‘Stay home’: England in national Covid lockdown from tonight January 4, 2021 People living England have tonight been told to stay home for at least six weeks
Scotland set to go into Covid lockdown from midnight January 4, 2021 Nicola Sturgeon has announced that Scotland will go into a Covid lockdown from midnight tonight for the rest of the month, in what is likely a sign of things to come for England. Sturgeon said the new measures would be “similar to the lockdown of March last year” and could be extended past the end [...]
Aspiring private equity analyst to start at quarterback for NFL’s LA Rams January 3, 2021 All those City of London and Canary Wharf workers that still harbour boyhood dreams of walking onto the pitch for their favourite football club may have found a new hero. The Los Angeles Rams, of the US’ National Football League (NFL), will enter the playoffs this year if they can win their final game of [...]
Brexit: UK to start talks on quick EU financial services agreement January 3, 2021 The UK government will next week begin urgent talks to try and reach an agreement by March on the future of the UK’s access to EU financial markets. City minister John Glen and senior Treasury civil servant Katharine Braddick will lead the talks for the UK. Boris Johnson’s Brexit trade deal does not include an EU-wide [...]
Labour to send shadow cabinet member to Joe Biden inauguration January 3, 2021 Labour will send a delegate to Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration later this month as the party tries to consolidate ties with the incoming administration. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy have made a concerted effort over the past nine months to build relationship with the incoming administration. The Sunday Times [...]
Matt Hancock clears way for retired doctors to administer Covid vaccine January 3, 2021 Health secretary Matt Hancock has demanded that red tape keeping retired doctors from administering the Covid vaccine is slashed. Former doctors who have offered to administer the Covid vaccine have been forced to jump through a series of regulatory hoops and need to provide 21 different pieces of evidence to have their applications approved. Boris [...]
Boris Johnson says England is set for tougher Covid restrictions January 3, 2021 Boris Johnson has suggested England could be set for even tougher Covid restrictions in the coming weeks, which could mean a national lockdown similar to what was experienced last March. The Prime Minister said this morning that he was “entirely reconciled to doing what it takes to get the virus down” and that this “may [...]
Brexit: Ireland beefs up police patrols at Northern Ireland border January 1, 2021 Ireland will intensify its police presence at the Northern Ireland border from today in a bid to stop organised crime taking advantage of post-Brexit changes. Ireland’s national police force, Garda, had already increased officers posted at the border by 20 per cent since 2016 and are set to add more as the Brexit transition period [...]
Boris Johnson: UK ‘rediscovered a spirit of togetherness’ in ‘grim’ 2020 December 31, 2020 Boris Johnson has used his New Year’s Eve message to say the UK has “rediscovered a spirit of togetherness” in 2020, but that there “will be plenty of people who will be only too happy to say goodbye to the grimness of 2020”. The Prime Minister also said the UK approval of two Covid vaccines [...]
UK has record 56,000 Covid cases on last day of 2020 December 31, 2020 The UK has recorded 964 deaths from Covid on the last day of 2020 as cases continue to surge to record levels across the country. The government reported another 55,892 new Covid cases today – a new single day record for the country. The total number of UK deaths from coronavirus has now hit 73,512, [...]
