New York reaches deal to legalise recreational weed March 25, 2021 New York State officials finalised a deal today to legalise the use of recreational marijuana for everyone aged 21 and above. Legislators in Albany today struck an agreement with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to allow recreational use of cannabis for adults aged 21 and over, the New York Times first reported. Three people familiar with [...]
Matt Hancock: No guarantee that coronavirus laws will end in six months March 25, 2021 The health secretary has refused to commit to ripping up the Coronavirus Act in six months, telling MPs that emergency Covid laws could stay in place for another year. Speaking at a Commons debate on a potential extension of the legislation, Matt Hancock said: “There are parts of this Act that have allowed us to [...]
Britain most willing nation in the world to get Covid vaccine, survey finds March 25, 2021 People in the UK are the most willing of any nation in the world to get vaccinated against coronavirus, according to a new study. A YouGov poll found that 86 per cent of people in Britain were willing to get a Covid vaccine or had already received one as of 21 March — the highest [...]
Johnson says UK is ‘on the side of openness’ following EU vaccine row March 25, 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson today said that Britain is “on the side of openness” and that did he not want to see restrictions on the exchange of Covid-19 vaccines with the European Union. Yesterday the EU tightened its oversight of coronavirus vaccine exports, giving it greater scope to block shipments to countries with higher inoculation [...]
Astra Zeneca revises US vaccine trial results after claims of outdated data March 25, 2021 AstraZeneca has confirmed its Covid-19 vaccine as 76 per cent effective after a new US trial, which showed it to be only three per cent lower than previously reported. US health officials criticised interim data published on Monday, which showed the vaccine efficacy rate to be at 79 per cent, but was not the most [...]
Former PM David Cameron will be investigated over lobbying Sunak and Bank for Covid cash for Greensill March 25, 2021 David Cameron will be investigated over lobbying Sunak and Bank for Covid cash for Greensill
Boris Johnson says pubs could bar people who are not vaccinated March 24, 2021 Boris Johnson has today strongly hinted that pubs and restaurants will be able to turn away people who have not have a Covid vaccine or a recent negative test, saying the “concept of vaccine certification should not be totally alien to us”. When asked by a Westminster committee about the the prospect of Covid vaccine [...]
France may be added to UK’s travel ‘red list’, warns Boris Johnson March 24, 2021 Tougher border restrictions with France including adding the country to the UK’s so-called travel red list may be needed “very soon”, the Prime Minister has said. Boris Johnson told MPs that the government “will have to look at” quarantine measures for hauliers coming into the UK from France “just because of the ambiguity about the [...]
EU to impose tougher controls on Covid vaccine exports to the UK March 24, 2021 The EU has updated its vaccine export restrictions to enforce tougher controls on shipments of jabs to the UK, as a bitter dispute over Covid vaccine supplies continues to escalate. The fresh restrictions, which are due to go before EU leaders tomorrow, stop short of a total ban on vaccine exports but are likely to [...]
Boris Johnson accused of asking for a ‘blank cheque’ to restrict freedoms to September March 24, 2021 Boris Johnson has been accused of asking for a “blank cheque” to restrict freedoms as the government prepares to extend emergency Covid powers until September. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey today told MPs today that the Prime Minister was “pushing a bill that will restrict one of our most fundamental freedoms” – the right [...]