Young’s to sell most tenanted pubs for £53m, eyeing a freehold future July 12, 2021 Brewery Young’s has agreed to sell 56 of its 63 pubs in its Ram Pub Company estate for £53m, to add some ‘firepower’ to existing pub upgrades ahead of no restrictions. The brewery has made “attractive returns” investing and operating managed pubs and hotels, its boss said, which it will use the newly secured funds [...]
Prime Minister condemns racist abuse of three young lions July 12, 2021 Boris Johnson has condemned the racist abuse of England players on social media following the European Championship final defeat to Italy last night, saying those responsible should be ashamed of themselves. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka all failed from the spot and swiftly their social media pages were flooded with racist abuse. The [...]
England footballers hailed as heroes after devastating Euro 2020 penalties defeat July 12, 2021 England footballers have been hailed as heroes who should be “so proud” of themselves for their efforts in a historic Euros campaign which ended in defeat after a nail-biting penalty shootout. Fans were left devastated when the nation’s dreams of being crowned champions of Europe in front of a home crowd at Wembley Stadium were [...]
Civil servants have to get back to the office, says former senior Johnson aide July 11, 2021 One of Boris Johnson’s former top aides has called for civil servants to get back to the office among warnings that “Whitehall is dead”. Lord Eddie Lister said that government departments in Whitehall had “corridors of empty rooms” and that young civil servants would not be able to learn on the job like this. Boris Johnson [...]
Nadhim Zahawi denies gap between vaccines will be cut to four weeks July 11, 2021 There are no plans to cut the gap between first and second Covid vaccines from eight weeks to four, according to vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi. Zahawi said that protection from two doses of any of the approved Covid vaccines is more optimal at eight weeks than from four weeks. The Sunday Times reported today that [...]
Exclusive: London faces ‘furlough cliff edge’ with Newham, Haringey and Brent to suffer most July 10, 2021 London workers are amongst the hardest hit by the pandemic onslaught, with four London boroughs featuring in the top five areas in the UK that are most reliant on furlough. The London borough of Newham has 18 per cent of its working population on furlough and is second out of 369 ranked county or district [...]
Leading scientists warn 19 July easing is a ‘dangerous and unethical experiment’ July 9, 2021 More than 100 scientists and doctors have signed an open letter accusing the UK government of conducting a “dangerous and unethical experiment” with its plan to ditch restrictions on 19 July. Boris Johnson’s plan to scrap social distancing and most other Covid-19 restrictions on 19 July is “unethical and illogical”, according to the authors, who [...]
ONS: Widespread spike in UK Covid infections reflecting winter levels July 9, 2021 There was a “marked” increase in new Covid infections in the UK in the latest data collected on the virus by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). More than 400,000 people tested positive with coronavirus in the UK during the first week of July, according to the new ONS estimates – the higest level recorded [...]
As Wimbledon hots up, here’s how to dress like Novak Djokovic July 9, 2021 There comes a time in every man’s and woman’s life when they must realise that they shall never become a Wimbledon champion. But you can still look like one, albeit, perhaps, in a much larger size than most successful athletes. Lacoste was the original athletic look and is still my go-to sportswear label and for [...]
No masks, no distancing: Govt set to revise UK workplace guidance July 9, 2021 Ministers are preparing to publish new return to office guidance for businesses next week that will greatly reduce the number of measures recommended to curb the spread of Covid-19. Among the workplace recommendations set to move from obligatory to subject to a company’s discretion are face masks and social distancing, the Financial Times first reported. [...]