Case dismissed: Downing Street in disarray as head of parties inquiry quits December 18, 2021 Simon Case will no longer lead the investigation into Downing Street parties last Christmas after reports his own office held one.
Oil market set for weekly loss as Omicron fears dent demand December 17, 2021 Oil prices dipped again on Friday as fears over the effects of the Omicron variant on air travel demand spread across the market.
Get jabbed: The London vaccine clinics offering walk-in boosters this week December 17, 2021 London’s first 24-hour vaccine clinic has opened today, in a bid to trim down queues that have prompted wait times of several hours. It comes after the prime minister amped up the national effort for people to receive a third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, further widening the programme earlier this week to include people [...]
Half of Brits still planning to visit family over Christmas despite Omicron concerns December 17, 2021 Despite concerns over the latest Covid variant Omicron, almost half of Brits have stated they will go ahead with their plans to visit family and friends over the festive period. Data gathered by independent watchdog Transport Focus over the course of the first two weekends of December has shown that 46.5 per cent of out [...]
Whitty: Covid-19 will ‘always be a problem’ but the situation will improve December 16, 2021 Covid-19 will “always be a problem”, the chief medical officer has warned, but that the pandemic situation is expected to improve every six months. The comments come as England records a new record of daily Covid-19 cases, with 88,367 new infections recorded in the last 24 hours. The latest record surpassed Wednesday’s previous record by [...]
Gym Group avoids mentioning loss in market update, but says it’s trading in line with market expectations this year December 16, 2021 The Gym Group this morning said that it is performing in line with full-year market expectations, in terms of its key profit measure of adjusted Ebitda less normalised rent, but failed to update the market on the status of its company losses. Instead, it focused on its robust recovery in membership numbers this year since it [...]
Covid-19: No Plan-C Omicron restrictions before Christmas, says health minister December 16, 2021 Families and businesses concerned about another set of tighter Covid-19 restrictions ahead of Christmas Day have no reason to worry according to a UK health minister this morning. Health minister Gillian Keegan said the Government was “not intending to make any more restrictions” between now and Christmas Day. She said Boris Johnson “won’t hesitate” to [...]
Believe it or not, there are still reasons to be cheerful for 2022 December 16, 2021 There are, it is fair to say, many reasons to feel a tad disheartened at the minute. Yesterday’s record number of Omicron cases was hardly cheering. Neither is the sight of empty streets and shuttered businesses on a quick stroll around the City. But, believe it or not, there are reasons to be cheerful. Plenty, [...]
Covid-19: Hotel quarantine guests allowed to leave with refunds after travel rule changes December 15, 2021 People confined to quarantine hotels in England have been allowed to leave this afternoon, on the condition of a negative Covid test, after the UK government removed all 11 countries from its travel red list yesterday, according to widespread reports. In a letter from the Department for Health, hotel guests were told they would be [...]
Baroness Hallett named as chair of upcoming Covid-19 inquiry December 15, 2021 Baroness Heather Hallett will chair the Covid-19 inquiry with the crossbench peer set to scrutinise the government's response to the pandemic.