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Leicester Tigers test positive

Leicester Tigers have shut down training after multiple positive coronavirus tests. Players will now continue training individually at home in preparation for their first game of the season against Gloucester in two weeks. A club statement said: “Health, wellbeing and…

Lockdown 2.0 in Kent

Almost two million residents living in Kent will be expected to stay home as much as possible from today. The new government restrictions came into force at midnight, meaning that restaurants, pubs and all non-essential businesses have to close in…

Class of COVID-19

Coronavirus has changed so many aspects of our lives but one of the most consistently overlooked groups is students. Below are the stories of the disenfranchised, the heartbroken and the somewhat discombobulated. Click on the first image to read them…

Rainham tutor provides free meals for her community

Almost 20,000 food vouchers were given out across Kent in the last month, according to Kent County Council, revealing the extent to which low-income families are struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic.  Parliament voted against the central government…

Coronavirus update with our European correspondents

Laoise Gallagher updates Invicta News viewers on the Covid19 situation in Kent and surrounding areas and connects with correspondents Elina Baimukhanova in France and Isabella Maršāne in Latvia to hear about the situation in their countries.

Director claims 40% of local theatres could be lost by spring 2021

A survey by a local theatre director suggests that nearly half of local theatres in England could be lost if they are unable to reopen by January. Paul Slaughter, director of the Kent-based theatre company, Subgrey Productions, investigated over 300…

Lancashire placed into tier 3 lockdown as Covid rates soar

Lancashire has been placed into a tier three lockdown by the government to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. A tier three lockdown means that all pubs and bars will be shut, unless they can act as restaurants only,…

Live music under Corona: A whole new stage

People packed from wall to wall. Pressed up against the warm bodies around you, you can almost feel their heartbeats. The lights are blinding but you do not care, because there is something comforting about them as if they are…

Last chance to see: Sevenoaks 2020 exhibition

Two-hundred and forty photographs are currently on show in the Kaleidoscope Gallery in Sevenoaks, taken across the town of all the shop fronts and businesses that make up the town’s high street. Tomorrow is the last day to see the…

Secret nightlife in the age of a worldwide pandemic

With a second wave invading Europe, stricter restrictions and new governmental rules, nightlife across Europe continues to exist in secret. After Emmanuel Macron announced a new curfew of 9 p.m in the French capital and other student populated cities, people…