LONDON (REUTERS) – Business groups expressed concerns over Britain’s new Covid-19 restrictions, with the Confederation of British Industry calling them a “real kick in the teeth” for many businesses. Mr Matthew Fell, the CBI’s chief UK policy director, told Reuters in an e-mailed statement that the move would hit businesses which were already struggling badly, […]
BBC has ‘major weakness’ says Silver Voices Director BBC TV licence revocation campaigner and Silver Voices director Dennis Reed argued that while people on pension credit are granted an exemption from the TV licence fee payment, this does not protect all over-75s. During an interview with Express.co.uk, Mr Reed suggested the BBC is aware that […]
Donald Trump has criticised the decision to put London and the South East into a strict tier four lockdown. The outgoing US President laid into Boris Johnson after the British PM announced stringent new measures to contain the spread of Covid-19. Sharing a BBC News clip on Twitter of Mr Johnson announcing the new rules, […]
Chris Whitty says new COVID-19 strain can spread ‘more quickly’ Boris Johnson has announced a slew of new restrictions across London and other parts of England just days before Christmas. Tier 4 restrictions are coming into force from December 20 following skyrocketing Covid-19 cases across the southeast of the UK. Christmas relaxation guidelines, which were […]
Five police officers have been injured and 29 people arrested as anti-lockdown protestors clashed with police in central London. Hundreds marched on Parliament Square from Oxford Street and Regents Street earlier despite fears that a mutant strain of coronavirus is spreading rapidly around the city. Police had warned people not to attend large gatherings so close […]
D-Day: Theresa May pays tribute to war veterans in Normandy The Sunday Express has learnt that Conservative MPs have written a letter to the Prime Minister demanding that he orders the creation of the medal to military veterans who risked their lives for their country in the 1950s. The move led by former cabinet office […]
Prince Charles and Camilla: Experts discuss Christmas card Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, have highlighted the Prince of Wales’ passion for environmentalism in a new photograph. The couple had released their official Christmas card for this year, which is a picture of them in a Balmoral garden. However, Royal Rota podcast hosts Chris […]
Boris Johnson announces Tier 4 restrictions for parts of UK Today, the Prime Minister revealed London, the south east and east of England will all be placed under harsh lockdown restrictions from midnight tonight. This comes as cases of the coronavirus pandemic continue to soar across the country. But now, the outgoing US President Mr […]
LONDON (REUTERS) – Following are details of a new coronavirus variant that has been identified in the United Kingdom, given at a news conference on Saturday (Dec 19) by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Patrick Vallance, Britain’s chief scientific adviser, and Chris Whitty, the chief medical adviser. – The new variant is thought to have first […]
Boris Johnson has plunged areas of England into a new, even stricter tier, to combat a new strain of coronavirus which is spreading rapidly. Although the mutated variant is not more deadly, it is thought to be ‘up to 70% more transmissible’ than previous versions of the disease. From tomorrow morning, London and much of […]