Coronavirus: UK cases jump by 3,899 as lockdown looms September 20, 2020 Confirmed cases of coronavirus rose by 3,899 in the UK today while authorities recorded a further 18 deaths. The figures come after cases jumped by 4,422 yesterday — the highest daily count since May — taking the country’s overall total to 394,257 since the pandemic began. The official death toll now stands at 41,777. These [...]
Tory mayoral candidate calls for TfL to sell Tube station naming rights September 20, 2020 London’s Tube stations could be renamed through lucrative advertising deals if Tory mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey gets elected. Bailey’s proposal, which he says could bring in £100m a year, follows in the footsteps of the Dubai Metro which has allowed companies to bid for naming rights of underground stations. The mayoral candidate told the Sunday [...]
Matt Hancock threatens new coronavirus restrictions if people flout rules September 20, 2020 The government will introduce more stringent coronavirus restrictions if people do not follow the new set of rules, according to health secretary Matt Hancock. Hancock said that the UK was at a “tipping point”, as coronavirus cases rise across the conutry, and that people had become “more relaxed [about following Covid rules] over summer”. Hancock’s [...]
Coronavirus: Johnson faces calls for urgent action and COBRA meeting as cases rise September 19, 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under pressure to take “decisive action” in the battle against coronavirus as cases rise. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has demanded a COBRA meeting within the next 48 hours and echoed the sentiments of London mayor Sadiq Khan regarding the need to learn from March’s mistakes and implement restrictions [...]
Just 6 per cent of UK population has Covid-19 antibodies, SAGE says September 19, 2020 Only six per cent of the UK’s population has antibodies to Covid-19, minutes from a Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) meeting earlier this month have revealed. The scientific advisers told the government that just a small proportion of the country had antibodies to coronavirus in the meeting. SAGE also informed officials that there was [...]
Coronavirus: New London lockdown restrictions ‘increasingly likely’ while PM warns of second wave across UK September 19, 2020 London mayor Sadiq Khan has said he does not want to wait for coronavirus cases “to spiral out of control again” before further lockdown measures are introduced in the capital. Khan said it was looking “increasingly likely” that more restrictions would be needed as has been seen in other parts of the country. Sadiq Khan [...]
London New Year’s Eve fireworks display cancelled due to Covid-19 September 18, 2020 London’s annual New Year’s Eve firework display has been cancelled, the mayor of London has confirmed. Sadiq Khan this morning revealed that the show and countdown, which is held each year by the River Thames, could not go ahead due to safety concerns during the coronavirus pandemic. “There will not be fireworks at New Year’s [...]
Coronavirus: Which English towns are at risk of a local lockdown? September 17, 2020 As the UK braces for the impact of a potential second wave of strict lockdown measures, some regions have been placed under close watch by health officials. A watchlist created by Public Health England, which is updated weekly, showed that 18 regions in England are now being monitored for case spikes, almost halved from 34 [...]
Debate: Should Sadiq Khan be allowed to freeze London rents for the next two years? September 17, 2020 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan yesterday said that rents should be frozen in London to prevent a predicted wave of evictions caused by Covid-19. He called for new powers to prevent any rent increases for two years in the capital, warning that half a million people could face eviction because of arrears built up during [...]
Boris Johnson plan for millions of coronavirus tests each day ‘a long way off’ September 16, 2020 The government’s plan to administer millions of daily tests in a bid to scrap social distancing restrictions is “still a long way off”, according to Boris Johnson. The Prime Minister last week unveiled his plan to eventually have everybody take coronavirus tests, which give a result in under an hour, each morning that show if [...]