Families can finally look forward to reunions with elderly relatives in the coming days after Matt Hancock suggested the care home visit ban will be lifted imminently. Now the coronavirus crisis has fizzled out, the Health Secretary said the ban on visits is ‘coming to an end very soon’. The details on how care homes in … Read more
Driver smashes through wall of pub just four hours before restrictions were lifted – but hero landlord still manages to opens up to punters Kent Police called to The Swan Inn near Ashford, Kent at around 2.25am today Three teenagers were found inside car that crashed through road-facing wall Landlord Ray Perkins said it was ‘absolutely … Read more
Builders want £180m-a-year levy lifted as bill to fund industry training looms By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 20 June 2020 Construction firms are calling for a holiday from a £180million-a-year levy that they are due to begin paying as soon as next … Read more
England should not ease lockdown until the NHS contract tracing system aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus is ‘effective’, the World Health Organization has said. As the UK government prepares to launch a ‘comprehensive review’ of the strict two-metre social distancing regulations currently in place, WHO’s director for Europe, Dr Hans Kluge, has voiced … Read more
On Saturday, James Cracknell broke the British indoor rowing marathon record with a time of 2 hours 30 minutes and 37 seconds, shaving two minutes off the existing record. And in an emotional post to his Instagram page on Sunday, the double Olympic gold medalist, 48, thanked his followers for their support, admitting it also helped him … Read more
There’s been uproar about the Government’s new 14-day quarantine rule, which starts on Monday. And the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is sticking to its ban on all non-essential overseas travel. But both these could be reversed — and if you think that could happen by July or August, you might just want to take a … Read more
Coronavirus transmission is still too high in Britain to relax the social distancing two-metre rule, a government scientific advisor has said. Professor Catherine Noakes, part of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), rebutted claims that relaxing the rule is safe at this time. Official statistics estimate 8,000 people are still being infected every day … Read more
Coronavirus transmission is still too high in Britain to relax the social distancing two-metre rule, a government scientific advisor has said. Professor Catherine Noakes, part of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), rebutted claims that relaxing the rule is safe at this time. Official figures estimate 8,000 people are still being infected every day … Read more
Some of Australia’s tough coronavirus restrictions eased at the stroke of midnight on Sunday, bringing sweet relief across the nation on the first day of winter after almost two months of lockdown. Just four people out of the nation’s 478 active cases were in intensive care with coronavirus on Monday as restrictions were lifted to … Read more
Virgin Media is closing 53 stores permanently after lockdown restrictions are lifted with 300 shop staff offered alternative roles 341 members of staff will be offered new roles in at-home customer service Those who refuse or are not selected will be made redundant by Virgin Media The move follows Cath Kidson and Chiquitos in disappearing … Read more