EFL and National League clubs warn Oliver Dowden warning they are on the verge of financial collapse

EFL and National League clubs are on the verge of financial ruin and preparing to cease playing, the Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has been warned, after return of fans to stadiums was delayed and with no rescue plan in place By Pa Reporter Published: 11:34 BST, 28 September 2020 | Updated: 11:36 BST, 28 September … Read more

Premier League condemn Government rule to keep fans out of stadiums

Premier League at WAR with Government over fan ban ruling to keep supporters out of stadiums as football is SNUBBED over cash aid package for sport The Premier League is not happy with the decision to keep fans from matches The Government indicated football is unlikely to receive sport rescue funding Lower league clubs fear … Read more

Premier League clubs fear return of crowds to stadiums will be pushed back to NOVEMBER

Premier League clubs fear that games could be played behind closed doors until November as the Government desperately tries to stop a second coronavirus wave. Along with football, other major sports have voiced their concerns over when they will be able to get spectators safely back inside grounds, with the initially planned return date of … Read more

Government is planning ‘SEAT out to help out’ plan to get theatres and stadiums open

Government is planning ‘SEAT out to help out’ plan with cut-price tickets to get theatres open and fans back in sports grounds Ministers are looking at plans encouraging crowds into theatres and stadiums The Eat Out To Help Out scheme could be reformed into ‘Seat Out To Help Out’ One idea is discounted meals on … Read more

Audiences could have to walk through metal detector-style arches spraying disinfectant

Audiences could have to walk through metal detector-style arches spraying disinfectant mist as they enter music venues and theatres under raft of new Covid measures to get doors open Plans for the arches have been promoted by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber Recently met with Oliver Dowden, the Culture Secretary, to see them in action  Welcomed … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Venues may have metal detector-style arches

Audiences could have to walk through metal detector-style arches spraying disinfectant mist as they enter music venues and theatres under raft of new Covid measures to get doors open Plans for the arches have been promoted by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber Recently met with Oliver Dowden, the Culture Secretary, to see them in action  Welcomed … Read more

China accuses Britain of colluding with the US to ‘discriminate’ against Huawei

China accuses Britain of colluding with the US to ‘discriminate’ against Huawei and kick it out of the UK’s 5G network as Beijing warns there will be ‘retaliation’ UK Government announced yesterday Huawei will be banned from 5G network The Chinese tech giant’s equipment will be stripped out of the network by 2027 Beijing accused … Read more

HENRY DEEDES sees the Huawei deal go up in smoke 

From the House of Commons yesterday there came the familiar sound of screeching tyres, followed by rising smoke and the lingering aroma of scorched rubber. Not for the first time this summer the Government was embarking on another fast paced U-turn. The unfortunate minister yanking up the handbrake this time was Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden. … Read more

Here’s what the UK’s Huawei decision means for mobile services

In a long-rumoured announcement today, the UK government revealed that Chinese technology company Huawei will be banned from the UK’s 5G network. As announced by Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, purchasing any new Huawei 5G equipment will be prohibited in the UK after December 31 this year and all of its hardware will then be removed … Read more

Boris Johnson prepares to bow to Tory revolt by AXING Huawei from 5G

Tories heralded a ‘long march’ away from Beijing’s influence today as Boris Johnson prepares to announce that Huawei is being axed from the UK’s 5G network. Despite threats of ‘consequences’, the PM is expected to declare that telecoms firms will be banned from installing new equipment supplied by the Chinese tech giant by Christmas. Companies will … Read more

Ministers are braced for backlash when they confirm Huawei is banned from involvement in 5G network

Ministers are braced for backlash from Beijing when they confirm today that Huawei is banned from involvement in UK’s 5G network Telecoms firms to be banned on installing new equipment supplied by Huawei Huawei executives held talks with officials in the hope of watering down plans BT boss says it could take ten years to … Read more

Britons welcome the return of gyms with hilarious memes as Duncan Bannatyne praises ‘important’ news

Locked-down Britons with bulging stomach lines have been sharing hilarious memes as excitement for the reopening of indoor gyms this month mounts. After months of ‘letting themselves go’ during the coronavirus pandemic, fitness lovers were given a welcome boost yesterday when Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden told them indoor gyms could reopen on July 25.  Gym-goers … Read more