Last minute mathematics bungles, using the Les Miserables soundtrack as a rallying cry and explosive negotiations worthy of being streamed on Netflix all managed to get a Brexit deal over the line. Four-and-a-half years after Brits voted to leave the EU, Boris Johnson yesterday announced that a trade deal had finally been agreed. The Prime … Read more
Business leaders today welcomed the ‘crucially important’ post-Brexit free trade deal between the UK and EU, saying households could breathe a ‘collective sigh of relief’. The British Retail Consortium hailed the agreement after months of talks and frantic last-minute wrangling, saying that four-fifths of UK food imports come from the bloc. The Christmas Eve deal was … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak quit London 24 hours ahead of capital’s Tier 4 travel ban to spend Christmas in his Richmond constituency Chancellor swapped Downing Street for North Yorkshire last Friday afternoon The next day Boris Johnson introduced Tier 4 with travel ban on the capital On Monday Labour demanded a public statement on economic support By David … Read more
What are the rules of the new South Africa travel ban? From 9am today, visitors arriving into England who have been in or travelled through South Africa in the previous 10 days will not be permitted entry and direct flights will be banned. British and Irish Nationals, visa holders and permanent residents arriving from South … Read more
A Polish lorry driver has told how he had to make the heartbreaking call to his pregnant wife and daughters telling them he was unlikely to make it home for Christmas, and would instead be spending it in his cab stuck on the A20 in Dover. Wojtek Golawski is one of thousands of truckers stranded … Read more
A Polish lorry driver told tonight how he had to make the heartbreaking call to his pregnant wife and daughters telling them he was unlikely to make it home for Christmas, and would instead be spending it in his cab stuck on the A20 in Dover. Wojtek Golawski is one of thousands of truckers stranded … Read more
Children will return to face-to-face lessons in January, a senior minister claimed today amid claims that some schools may remain shut until February. Communities Minister Robert Jenrick said that classes would restart in person in ‘the first few weeks of January’, with teachers administering Covid tests to pupils to cut down on disruption. His comments … Read more
Schools could be closed for all of January amid fears that the mutant coronavirus strain spreads more easily among children. With cases surging in many parts of the country, Downing Street sources admitted yesterday that it was ‘too early’ to guarantee all pupils would be back in their classrooms by January 11. Officials told the … Read more
Which countries have banned flights from the UK? EU All flights from UK banned – Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden. UK travellers allowed with a negative test – Cyprus, Greece. Still allowing own nationals to enter – Greece, Portugal, Spain. REST OF EUROPE All flights from … Read more
Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen held secret Brexit trade talks over the phone yesterday as the EU and the UK ‘inch closer to a compromise on crunch issue of fishing’ Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen discussed Brexit in phone call yesterday Previously undisclosed phone call came amid signs of progress on … Read more