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Shops are preparing for a ‘Wild Wednesday’ spending spree when the national lockdown ends tomorrow. Customers can expect sales and longer opening hours over the festive period as retailers desperately try to plug the financial black hole left by restrictions. Some hubs have even hired extra security to deal with an influx of shoppers, with Primark … Read more
Britain’s delayed response to the coronavirus in March saw the epidemic accelerate faster then some European nations that locked down earlier, a study has found. A mathematical paper by Professor Christopher Dye of the University of Oxford looked at 30 nations and assessed their outbreaks based on Covid deaths. In the data, the researchers found … Read more
Keir Starmer warned Boris Johnson there were ‘real risks’ his new tiers plan to follow the lockdown would not work to half the spread of coronavirus today. The Opposition Leader tore into the Prime Minister in the Commons ahead of tonight’s vote to approve the stiffened system when lockdown ends at midnight. Labour will abstain … Read more
Leicester hasn’t yet been able to start mass testing for Covid because of a logistical blunder that has meant 10,000 rapid swab kits local officials received are currently unusable, it was claimed today. Matt Hancock promised that areas put into Tier Three local lockdowns would get access to rapid Covid testing when the national lockdown … Read more
Rita Ora’s mother Vera was pictured visiting her daughter’s London home on Tuesday, a day after the singer apologised for hosting a 30th birthday party in defiance of lockdown rules. Vera, 56, is a psychiatrist who returned to the NHS in March 2020 to support A&E doctors during the coronavirus pandemic. It was during the UK’s … Read more
Welsh pubs and breweries have today demanded to see ‘scientific evidence’ that coronavirus is being spread in pubs and restaurants. Beleaguered landlords are facing yet another blow as Wales is plunged into lockdown again, just weeks after restrictions were lifted. But now bosses have issued rallying cry and want the Welsh government to provide ‘proof’ … Read more
Experts have warned of a spike in cats and dogs being abandoned after two million British millennials bought a pet during the coronavirus pandemic. The RSPCA is ‘bracing for a spike in abandonments and call-outs as life returns to normal and as the recession hits some households.’ Animal welfare expert Dr Samantha Gaines added: ‘Life … Read more
The Undoing Sky Atlantic, last night Rating: 4/5 Did you guess it? There seemed to be as many possible solutions to this nationwide game of Cluedo as there were characters. No need to give it away, for those waiting to watch on catch-up. In any case, the identity of the murderer is almost incidental. Was … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer was accused of ‘playing politics’ in the middle of the pandemic after he ordered his MPs to sit out a crucial vote tonight on the rules that will replace lockdown. Labour will abstain on the Commons vote on whether to adopt the stiffened three-tier system wanted by the Government, a move that … Read more
The Undoing Sky Atlantic, last night Rating: 4/5 Did you guess it? There seemed to be as many possible solutions to this nationwide game of Cluedo as there were characters. No need to give it away, for those waiting to watch on catch-up. In any case, the identity of the murderer is almost incidental. Was … Read more