Boris Johnson and his secretary of state for transport laughed during Monday’s Downing Street press conference held to update the nation on the escalating chaos caused by Covid, Christmas and Brexit combining in a tumultuous storm. More than 40 countries have banned air and rail links to Britain as fears grow about the mutant coronavirus […]
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Doctors and soldiers have been put on notice to prepare for a national immunisation and mass testing drive across the UK following yesterday’s announcement of a coronavirus vaccine. Some 1,500 GPs and drive-through centres will deliver “at least 1,000 jabs a week” of the Pfizer and BioNtech vaccine from December 1, with health officials saying […]
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Matt Hancock has confirmed the government is considering closing England’s pubs by the weekend as its chief medical officer and top scientist issued a grim warning for the UK. Chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Valance and Prof Chris Whitty today announced the UK is facing 50,000 Covid cases a day by the middle of October […]
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Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has said the government will not apologise for its sudden decision to make British holiday makers enter 14 days quarantine on their return from Spain. Labour called last night’s (Saturday) snap announcement “shambolic” with British holiday makers left “confused and distressed” by the decision to take Spain off the Covid-19 safe-list […]
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Face masks will be compulsory for all passengers and front line staff on public transport from June 15 – two months after the mayor of London called for them to be made mandatory. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said people who do not wear a face mask could be fined or denied access to public transport […]
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Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed the congestion charge will resume on Monday (May 18) and soon rise to £15 per day, charged seven days a week. Free travel for under 18s, over 60s and disabled people will also be suspended as part of a £1.6 billion government bailout for London’s transport system that has […]
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Key worker tests for coronavirus have run out for a second day running as the government announced the UK’s official death toll from the disease passed 20,000. The latest figures report a total 20,319 deaths of hospital patients in the UK – a rise of 813 on the previous day, with home secretary Priti Patel […]
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Brexit will not be delayed by the coronavirus outbreak, a spokesman for the prime minister has confirmed, saying the UK will not ask for an extension to the transition period which expires on December 31, 2020. However, the outbreak could push the UK’s economy to the brink of recession, warned Goldman Sachs as the number […]
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The Court of Appeal has ruled expansion plans for Heathrow airport are “unlawful” because they do not take into account the UK’s climate change commitments. Friends of the Earth hailed the ruling as “an absolutely ground-breaking result for climate justice” with their head of legal, Will Rundle saying the “judgment has exciting wider implications for […]
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The prime minister has given England’s controversial high speed rail link the “green signal” despite widespread concerns from environmentalists and politicians about the £106 billion HS2 project. Boris Johnson told the House of Commons he is committed to the two sections of the project that will link Birmingham with London, Manchester and Leeds, and announced […]
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