Embarrassment for Health Secretary Matt Hancock as London GP surgery he visits to promote the launch of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine roll-out reveals it HASN’T GOT ANY Minister visited the Bloomsbury Surgery in central London this morning Said Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine being supplied to GPs across the country But surgery partner said its first delivery had … Read more
Former prime minister Tony Blair today backed demands for laptops and tablets to be given to hundreds of thousands of children who face their schools closing in the face of a surge in Covid infections. He was joined by three former education secretaries in urging Boris Johnson to help the poorest children who face an … Read more
Twitter users have found the funny side with large areas of the Midlands, North and South West set to join London and the South East in Tier 4. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the new last review of coronavirus rules in the Commons today, meaning more than three-quarters of England will be under the harshest … Read more
England’s tour of Sri Lanka plunged into further doubt after new Covid-19 strain discovered in South Africa… with Mickey Arthur’s team currently gearing up for two Tests against the Proteas in Centurion and Galle A further strain of Covid-19 has been discovered in South Africa England’s recent tour of South Africa ended due to positive … Read more
Record-breaking female jockey Hollie Doyle fears for the future of racing due Covid-19 restrictions closing stadiums and betting shops New Tier 4 restrictions could remain in place for many months to come Sport must take place behind closed doors and betting shops have to close The latest shutdown is a huge blow ahead of the … Read more
Businesses in Tier 1 Hereford and Tier 3 St Albans have revealed how changing Covid rules have left them facing very different prospects over Christmas. Health Secretary Matt Hancock yesterday plunged millions more Brits into lockdown amid growing coronavirus cases across the country. Hertfordshire was moved from Tier 2 restrictions up to Tier 3, joining … Read more
King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day will be held WITHOUT FANS after Surrey moved into tier three coronavirus restrictions By Kieran Jackson For Mailonline Published: 12:40 GMT, 17 December 2020 | Updated: 12:40 GMT, 17 December 2020 Kempton’s Boxing Day highlight featuring the King George VI Chase will take place without fans … Read more
London could be put into Tier 3 TODAY: Matt Hancock will announce restrictions update in Commons this afternoon- as MPs are told coronavirus cases in the capital and the Home Counties are ‘off the chart’ By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 11:44 GMT, 14 December 2020 | Updated: 11:44 GMT, 14 December 2020 … Read more
New Year’s Eve parties are OFF: Matt Hancock dashes hopes for December 31 as he insists rules will only be relaxed ‘for Christmas’ and tells the nation ‘don’t blow it with the vaccine on the horizon’ Matt Hancock said relaxed rules to allow families to meet are ‘just for Christmas’ Health Secretary ruled out extending … Read more
Coronavirus vaccines will be rolled out in care homes before Christmas, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has promised. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) put care home residents at the top of its priority list for the jabs. But they were not among the 5,000 or so Britons who were vaccinated today as the … Read more
And so came the tiers. There was no actual blubbing in the chamber when Matt Hancock announced his post-lockdown restrictions yesterday. Some Tory MPs looked jolly close to turning on the waterworks though. Blimey, were they cross! The Health Secretary had just announced that all of them – barring members for Cornwall, the Isles of … Read more
Boris Johnson today insisted that MPs should not get a pay rise in the spring as No10 hinted it could block the Commons watchdog’s plans. Downing Street waded into the row amid a furious backlash at the idea politicians could receive more money while the wider public sector faces a freeze and coronavirus hammers the … Read more
Care homes desperately need more funding to enable family visits this Christmas, a major report concluded yesterday. Ninety-four per cent of care home managers are trying to arrange visits but the cost of making it happen is an enormous barrier, the National Care Forum (NCF) found. It said an urgent injection of Government funding is … Read more