York could become first electric-car only city

York could become Britain’s first electric car-only city as local officials push to ban petrol and diesel vehicles when the lockdown is lifted Councillors want York to become the United Kingdom’s first zero-emissions city The city is already due to ban private car journeys in the area by as soon as 2023  After the lockdown … Read more

Coronavirus contact tracing app will start Isle of Wight trials this week

Trials of the contact-tracing app the NHS will use to help Britain come out of coronavirus lockdown will begin on the Isle of Wight this week. The app, which will monitor whether someone has been close to a person diagnosed with COVID-19, is a vital part of the Government’s ‘test, track and trace’ approach. It … Read more

Grant Shapps says foreign arrivals could FINALLY be quarantined over coronavirus risk

Foreign arrivals to UK could FINALLY be quarantined and forced to install NHS contact tracing app to lower the risk of bringing in a new wave of coronavirus, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps reveals The UK has been very much an outlier by not insisting arrivals are checked   Airport arrivals are advised to self-isolate but there … Read more

Coronavirus contact tracing app will go into testing on Isle of Wight this week

Coronavirus contact tracing app will go into testing on Isle of Wight this week ahead of UK rollout this month NHSX app will be tested on the Isle of Wight this week, Grant Shapps revealed  Smartphone app will be ‘completely confidential’ with data seen by NHS staff  It will need to be downloaded by more … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Isle of Wight hospital to get supplies by drone

Isle of Wight hospital to get emergency supplies via DRONE from British mainland as Transport Secretary Grant Shapps reveals an £8million trial programme has been brought forward to next week The flights will link the Solent ports and St Mary’s Hospital near Newport The drone flights across the Solent shipping channel will begin next week … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Isle of Wight hospital to get supplies by drone

Isle of Wight hospital to get emergency supplies via DRONE from British mainland as Transport Secretary Grant Shapps reveals an £8million trial programme has been brought forward to next week The flights will link the Solent ports and St Mary’s Hospital near Newport The drone flights across the Solent shipping channel will begin next week … Read more

Yet more senior Tories line up to blast government’s handling of lockdown exit strategy

Ministers are underestimating the public by refusing to discuss exit strategies for ending the coronavirus lockdown, senior Tory MPs have warned. The Government has set out what needs to happen before it will consider lifting the measures, but there has been no detail on how the easing of restrictions will take place. Tory backbenchers and … Read more

Yet more senior Tories line up to blast government’s handling of lockdown exit strategy

Ministers are underestimating the public by refusing to discuss exit strategies for ending the coronavirus lockdown, senior Tory MPs have warned. The Government has set out what needs to happen before it will consider lifting the measures, but there has been no detail on how the easing of restrictions will take place. Tory backbenchers and … Read more

Air filters will be installed on London buses

Air filters are going be installed on buses in a bid to protect drivers, it has been revealed today.  The technology will be installed on 100 London buses which are used to take ferry patients to and from hospitals, according to The Times.   The AirBubbl air filtration system supplied by technology company AirLabs can remove … Read more

UK won’t get to see a coronavirus ‘exit plan’ for at least TWO WEEKS despite economic meltdown fears

Ministers have been accused of ‘treating the public like children’ by refusing to discuss how they may steer the UK out of lockdown – as Scotland’s first minister Nicola Surgeon promises to set out an exit strategy next week.     Alok Sharma, the business secretary, claimed that discussing an exit plan detailing how restrictions may come … Read more