Support for an nationwide ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown spreads to Tory backbenches

One of Boris Johnson’s most senior backbenchers and a top government scientist today joined calls for a short circuit-breaker lockdown amid warnings of 690 daily coronavirus deaths within a fortnight. The Prime Minister has hitherto resisted demands from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and regional mayors to impose a nationwide lockdown and is pressing ahead … Read more

Support for an nationwide ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown spreads to Tory backbenches

One of Boris Johnson’s most senior backbenchers and a top government scientist today joined calls for a short circuit-breaker lockdown amid warnings of 690 daily coronavirus deaths within a fortnight. The Prime Minister has hitherto resisted demands from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and regional mayors to impose a nationwide lockdown and is pressing ahead … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Senior Government advisor Sir John Bell says UK needs national lockdown

A senior Government adviser today warned the UK needs a short national ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown as he called other coronavirus restriction ‘biting around the edges’.   Sir John Bell, regius professor of medicine at the University of Oxford, warned there is an ‘eye-watering’ number of coronavirus cases which needs to be managed. He suggested that only a … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Senior Government advisor Sir John Bell says UK needs national lockdown

Senior Government advisor Sir John Bell says UK needs nationwide circuit breaker lockdown to get on top of ‘eye watering’ Covid numbers By Jack Wright For Mailonline Published: 10:35 BST, 17 October 2020 | Updated: 10:44 BST, 17 October 2020 A senior Government adviser today said the UK needs a short national ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown as … Read more

Nine months of online dating, plus a pandemic later…how this couple coped through lockdown

A couple who met online before lockdown said it was a ‘relief’ to find they fancied each other when they finally met in person once restrictions eased.  Social media influencer Emily Champion, 25, and boyfriend Nick Leatherbarrow, 32, first started speaking on Hinge in October 2019 and rekindled their relationship on Bumble in March.   They … Read more

Nine months of online dating, plus a pandemic later…how this couple coped through lockdown

A couple who met online before lockdown said it was a ‘relief’ to find they fancied each other when they finally met in person once restrictions eased.  Social media influencer Emily Champion, 25, and boyfriend Nick Leatherbarrow, 32, first started speaking on Hinge in October 2019 and rekindled their relationship on Bumble in March.   They … Read more

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend emerge from lockdown to shop in LA

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend emerge from lockdown to shop in LA… after he dedicates soulful Billboard Music Awards performance to her following family tragedy By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 07:00 BST, 17 October 2020 | Updated: 07:00 BST, 17 October 2020 Chrissy Teigen and John Legend surfaced from self-isolation in Los Angeles this Friday to … Read more

I’m A Celebrity in Wales faces new threat of ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown

I’m A Celebrity faces fresh threat as Wales plans ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown after bosses spend ‘thousands’ on thermal camping gear By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 21:26 BST, 16 October 2020 | Updated: 21:30 BST, 16 October 2020 The new series of I’m A Celebrity is now under threat after the Welsh government plot a … Read more

Wales ‘could be plunged into a circuit-breaker lockdown in the next few days’

First Minister Mark Drakeford said the Welsh Government is considering a ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown Wales today vowed to push ahead with an ‘unenforceable’ ban on travellers from English coronavirus hotspots. First Minister Mark Drakeford announced that the rules will come into force from 6pm tonight after accusing Boris Johnson of ignoring his pleas to impose … Read more

Wales ‘could be plunged into a circuit-breaker lockdown in the next few days’

Wales ‘could be plunged into a circuit-breaker lockdown in the next few days’ as ‘unenforceable’ travel ban comes into effect tonight Wales currently has 17 areas under higher local lockdowns than the country But businesses have asked for more details about future direction of restrictions First Minister Mark Drakeford said visits from high-level Covid areas … Read more