Xmas Drinks 2021: The spirits you need on your cabinet over the holidays December 15, 2021 The Botanist Islay Dry Gin is ideal for seasonal cocktails. Made by the experimental Scotch whisky-makers at Bruichladdich, using a rare, salvaged Lomond still, the Botanist combines nine traditional gin botanicals with a further twenty-two ingredients foraged from the island. The resulting spirit is incredibly smooth, enlivened by citrus, mint, and harmonious floral flavours, that make [...]
Tory MPs deliver blow to Boris Johnson as 100 vote against new Covid restrictions December 15, 2021 More than 100 Tory MPs delivered a heavy blow to Boris Johnson last night as they refuse to support the government’s plan to force people to show Covid certificates to enter night clubs and large events. Scores of Tory backbenchers decried the new law in a House of Commons debate, with the measure being described [...]
Omishambles: Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab messes up Omicron hospitalisation stats live on air December 14, 2021 Raab claimed 250 people were in UK hospitals suffering from the Omicron variant, before officials clarified there were only 10 cases.
Formula 1: Channel 4 coverage averaged 3.4m during Desert Decider December 13, 2021 Yesterday’s Formula 1 season finale averaged 3.4m viewers on Channel 4 after the free-to-air broadcaster secured the rights in a deal with Sky. The race, which was decided in a dramatic final lap shootout, follows Channel 4’s successful deal with Amazon Prime to show Emma Raducanu’s successful US Open tennis triumph earlier this year. C4 [...]
Record volume of UK factories hike prices in bid to survive inflation assault December 13, 2021 UK factories are hiking prices en masse in a bid to withstand an inflation onslaught, reveal fresh figures released today. A record number of British factories are raising prices as the sector scrambles to offset swelling costs to protect margins, research by BDO and Make UK found. The “eye watering impact of escalating cost pressures” [...]
Boris set for Tory rebellion as reaction to ‘mild’ variant angers backbenchers December 12, 2021 Boris Johnson is coming under increasing pressure from his party as up to 100 Tory MPs prepare to rebel against the Prime Minister on Tuesday and vote against new Covid restrictions. Sixty-eight Tory MPs have already said they will not support the government in a vote on new restrictions which include mandatory face masks and [...]
Chris Tremlett: It’s curtains for England’s Ashes if they lose second Test December 12, 2021 At 1-0 down in the Ashes, after falling to a nine-wicket defeat at the Gabba on Saturday, England are in a very difficult position but not completely out of the series. Should they lose the second Test, a day-nighter in Adelaide which starts on Thursday, however, that will probably be curtains for their hopes of [...]
Max Verstappen wins first world title in last lap drama December 12, 2021 Max Verstappen has won his first ever world title after an astonishing last lap victory over rival Lewis Hamilton in the season finale in Abu Dhabi. The title makes it the first for a Dutchman and the first since Kimi Räikkönen’s in 2007 that has gone to a driver that’s not a Brit or a [...]
Police searching for missing Petra Srncova find body in London park December 12, 2021 Police searching for London nurse assistant Petra Srncova, who was missing for more than a week, yesterday said they had found a body in Brunswick Park. Officers remained at the scene last night while the formal indentification of the body was awaited. The police said Srncova’s death was still being treated as unexplained. Petra Srncova, [...]
One-third of London Covid cases is Omicron variant, says Zahawi December 12, 2021 One-in-three Covid-19 cases in London are now the Omicron variant, according to education secretary Nadhim Zahawi. Zahawi said there could be up to 160,000 cases of the highly transmissible variant in the UK already, despite the official recorded number being only 1600. The education secretary also confirmed that there are now people who have been [...]