Nissan puts hundreds of factory staff back on furlough after surge in Covid-19 cases June 25, 2021 Nissan furloughs hundreds of factory staff after surge in Covid cases
UK green list: Airline stocks sink as update adding Ibiza, Malta and Mallorca underwhelms June 25, 2021 UK green list updates: Malta, Madeira, Ibiza, Mallorca and Barbados added
Mal-teaser: Brits have just five days to skip quarantine in green list Malta for unvaccinated UK tourists June 25, 2021 Mal-teaser: Brits have just five days to avoid quarantine for UK arrivals in green list Malta
Covid-19 may have started spreading in China as early as October 2019 June 25, 2021 The virus that causes Covid-19 could have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the central city of Wuhan, a new study showed today. Watch the full report.
London risks lost summer unless vaccinated foreign tourists can bypass quarantine, businesses warn June 25, 2021 London risks lost summer unless vaccinated foreign tourists can bypass quarantine, businesses warn
Matt Hancock admits breaking social distancing rules with aide office kiss June 25, 2021 Matt Hancock has admitted to breaking social distancing rules after pictures emerged last night of him kissing his closest aide Gina Coladangelo. The health secretary said he was “very sorry” and that he had “let people down”, as both Labour and the Liberal Democrats urged the Prime Minister to sack him. But Hancock resisted calls [...]
Half of employed adults in the UK commuting to work again June 25, 2021 Brits are making a gradual return to the office, as around half of all UK working adults travelled to their place of work in the last two weeks, new data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed today. The proportion of working adults who commuted to the office last week reached 49 per cent, [...]
UK Covid vaccine race: Wales in the lead, followed by England and Scotland while NI falls behind June 25, 2021 Close to 32m second doses of Covid-19 vaccine have now been delivered in the UK, as of 23 June, meaning the equivalent of roughly 61 per cent of adults are fully vaccinated. Some 43.5m first doses have also been delivered, the equivalent of almost 83 per cent of people aged 18 and over. Nevertheless, the [...]
Bow Lane: Party time in EC4 as City celebrates return of office workers June 25, 2021 To celebrate the return of office workers to the Square Mile, the Bow Bells Association organised a street party yesterday in one of the oldest streets in the City, Bow Lane. Opened by the Lord Mayor Alderman William Russell, together with Bow Bells Association chairman James Goolnik, the Bow Bells sounded to start the party, [...]
NHS Test and Trace: 600m tests unaccounted for and scheme still ‘wracked with problems’ June 25, 2021 NHS Test and Trace: 600m tests unaccounted for and scheme still 'wracked with problems'