Matt Hancock has revealed a “new variant of coronavirus” may be driving the spread of Covid that will see the south east of England moved into tier 3 restrictions from 00.01hrs on Wednesday. The health secretary told the Commons the “very sharp, exponential rises” in cases requires London and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire to […]
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Anti-lockdown protestors have gathered at Trafalgar Square as the prime minister toils in Downing Street to devise a response to alarming rises in Covid-19. Police have clashed with anti-maskers, anti-vaxxers, 5G conspiracists, pro-cannabis activists and anti-lockdown protestors in London who have congregated in their thousands for today’s “Resist and Act For Freedom” rally in the […]
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Tiktok’s plans to base its international headquarters in the UK are in doubt after the Chinese social-media giant pulled back from talks with the government. ByteDance – the parent company of the video sharing app used by 13 million people in the UK alone – has been in talks for months with the Department for […]
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The United Kingdom has deferred a plan to install clean air zones in some areas in the cities following the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus. Called Clean air zones (CAZ), the projects were supposed to be installed this year in Birmingham, Leeds and Bath, to bar the dirtiest vehicles from urban centres by charges. […]
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Three London based companies have sent staff home to reduce their “risk of exposure” to the coronavirus. Media firm OMD UK joined Crossrail and Chevron in temporarily closing its offices and asking staff to work from home. OMD UK closed its Fitzrovia Office today (Wednesday) when an employee, recently returned from Singapore and Australia, started […]
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Boris Johnson has been criticised for trying to make “political mileage” from the attack in London that saw a known and convicted tag-wearing terrorist kill two people in the capital. Usman Khan, 28, stabbed a man and a woman to death and injured three others in the knife attack in London Bridge, before he was […]
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London police have raided an Extinction Rebellion building and made arrests ahead of Monday’s environmental protests in the capital. Retired senior police officers have joined the climate activist group and will also face arrest when demonstrators try to emulate April’s protests and bring parts of London to a halt. Extinction Rebellion (XR) protestors said they […]
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