Frustrated MPs are ‘turning their House of Commons offices into secret bars’

Frustrated MPs are ‘turning their House of Commons offices into secret bars’ after Parliament’s alcohol ban Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle banned alcohol sales in the Commons this month  Some MPs have been filling their fridges with wine & beers & throwing parties Commons authorities are investigating claims that renegade Tories plan to turn their offices … Read more

Frustrated MPs are ‘turning their House of Commons offices into secret bars’

Frustrated MPs are ‘turning their House of Commons offices into secret bars’ after Parliament’s alcohol ban Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle banned alcohol sales in the Commons this month  Some MPs have been filling their fridges with wine & beers & throwing parties Commons authorities are investigating claims that renegade Tories plan to turn their offices … Read more

Two week circuit breaker lockdowns ‘do not work’, say experts

Experts have warned that two-week circuit breaker lockdowns ‘do not work’ as they point to Scotland’s extension of their coronavirus restrictions.   Nicola Sturgeon introduced a 16-day circuit-breaker which forced pubs and licensed restaurants in five health board areas across the central belt to close – impacting 3.4 million people – earlier this month. The temporary measures, … Read more

WATCH: Video footage emerges of the seven Barbarians players breaking Covid rules with pub drinking

WATCH: Video footage emerges of the seven Barbarians players – including Chris Robshaw – breaking Covid rules with pub drinking session leading to England showdown at Twickenham being called off RFU chiefs pulled the England vs Barbarian game after two separate breaches  Rugby Onslaught has now seen a video of several players drinking in a … Read more

WATCH: Video footage emerges of the seven Barbarians players breaking Covid rules with pub drinking

WATCH: Video footage emerges of the seven Barbarians players – including Chris Robshaw – breaking Covid rules with pub drinking session leading to England showdown at Twickenham being called off RFU chiefs pulled the England vs Barbarian game after two separate breaches  Rugby Onslaught has now seen a video of several players drinking in a … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon unveils new harsher FIVE ‘Tier’ lockdown system

Scotland’s new 0-4  tier system First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Level 0 will see most businesses open and eight people from three households able to meet indoors. This becomes restricted to six people from two households at Level 2, while other measures would be close to those seen across the country in September. Level 2 … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon unveils new harsher FIVE ‘Tier’ lockdown system

The First Minister has been hit with a wave of anger after it emerged she wants to take a harsher approach than the PM, with more levels of curbs to tackle the pandemic Nicola Sturgeon raised the spectre of the whole of Scotland being placed into the toughest level of a new five-tier lockdown system today … Read more

Alcohol: Number of Britons who gave up smoking more than DOUBLED after lockdown

Many studies have shown a low prevalence of smokers in hospitals with COVID-19.  When smokers do get diagnosed with the virus, however, they appear to be more likely to get so sick that they need ventilation, two studies in the review showed.  If the findings are proven, scientists say it’s likely that it is not … Read more

Coronavirus Scotland: Landlords want alcohol BANNED in supermarkets

Furious Scottish landlords are today calling on Nicola Sturgeon to ban alcohol sales in supermarkets and off-licences as the nation’s hospitality chiefs launch legal action against Covid-19 restrictions imposed on the trade by Holyrood. Don Lawson, owner of the Inverness bar Johnny Foxes, proposed the drastic measure to preserve the ‘livelihoods of hundreds of thousands … Read more

You won’t get stout of your mind: Guinness launches alcohol-free version

Guinness launches alcohol-free version after four-year bid to replicate its distinctive flavour Guinness launches alcohol free version after working on it for four years The Irish brewer will add a cold filtration stage at the end to remove the alcohol Draught Guinness 0.0 is due to be available in pubs as soon as the new year  … Read more