two very simple gimlet recipes for you to try at home.

TOADSTOOLS are simply fascinating, scientifically speaking. The familiar caps-on-stalks are only part of a much bigger threadlike organism that lives entirely underground, sending up the familiar parasol structures to distribute their microscopic spores.

Manchester City are preparing for Bayern Munich to make a move for Leroy Sane.

Manchester United are hoping to sign Jadon Sancho this summer as part of a revamp under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Newcastle are keen on landing Philippe Coutinho and Liverpool may be able to sign Timo Werner on the cheap.

German football fans could hold the future of the 2019/20 Premier League season as the 20 clubs get set for yet another round of talks on Monday.

Nothing better illustrates than the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health, the relentless appetite for state control and removal of personal choice that exists as much in academic circles as political ones. The report's contents are even more indigestible than its title.

IF YOU'VE been fortunate not to have had restless nights or indeed nightmares during these hideous times, then surely the projected cost of the lockdown to the nation's economy must have resulted in troubled sleep?

THE CORONAVIRUS pandemic is forcing the political elite to finally acknowledge what the general public have known for some time; as a nation we have allowed ourselves to become far too dependent on importing essential goods and cheap labour from across the globe. The financial crisis of 2008 exposed as a myth the claim that globalisation would lead to ever greater prosperity for all. The current crisis has made it crystal clear that globalisation, as well as being bad news for our economy, puts lives at risk.

ON MAY 7, 1945, General Alfred Jodl, the commander of German forces in western Europe, walked into a technical college in the city of Reims which served as General Eisenhower's HQ in France.

IN THIS national battle against coronavirus we are fortunate to have our NHS. While most of us are safe at home, 1½ million NHS colleagues go out to help others. I am so proud of each and every one of them on the frontline of this fight.

IT IS impossible to watch footage of the VE Day celebrations in 1945 and not be swept up by the sheer joy of it all - people clambering up lampposts, doing the Lambeth Walk and jumping in the fountains in Trafalgar Square.

Federal officials will hold virtual meetings on a contested plan to guide oil and gas development near Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

As Utah readies for a widescale reopening of some businesses and services on May 1, 177 new cases were counted, including 5 in the southwest district.

Dixie State University recently announced both a new educational certificate and a new director for its Atwood Innovation Plaza.

The Southwest Utah health district counted its 100th case of COVID-19 on Friday, while the statewide total rose to 4,828.

Utah gave businesses and facilities the green light to "tentatively" reopen, so here is a look at what is coming back in and around St. George.

As Utah begins loosening its most stringent coronavirus restrictions, larger gatherings will be allowed and most businesses can open, within limits.

Southern Utah's normal tourist hotspots are closed. Other public lands are seeing a lot more visitors.

Southwest Utah passed 100 positive cases of COVID-19 on Friday and the total tally sits at 103 cases on Saturday as Utah nears 5000 cases statewide

Zion National Park announced plans to reopen on May 13, but officials made clear that only "select areas" would be open at first.

Mayor Jon Pike confirmed southwest Utah communities want a "yellow level," which would have lesser restrictions for the public.

A company which had contracts with Utah suspended over its founders past associations with white supremacists had an outside data deal, per reports.

Around 60% of Utahns have completed the census. The Five County region vary widely in response rates.

Health officials counted nine new cases of COVID-19 in southwest Utah, although the Utah epidemiologist says infection rates are in decline.

Dmytro Edward Luke, 21, was arrested Sunday at Vintage Tabernacle Apartments after police said he fired a gun inside the student housing complex.

Saddlemaker Steve Hafen talks about what it takes to build a saddle to last generations, and how family and hard work are key components in his life.

Officials had asked Governor Gary Herbert to lower the threat level in southwest Utah. He did not.

A coronavirus mortality model projects that nearly 135,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 by early August. The data has been revised and is now almost double previous projections, pushing the death toll in the US to over 200,000 by August.

The southwestern Utah health district counted seven new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus on Wednesday.

With businesses across Utah reopening on May 1, here is what returning to normalcy might mean for the health of St. George residents in the future

The picturesque waterfalls below Gunlock Reservoir are now closed because of the high number of visitors that have been at the site in recent weeks.

Utah counted another 129 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus on Thursday, including four new cases in the southwestern health district.

Utah's four Republican governor candidates debated virtually on Washington County issues, including Trump, the coronavirus and Lake Powell Pipeline.

The St. George mayor said the region could be moving to "yellow" as soon as Friday night.

Washington County principal Burke Staheli continues to motivate and inspire students who are studying from home by posting daily messages on Facebook.

Israel Ramirez Guardado was convicted Dec. 2 of first-degree murder for the 2018 attack on his 61-year-old mother, Francisca Ramirez.

Southern Utah's latest appeal to move from orange to yellow may be in jeopardy because of the high transmission rate of COVID-19 in the region.

A “JAW-DROPPING” 1.6 million lost pension pots worth nearly £20 billion are being left unclaimed, according to estimates from an insurance industry body. Savers are losing track of their pension stash due to job changes or moving house, with future retirees potentially missing out on staggering sums for their golden years.

MORE banks are now offering mortgages specifically designed for older borrowers and retirees, figures reveal. Lenders are clamouring to launch new products and change existing terms to meet an ageing population.

WE ARE told at every hand that dire misfortune will fall upon us if we do not capitulate to the Eurocrats and continue to make every trading concession needed by EU membership. Perhaps these ladies and gentlemen, oxygen-starved in their Brussels penthouses, could be apprised of some basic facts of life.

THERE is a fact of life that permits no rebuttal.

Who says graduation can't happen online? Liam Payne, Oprah Winfrey and more stars are going to give the Class of 2020 a virtual send-off.

On this Mother's Day we searched the globe for animals big and small who wanted to show off their love for mom.

Gregory and Travis McMichael, who are accused of fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery, a black man, will not face hate crime charges. Here's why.

"Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend," Siegfried Fischbacher said in a statement.

Mother's Day will bring Arctic blasts, wintry conditions and records low temperatures for two-thirds of the US. Meanwhile, a heat wave will hit Alaska

A Nashville mom who gave birth to an 'alarmingly small' child celebrates her first Mother's Day with a healthy daughter and waves of gratitude.