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'Kick in the teeth': UK business groups raise concern over new Covid restrictions

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, […]

Donald Trump criticises London lockdown saying it's 'worse than problem itself'

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, […]

Tier 4 support bubbles: Can you still have a support bubble in Tier 4?

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 […]

Anti-lockdown protestors clash with police after ignoring ban on gatherings

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 […]

Britain says new coronavirus variant up to 70% more transmissible

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 […]

Tier 4: Which parts of the UK face new restrictions?

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 […]