France set to reveal plans for reopening UK border as almost 1,000 lorries wait to cross The Channel

Dover was plunged into a second night of chaos with up to 1,500 lorries now filling side streets and laybys and drivers facing the prospect of being stuck in their cabs on Christmas Day as they await the green light to cross the Channel to Europe. Emergency talks are ongoing this morning in a bid … Read more

Boris Johnson plans to test ALL lorry drivers taking goods across Channel

Which countries have banned flights from the UK?   France imposed an inbound travel ban from 11pm last night Spain will ban all entries from the UK except for Spanish nationals and residents from tomorrow  Germany, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Romania, Malta, Croatia, all suspended flights from the UK Italy blocked all flights from the UK until 6 … Read more

Chris Whitty says Covid hospital cases could match April peak by New Year 

We are ALL heading for Tier 4: Science chief’s warning as Chris Whitty says Covid hospital cases could match the April peak by New Year England put on notice for New Year lockdown amid warnings of mutant strain   Chris Whitty said number of Covid patients in hospital on course to match April Sir Patrick Vallance … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon plans to give Boris Johnson HAIRBRUSH for Christmas

Oh COMB All Ye Faithful! Nicola Sturgeon reveals she plans to give Boris Johnson a HAIRBRUSH for Christmas The First Minister made the joke at the coronavirus daily briefing today on TV Asked what she might buy she joked: ‘I am probably not one to talk but a brush’  It comes after last week when … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon reveals she plans to give Boris Johnson a HAIRBRUSH for Christmas

Oh COMB All Ye Faithful! Nicola Sturgeon reveals she plans to give Boris Johnson a HAIRBRUSH for Christmas The First Minister made the joke at the coronavirus daily briefing today on TV Asked what she might buy she joked: ‘I am probably not one to talk but a brush’  It comes after last week when … Read more

Tory MPs urge the Government to ‘come clean’ over new Covid strain

Boris Johnson is facing a mounting Tory rebellion over his latest coronavirus crackdown as Conservative MPs demand the Government recall Parliament so ministers can ‘come clean’ over the new mutant strain of the disease.  Senior Tory figures have blasted the Government’s decision to tighten Covid curbs over Christmas and to impose a new Tier 4 … Read more

ANNA MIKHAILOVA: So did Dominic Cummings wave through his own £45,000 pay hike? 

ANNA MIKHAILOVA: So did Dominic Cummings wave through his own £45,000 pay hike? By Anna Mikhailova For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 02:00 GMT, 20 December 2020 ‘The thing that officials will try hardest to do is convey to you that you have no role in personnel decisions … Read more

More than 350,000 people have been vaccinated by new Pfizer jab

More than 350,000 people have been vaccinated by the Pfizer/BioNTech jab in Britain, it was confirmed today, as hopes rise that Oxford University’s inoculation could be approved by the New Year. Boris Johnson announced the figure at a Downing Street briefing, where the Government also confirmed London and swathes of the South East will be placed … Read more

Boris cancels Xmas for a THIRD of England amid ‘mutant’ Covid fears

Where will be in the new Tier 4 from midnight?  Kent Buckinghamshire Berkshire Surrey (excluding Waverley) The boroughs of Gosport, Havant, Portsmouth, Rother and Hastings All 32 London boroughs and the city of London. Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes, Luton, Peterborough Hertfordshire Essex (excluding Colchester, Uttlesford and Tendring). Boris Johnson dramatically cancelled Christmas for millions … Read more