West End restaurateurs have slammed the enforced closure brought on by Tier 3 as they throw out bags and boxes of unused food – as police officer and Covid-19 volunteers cleared away the last of London’s drinkers. Millions of pounds worth of food could go to waste as a result of the capital going into … Read more
Pressure is mounting on Matt Hancock to publish details of how many people have been given the coronavirus vaccine. Last week the Health Secretary proclaimed the approval of the Pfizer jab would see the vaccination of ‘millions by the end of the year’. But eight days in and officials have confirmed only that ‘tens of … Read more
Questions are being raised about No10’s decision to put London in a Tier Three lockdown from midnight tonight as official NHS data shows only one trust is busier than last winter and hospitals across the capital are quieter than usual. The Government’s online Covid tracker also reveals the average number of daily deaths in the … Read more
Ministers ‘will split’ low-infection rural areas from nearby urban hotspots in tier review tomorrow to avoid massive Tory revolt as Sadiq Khan warns moving London into tier 3 will be ‘catastrophic for our businesses’ The Government will carry out its first formal review of the tier system tomorrow Ministers have raised prospect of ‘decoupling’ rural … Read more
Londoners have sat down to enjoy their last pub pints before Christmas – as industry experts warn more than 160,000 jobs in the hospitality industry have been put at risk by the move into Tier 3. London and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire will be put under Tier Three curbs from tonight. The announcement was … Read more
Londoners have sat down to enjoy their last pub pints before Christmas – as industry experts warn more than 160,000 jobs in the hospitality industry have been put at risk by the move into Tier 3. London and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire will be put under Tier Three curbs from tonight. The announcement was … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has urged Britons to consider pre-isolating now before meeting vulnerable elderly relatives at Christmas to lessen the risk. Covid lockdown rules are set to be eased to allow up to three households to form a ‘bubble’ for five days over the festive period. But Mr Hancock said people should be cautious ‘two … Read more
Some 61 per cent of England’s population will be under Tier 3 after vast swathes of the South East are thrust into the harshest set of Covid restrictions from midnight tonight. Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the Commons that the tough new rules will come into effect in London just after midnight on Wednesday morning, … Read more
Grim Reaper Matt Hancock prefaced his Commons announcement of yet another ruinous lockdown in London, Hertfordshire and Essex with a blood-curdling warning about a new super strain of coronavirus which has just been identified by ‘the science’. Presumably, this ingenious variant only attacks people in pubs not gyms, and restaurants not shops. Even so, it’s … Read more
Victims of a doctor who used a ‘truth serum’ to paralyse and rape at least 130 children as young as ten at a psychiatric hospital in the 1960s and 70s have received an apology from Matt Hancock. Children at Derby psychiatric hospital Aston Hall were drugged, stripped and abused at the hands of Dr Kenneth … Read more