CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Doctor Who and The Serpent

Doctor Who Rating: The Serpent  Rating: Daleks in Downing Street – that ought to liven up the Cabinet reshuffles. Admit it, there were moments last year when you’d have paid good money to see a couple of those murderous, upturned dustbins shrieking ‘Exterminate!’ as they chased Dominic Cummings up Whitehall. Doctor Who (BBC1) went one … Read more

Having vaccine doesn’t mean Britons can act with ‘wild abandon’ says Jonathan Van-Tam 

Having one of the new coronavirus vaccines does not mean Britons, including pensioners, can act with ‘wild abandon and go off to the bingo halls’, the Deputy chief medical officer has said.    Professor Jonathan Van-Tam was asked at Wednesday’s Downing Street press conference whether people who have had two doses of a vaccine would still … Read more

Having vaccine doesn’t mean Britons can act with ‘wild abandon’ says Jonathan Van-Tam 

Having one of the new coronavirus vaccines does not mean Britons, including pensioners, can act with ‘wild abandon and go off to the bingo halls’, the Deputy chief medical officer has said.    Professor Jonathan Van-Tam was asked at Wednesday’s Downing Street press conference whether people who have had two doses of a vaccine would still … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: What a moment! With Ursula’s ink barely dry, Boris’s toothy grin said… WE. ARE. OUT.

HENRY DEEDES: What a moment! With Ursula’s ink barely dry, Boris’s toothy grin said… WE. ARE. OUT. By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 30 December 2020 | Updated: 01:16 GMT, 31 December 2020 Boris Johnson has signed the deal that will allow Britain to break free of the EU, declaring it … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: What a moment! With Ursula’s ink barely dry, Boris’s toothy grin said… WE. ARE. OUT.

HENRY DEEDES: What a moment! With Ursula’s ink barely dry, Boris’s toothy grin said… WE. ARE. OUT. By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 30 December 2020 | Updated: 01:16 GMT, 31 December 2020 Boris Johnson has signed the deal that will allow Britain to break free of the EU, declaring it … Read more

Keeping schools shut will harm children’s prospects, ministers are warned

Members of the armed forces will be drafted in to help give Covid tests to thousands of school and college students in England. The Ministry of Defence said 1,500 military personnel would be deployed to ensure that testing systems were up and running by the time pupils returned for the new term in January.  It … Read more

Keeping schools shut will harm children’s prospects, ministers are warned

Keeping schools shut in January will harm children’s prospects, ministers were warned last night. Next term is already being postponed by a week for most secondary pupils to allow for coronavirus testing. But teaching unions and scientific advisers are seeking at least an extra fortnight’s delay in the face of a surge in infections. Downing … Read more

Is Cumbria on the brink of Tier Four?

More than 90 per cent of councils in England saw their coronavirus outbreaks grow before Christmas, according to official figures that suggest Cumbria could be next area to be plunged into Tier Four when No10 shakes up its local lockdown policies this week. Around 24million people are already living under the draconian stay-at-home orders, with ministers … Read more

Is Cumbria on the brink of Tier Four?

More than 90 per cent of councils in England saw their coronavirus outbreaks grow before Christmas, according to official figures that suggest Cumbria could be next area to be plunged into Tier Four when No10 shakes up its local lockdown policies this week. Around 24million people are already living under the draconian stay-at-home orders, with ministers … Read more

Boris Johnson urges hardline Brexiteers to back Brexit deal ahead of vote

Hardline Brexiteers have trawled through the Brexit deal for ‘land mines’ as the full 1,255-page document was published today – and Boris Johnson has urged them to vote in its favour. MPs and peers have been summoned back to Parliament to vote on the deal on December 30 – just a day before the end … Read more