Dominic Raab hints Government is considering Tier Four coronavirus curbs

Dominic Raab today hinted the Government could introduce a new Tier Four set of even stricter coronavirus restrictions as he refused to rule out a national lockdown.  The Government’s current local lockdown system is based on three tiers but there are fears that even the most draconian rules in Tier Three are not enough to … Read more

Russia made cyber attacks on 2020 Tokyo Olympics after athlete ban

Six Russian military officers have been charged in the US with carrying out ‘cynical and reckless’ global cyber attacks, including attempts to disrupt next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. British and US officials said the attacks were conducted by Unit 74455 of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency. In an indictment unsealed today, the US … Read more

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he feared Boris Johnson would die after contracting coronavirus

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has revealed he feared Boris Johnson would die after the Conservative leader was admitted to hospital with coronavirus. The Prime Minister was taken into intensive care in April after his Covid-19 symptoms worsened while being treated at St Thomas’ hospital in central London. Mr Raab deputised for the Prime Minister during … Read more

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he feared Boris Johnson would die after contracting coronavirus

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has revealed he feared Boris Johnson would die after the Conservative leader was admitted to hospital with coronavirus. The Prime Minister was taken into intensive care in April after his Covid-19 symptoms worsened while being treated at St Thomas’ hospital in central London. Mr Raab deputised for the Prime Minister during … Read more

Dominic Raab’s bodyguard sparks police dash after his loaded, semi-automatic pistol found on plane

Dominic Raab’s bodyguard sparks police dash after his loaded, semi-automatic Glock 19 pistol is found on a plane seat by a cleaner Alarm was raised by a cleaner after she found the unattended weapon on board  Police officers descended on the jet which had flown back from Washington DC Eventually stood down after realising the … Read more

Dominic Raab’s bodyguard sparks police dash after his loaded, semi-automatic pistol found on plane

Dominic Raab’s bodyguard sparks police dash after his loaded, semi-automatic Glock 19 pistol is found on a plane seat by a cleaner Alarm was raised by a cleaner after she found the unattended weapon on board  Police officers descended on the jet which had flown back from Washington DC Eventually stood down after realising the … Read more

Amal Clooney QUITS as UK envoy over Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan to break international law

Amal Clooney QUITS as UK Government envoy on media freedom over Boris Johnson’s ‘lamentable’ plan to break Brexit deal which would breach international law The top human rights expert announced she was quitting this afternoon She objected to over Mr Johnson’s intention to bring in new Brexit legislation If passed it will over-ride part of the Withdrawal … Read more

Amal Clooney QUITS as UK envoy over Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan to break international law

Amal Clooney QUITS as UK Government envoy on media freedom over Boris Johnson’s ‘lamentable’ plan to break Brexit deal which would breach international law The top human rights expert announced she was quitting this afternoon She objected to over Mr Johnson’s intention to bring in new Brexit legislation If passed it will over-ride part of the Withdrawal … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Grant Shapps adds Greek islands to quarantine list

Thousands of Britons have seen flights from seven Greek islands added to the government’s red list treble in price today, as they face a desperate rush back home to beat the quarantine deadline. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps revealed on Monday that Lesvos, Tinos, Serifos, Mykonos, Crete, Santorini and Zakynthos are being stripped of quarantine exempt … Read more

UK arrivals to be tested for Covid ‘as soon as practical’, says Matt Hancock

Matt Hancock today insisted coronavirus testing for arrivals in the UK will be introduced ‘as soon as it is practical’. The Health Secretary said the government recognised how much strain the requirement for 14-day quarantine was putting on the travel industry. He warned that doing just one test at the airport ‘doesn’t work’ as too … Read more