GPs could offer Covid vaccine on Christmas and Boxing Day in plan for rapid roll-out to protect NHS

GPs could offer a Covid vaccine on Christmas and Boxing Day in a rapid roll-out plan to protect the NHS, according to a report. Doctors are being readied to inoculate other medics and the most vulnerable Britons seven days a week over midwinter. Health Secretary Matt Hancock will put forward plans next week for dozens … Read more

Hospitals are NO busier than normal, top experts claim

The NHS was never on track to be overwhelmed with coronavirus patients this winter but No10 was forced to hit the lockdown panic button because of its ‘gloomster’ scientific advisers, top experts fumed today. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned the health service could collapse and seriously ill non-Covid patients could be turned away unless Covid-19’s … Read more

Hospitals are NO busier than normal, top experts claim

The NHS was never on track to be overwhelmed with coronavirus patients this winter but No10 was forced to hit the lockdown panic button because of its ‘gloomster’ scientific advisers, top experts fumed today. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned the health service could collapse and seriously ill non-Covid patients could be turned away unless Covid-19’s … Read more

Matt Hancock says travel abroad for assisted dying still allowed during lockdown

Health Secretary Matt Hancock says people can still travel abroad for assisted dying during the coronavirus lockdown as MPs call for the law to be changed in the UK MPs today raised concerns about impact of coronavirus rules on assisted dying Assisted dying is outlawed in the UK but it is legal for people to … Read more

Workers lay Westminster Abbey’s field of remembrance crosses

Thousands of crosses are being placed at Westminster Abbey today as the nation gets set to remember fallen servicemen and women.  Volunteers are laying more than 12,000 crosses over 380 plots laid out in the names of military associations and other organisations.  But remembrance services are under threat as a second lockdown looms over the UK, with … Read more

Workers lay Westminster Abbey’s field of remembrance crosses

Thousands of crosses are being placed at Westminster Abbey today as the nation gets set to remember fallen servicemen and women.  Volunteers are laying more than 12,000 crosses over 380 plots laid out in the names of military associations and other organisations.  But remembrance services are under threat as a second lockdown looms over the UK, with … Read more

Rishi Sunak was reluctant to accept lockdown but did NOT threaten to resign

Rishi Sunak was reluctant to agree to the second national lockdown in light of the threat to the economy and the huge £5 billion cost of furlough, sources said last night. The Chancellor was one of those at the Downing Street meeting on Friday which decided to go ahead with new restrictive measures. A source … Read more

Rishi Sunak was reluctant to accept lockdown but did NOT threaten to resign

Rishi Sunak was reluctant to agree to the second national lockdown in light of the threat to the economy and the huge £5 billion cost of furlough, sources said last night. The Chancellor was one of those at the Downing Street meeting on Friday which decided to go ahead with new restrictive measures. A source … Read more

Covid lockdown: Leak of secret plans for forced Boris Johnson to act

Key points in COVID lockdown Mark 2  Restrictions will start at midnight on Thursday morning and last until December 2.  People can only leave their homes for specific reasons, such as to do essential shopping, for outdoor exercise, and for work if they are unable to work from home. Non-essential shops will be told to shut, … Read more

Covid lockdown: Leak of secret plans for forced Boris Johnson to act

Boris Johnson Johnson was catapulted into announcing a total lockdown for England last night after a whirlwind 24 hours which saw events appear to totally escape his grasp. The Prime Minister faced the country last night to announce a four-week shutdown from Thursday until December 2, in the wake of a surge of coronavirus cases … Read more