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Weddings CAN go ahead indoors for 15 people at hotels and other licensed premises from April 12 after ministers relent – but receptions must still be outdoors Wedding industry had vented fury that larger events might not return on April 12 Roadmap says that up to 15 people are able to attend when rules are … Read more
Tory MPs have vowed to carry a pint of milk around as a symbol of protest against draconian coronavirus laws – amid warnings Boris Johnson will face demands to recall Parliament if he announces crunch decisions on lockdown during the Easter recess. In a slightly surreal act of defiance, Sir Charles Walker has insisted he … Read more
Britain’s international travel ban will probably stay in place until Europe’s vaccine drive picks up pace, SAGE adviser says Sir Jeremy Farrar said the biggest threat to the UK now came from abroad Wellcome Trust chief added the continent was facing a ‘terrible month or two’ Ministers are yet to approve holidays this summer with … Read more
More Britons think vaccine passports should be brought in for people using gyms than those visiting hospitals or GP surgeries, a poll has found. Fifty-six per cent of respondents want the certificates to be enforced for those wanting to work out while only 43 per cent say they should be needed at medical centres, the … Read more
OneWeb, the satellite communications firm partly owned by the UK government, has launched another 36 satellites into orbit as part of its constellation. The British firm, which is also partly owned by Indian multinational Bharti, will operate broadband to remote areas of the world similar to Starlink by SpaceX. The latest 36 satellites were launched … Read more
The Union flag is to be flown on all UK Government buildings every day in a bid to unite the nation, new guidance has set out. At present, Union flags are only required to be flown on all UK Government buildings on designated days, but the new guidance from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media … Read more
Matt Hancock today unveiled a new pandemic-fighting body that will replace Public Health England and protect the UK in the face of future disease outbreaks. The Health Secretary said the UK Health Security Agency will begin work next month and its ‘sole job’ will be to ‘plan, prevent and respond to external threats to health’. … Read more
Why the latest gloom about holidays abroad? The Government said on Monday that anyone trying to leave the UK ‘without a reasonable excuse’ will be fined £5,000. That sounds severe. But isn’t it already illegal to leave the country? Yes, but the current Stay at Home law ends on March 29 so new legislation is … Read more
The RAF is to lose 114 manned aircraft including Typhoon jets under the defence review announced today that puts faith in drones. Under plans unveiled by the Government today a vast slew of fighters, transport aircraft, trainers and helicopters will be phased out over the next few years. They will be replaced by the next … Read more
Theresa May defended firing Gavin Williamson as defence secretary over a leak from a security meeting about Huawei today, saying his departure allowed security officials to ‘speak freely’ again. The former prime minister said that the 2019 incident in which material from a National Security Council meeting about the Chinese tech giant was leaked to the … Read more