Scott Morrison warns lockdown-happy premiers not to use Australia’s depressing year-long border closure as an excuse to wall off their states too Federal Budget predicts international border will stay shut until mid-2022 But PM insists domestic borders should stay open as much as possible until then Many state premiers are quick to shut their borders … Read more
John Lewis to shut eight more stores Store closures announced yesterday: Aberdeen Ashford (At Home) Basingstoke (At Home) Chester (At Home) Peterborough Sheffield Tunbridge Wells (At Home) York Store closures announced last July Birmingham Croydon Watford Newbury Swindon Tamworth St Pancras Heathrow MPs today called the permanent closure of eight John Lewis stores ‘devastating’ for … Read more
Lisa Vanderpump and Ken Todd are seen before re-opening PUMP after COVID-19 closure By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 05:47 GMT, 18 March 2021 | Updated: 05:47 GMT, 18 March 2021 Lisa Vanderpump and her husband Ken Todd were seen at their West Hollywood restaurant Pump on Wednesday, looking over the property as the restaurant is reopening … Read more
Lisa Vanderpump and her husband Ken Todd are just one of many sets of restaurateurs who have experienced financial setbacks on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite being a famed Real Housewife of Beverly Hills who indeed lives a life of luxury, the 60-year-old reality star was forced to close her bistro Pump last year … Read more
Matt Hancock today hailed the permanent closure of four of England’s Nightingale Hospitals as an ‘important moment in the nation’s Covid recovery. The Health Secretary said the combined success of the vaccine roll-out and ‘everybody’s commitment to stick by the rules’ meant there was little need to keep the emergency facilities open. Britain has seen dramatic declines … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to announce a £150million fund to help communities save their local pubs in tomorrow’s budget The Chancellor is set to pledge £150million to allow the British public to save their local pub or sports club on Wednesday. Rishi Sunak will use the Budget to deliver a Community Ownership Fund to … Read more
Melrose chief under fire from union over closure of GKN Birmingham car parts plant By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:19 GMT, 23 February 2021 | Updated: 22:36 GMT, 23 February 2021 The boss of Melrose faced a backlash after claiming that the closure of GKN’s last British automotive plant was ‘difficult’ but … Read more
Tory mayor slams Melrose over closure of GKN’s last remaining British car parts factory By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 8 February 2021 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 8 February 2021 West Midlands mayor Andy Street has condemned the owners of GKN over the decision to close its last car parts plant … Read more
Portugal’s socialist Prime Minister has banned private schools from teaching pupils remotely during a two-week classroom closure. The minority Socialist-led government of Antonio Costa said that allowing private institutions to teach remotely would put state school pupils at a disadvantage. The Portuguese government ordered all schools closed for two weeks last Thursday to slow contagion … Read more
‘I don’t think our children deserve this’: Tearful Laurence Fox brands government ‘a disgrace’ for shutting schools and likens it to giving a child’s liver to a pensioner Laurence Fox, 42, broke down in tears as he spoke of the challenge facing kids He has spoken out against lockdown before said children did not deserve … Read more