As indoor eating and drinking curbs are lifted… what CAN we do from Monday?

Britons will splash out an extra £836million next week as the nation toasts a return to indoor eating and drinking for the first time this year. Hospitality businesses have reported a surge in bookings and pubs said they expect to serve three million pints on Monday alone. The milestone will mark a return for 45,000 … Read more

As indoor eating and drinking curbs are lifted… what CAN we do from Monday?

Britons will splash out an extra £836million next week as the nation toasts a return to indoor eating and drinking for the first time this year. Hospitality businesses have reported a surge in bookings and pubs said they expect to serve three million pints on Monday alone. The milestone will mark a return for 45,000 … Read more

Boris Johnson says there is a ‘very good chance’ all Covid restrictions could be lifted on June 21

Boris Johnson has said there is a ‘very good chance’ the UK could see all Covid restrictions lifted on June 21 – but has warned the disease is not ‘totally licked’ yet.  The Prime Minister said while lockdowns meant the virus was now ‘under control’, ‘there probably will be another wave of the disease’. But Mr Johnson said … Read more

A picture of injustice: MPs and football fans demand cap of 30 mourners at funerals is lifted

MPs and football fans demanded ministers lift the cap of 30 mourners at funerals after 8,000 supporters were allowed to descend on Wembley for the Carabao Cup final yesterday. As part of a pilot scheme, supporters were able to watch Manchester City play Tottenham Hotspur. Under the pilot rules, fans had to take one rapid … Read more

A picture of injustice: MPs and football fans demand cap of 30 mourners at funerals is lifted

MPs and football fans demanded ministers lift the cap of 30 mourners at funerals after 8,000 supporters were allowed to descend on Wembley for the Carabao Cup final yesterday. As part of a pilot scheme, supporters were able to watch Manchester City play Tottenham Hotspur. Under the pilot rules, fans had to take one rapid … Read more

Funeral revolt grows: Campaigners join forces with MPs to demand the 30-person cap is lifted

Support is growing for the Daily Mail’s campaign to lift Covid restrictions on funerals more quickly. An influential committee of MPs will meet next week to pile further pressure on ministers to raise the cap of 30 mourners and allow singing again. It came as Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey became the latest senior … Read more

Funeral revolt grows: Campaigners join forces with MPs to demand the 30-person cap is lifted

Support is growing for the Daily Mail’s campaign to lift Covid restrictions on funerals more quickly. An influential committee of MPs will meet next week to pile further pressure on ministers to raise the cap of 30 mourners and allow singing again. It came as Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey became the latest senior … Read more

Covid lockdown rules lifted: Revellers return to pubs for first night of freedom after rules eased

Revellers last night enjoyed a taste of lockdown freedom with their first pub drink in four months, as England lifted more Covid restrictions.   In scenes described by some as ‘like VE Day’, revellers flooded back to pubs up and down the country as they threw open their beer gardens and outdoor drinking areas for the … Read more

Covid lockdown rules lifted: Revellers return to pubs for first night of freedom after rules eased

Revellers last night enjoyed a taste of lockdown freedom with their first pub drink in four months, as England lifted more Covid restrictions.   In scenes described by some as ‘like VE Day’, revellers flooded back to pubs up and down the country as they threw open their beer gardens and outdoor drinking areas for the … Read more