The Champions League final will now be staged in Porto in Portugal after the UK government and UEFA could not reach agreement over quarantine exemptions for more than 2,000 VIPs, staff and media for the match to be played at Wembley. It will be officially ratified by UEFA on Thursday. The all-English final between Manchester … Read more
Boris Johnson mocked Sir Keir Starmer over his bungled reshuffle today – as the Labour leader faced another blow with the resignation of a close aide. The PM jibed that Sir Keir was just making Ms Rayner ‘hungrier’ for power after he tried to sack her in the wake of the Super Thursday disaster – … Read more
The Indian Covid variant that is surging in Britain could spread up to 60 per cent faster than the dominant Kent strain, a scientist has claimed. Professor Tom Wenseleers, a biologist and biostatistician at the KU Leuven university in Belgium, said on Twitter he had analysed how the two strains compared and found the Indian … Read more
The Indian Covid variant that is surging in Britain could spread up to 60 per cent faster than the dominant Kent strain, a scientist has claimed. Professor Tom Wenseleers, a biologist and biostatistician at the KU Leuven university in Belgium, said on Twitter he had analysed how the two strains compared and found the Indian … Read more
Boris Johnson pledges to launch ‘full’ public inquiry into coronavirus handling within this Parliamentary session Boris Johnson has firmed up his commitment to hold public inquiry into Covid The PM said a full inquiry will be launched during this parliamentary session Government has been heavily criticised over handling over the early stages By James Tapsfield, … Read more
British paratroopers shot ten ‘entirely innocent’ people dead at the ‘Ballymurphy massacre’, a coroner has ruled. The lethal force used across three days at the 1971 ‘Ballymurphy massacre’ in Belfast, after troops were ‘fired at by IRA gunmen’, was not justified, the inquest found. None of the civilians – including a mother of eight and a … Read more
Boris Johnson left No10 for Parliament today as he plans to heap pressure on stricken Keir Starmer with a Queen’s Speech aiming to ‘level up’ jobs and investment in former Labour heartlands. The PM will try to cement his new ‘Blue Wall’ vowing people will no longer have to move to London for decent work, and … Read more
Boris Johnson will heap pressure on stricken Keir Starmer today with a Queen’s Speech aiming to ‘level up’ jobs and investment in former Labour heartlands. The PM will move to cement his new ‘Blue Wall’ vowing people will no longer have to move to London for decent work, and boosting education opportunities for those who have … Read more
Chelsea and Manchester City supporters’ hopes of attending this month’s Champions League final received a significant boost on Monday when UEFA ruled out keeping the game in Istanbul. While further talks are planned for Tuesday, sources involved with the discussions said on Monday night that UEFA are contemplating a straight choice between Wembley and either … Read more
Chelsea and Manchester City supporters’ hopes of attending this month’s Champions League final received a significant boost on Monday when UEFA ruled out keeping the game in Istanbul. While further talks are planned for Tuesday, sources involved with the discussions said on Monday night that UEFA are contemplating a straight choice between Wembley and either … Read more