Heathrow boss calls for government to reveal likely summer green list countries May 30, 2021 Heathrow’s chief executive has urged the government to reveal which countries are likely to be included on its travel green list in summer in order to give holidaymakers time to prepare. John Holland-Kaye said today that he thought Spain would eventually be “coming into the green zone” as it has low infection rates, but that families [...]
Fears grow that 21 June date to shed England restrictions will slip May 30, 2021 The government’s plan to lift England’s restrictions on 21 June may slip as Covid hospitalisations continue to rise across the country. Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi warned today that “we have to be cautious” and that the government would continue to examine the data until 14 June when a decision will be made. Covid cases and [...]
Boris Johnson announces Royal Yacht Britannia replacement May 30, 2021 Boris Johnson has announced that a replacement for the Royal Yacht Britannia will be built and operational within four years. Downing Street last night unveiled the plan, which will see the new ship “host high level trade negotiations and trade shows and will sail all over the world promoting British interests” as a part of [...]
EU Brexit chief Sefcovic urges UK to not ‘further sour relationship’ over Northern Ireland May 30, 2021 The EU’s Brexit chief has today warned the UK to not “further sour our relationship” by taking unilateral actions in Northern Ireland as negotiations between the two sides continue. European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic said the EU is committed to the Good Friday Agreement and not having a hard border on the island of [...]
Boris Johnson marries Carrie Symonds in secret wedding May 30, 2021 Boris Johnson has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a clandestine wedding ceremony yesterday at Westminster Cathedral. Johnson surprised SW1 yesterday when it emerged he had wed Symonds in a secretly planned ceremony in which no media was present. The couple released a wedding day picture this morning to celebrate the news. A Downing Street [...]
British agents think it is ‘feasible’ Covid came from Wuhan lab leak May 30, 2021 British intelligence agents now reportedly believe it is “feasible” Covid-19 originated in a Chinese research lab and not from a Wuhan wet market. Agents are now investigating whether the virus originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology and accidentally escaped, a prospect forcefully denied by Beijing, just days after Joe Biden said this theory needed [...]
Sunak claim that Cameron and Greensill got no special treatment branded as ‘not credible’ May 27, 2021 Rishi Sunak has said Greensill Capital and David Cameron were not given preferential treatment by government – a claim blasted as “not credible” by the chair of a prominent Westminster committee. Sunak told MPs on the Treasury Select Committee that Greensill Capital’s failed bid for a large government loan “did not occupy a huge amount [...]
Matt Hancock claims UK vaccine rollout has saved 13,200 lives May 27, 2021 The UK’s vaccine rollout has saved an estimated 13,200 lives and stopped 39,000 hospitalisations, according to Matt Hancock. Hancock said at today’s press conference that three-in-four adults have Covid antibodies, including 90 per cent of over 50s, which gives people a level of immunity against the virus. The figures come as Hancock was yesterday branded [...]
Hong Kong visa applications to the UK in 2021 hits 34,300 May 27, 2021 More than 34,000 Hong Kong citizens have applied in 2021 for bespoke UK visas that were launched last year in the wake of Beijing’s democracy crackdown. New data from the Home Office out today showed that the government had approved just 5,600 of these applications so far. The visas were announced by foreign secretary Dominic [...]
Matt Hancock denies Dominic Cummings allegations that he is a serial liar May 27, 2021 Matt Hancock has outright denied a series of damaging allegations from Dominic Cummings that painted the health secretary as incompetent and a serial liar. Hancock told MPs today that these “unsubstantiated allegations around honesty are not true”. Cummings claimed in an explosive seven-hour committee meeting yesterday that the health secretary should have been fired “15 [...]