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LATEST
Prime Minister's Statement On Coronavirus (COVID-19): 26 November 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a statement at the coronavirus press conference. We now have reason to hope that by Spring, community testing and vaccines will combine to end this era of restrictions. But to get there we must first navigate a hard winter when the burden on our NHS is heaviest…
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Sculpting The Perfect Stay…
travel
Barclays-BDO Logistics Confidence Index Falls To Lowest Ever Level…
business
The Nature Of Christmas…
nature
Ho! Ho! Ho! - Santa Claus To Zoom Into Your Living Room…
family
Half Of UK SMEs Have Made No Preparations For Brexit…
business
Tiering Decisions To Be Made Through National Command Structure
All local authorities in England to be placed in one of 3 tiers based on the latest available data. The Health Secretary will today set out in Parliament the tier which each local authority in England will fall under, in line with the measures set out in the COVID-19 Winter…
9:38 AM 26th November 2020
UK-wide Christmas Arrangements Agreed By The UK Government And The Devolved Administrations
The UK Government and the Devolved Administrations have today agreed on joint arrangements for an easing of social restrictions that will allow friends and loved ones to reunite over the Christmas period. All four parts of the UK have signed off an aligned approach allowing up to three households to form…
9:05 PM 24th November 2020
Estonia And Latvia Removed From Travel Corridor List Of Exempt Countries
Aruba, Bhutan, Mongolia, the Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste added to list of travel corridors for the UK. Estonia and Latvia removed from of the UK’s travel corridor list as data shows a significant increase in confirmed cases Pacific Islands, Bhutan, Timor-Leste, Mongolia and Aruba added to the…
7:49 PM 26th November 2020
Foreign Secretary Statement Following A Meeting With The Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister
Following a discussion about the conflict in Ethiopia with the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has made the below statement. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said: "I met today with the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen to discuss the deeply concerning situation in the Tigray region.…
11:48 PM 25th November 2020
National Living Wage Increase To Protect Workers' Living Standards
The Government has today announced the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates which will come into force from April 2021. It accepted in full recommendations made by the Low Pay Commission at the end of October. The National Living Wage will increase by 2.2 per cent from…
4:25 PM 25th November 2020
Downing Street Christmas Tree Starts Its Journey From The North
A 20 ft tall Nordmann Fir has been prepared for the start of its journey to Downing Street from the award-winning York Christmas Trees. This family firm has the honour of providing the Christmas tree for Downing Street after winning Champion Christmas Tree Grower of the Year. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: …
11:59 AM 24th November 2020
Test To Release: England Introduces Testing Strategy For International Arrivals
Tests will be at the cost of the traveller to protect the capacity of NHS Test and Trace. testing strategy for passengers arriving into England to be introduced from 15 December 14-day self-isolation period reduced by up to two thirds on receipt of a negative COVID-19…
11:37 AM 24th November 2020
Prime Minister Publishes Covid Winter Plan
Prime Minister Boris Johnson today published the government's COVID Winter Plan. National restrictions to end on 2 December, with England returning to local tiers Shops, gyms, personal care, and leisure to reopen, whilst collective worship, weddings and outdoor sports can resume Tiers toughened in some areas to…
6:07 PM 23rd November 2020
Government Welcomes The MHRA Review Into Pfizer And BioNTech Vaccine
UK’s independent regulator to evaluate latest data from Pfizer and BioNTech to ensure the quality, safety and effectiveness of the vaccine meets the standards required. The UK has ordered 40 million vaccine doses from Pfizer/BioNTech – enough for up to a third of the population …
3:07 PM 23rd November 2020
Homecare Workers To Be Tested Weekly For COVID-19
Care workers looking after people in their own homes will be offered weekly coronavirus tests from Monday, the government has announced. Registered carers looking after people in their own homes will be able to access weekly coronavirus tests Care providers will be able to…
12:57 PM 22nd November 2020
PM: G20 Must Work Together To Defeat The Pandemic And Protect The Planet
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will attend the virtual G20 Summit this weekend. The Prime Minister will urge G20 leaders to take more ambitious action to defeat the pandemic and address climate change, as he attends a virtual summit this weekend. Hosted by Saudi Arabia, the G20 Summit will bring together world…
2:00 PM 21st November 2020
'To Travel Hopefully' : Stations Of The Mind
An image of the north concourse of Leeds Station, inadvertently seen online, reminded me of better days. The supple architectural elegance of this 1930s vision is the conduit through which so many journeys have begun, a wide corridor of hopes and dreams. And gorgeous it is, an art deco cathedral…
3:10 AM 20th November 2020
Extra UK Support To Central American Hurricane Response
Picture: IFRC/Honduran Red Cross
The UK is providing vital disaster recovery kit – including shelter, cooking and sanitation kits - and £1 million to Red Cross appeal Royal Fleet Auxiliary Argus ship arrives off the coast of Honduras to aid relief efforts Caribbean coast…
8:39 PM 18th November 2020
Opinion
I'm A Nonentity - Get Me Out Of Here!
Roger Winterbottom
Features Writer
With the departure from Downing Street of the Prime Minister’s chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, it has been reported that the PM is searching for “a new team to run the government”. Might I suggest Keir Starmer and the Labour Party? Or, failing that, Big Sam Allardyce is always available. He…
12:04 PM 17th November 2020
Government Secures 5 Million Doses Of Moderna Vaccine
Vaccine could be delivered to the UK from Spring 2021. Government concludes negotiations with Moderna to secure access to 5 million doses of its promising coronavirus vaccine vaccine could be delivered to the UK from Spring 2021, if approved by the medicines regulator …
10:22 AM 17th November 2020
UK Aid And Military Support Sent To Central America In Wake Of Hurricane Eta
UK aid and RFA Argus deployed to Central America in response to Hurricane Eta. More than two million people have been affected by the devastating hurricane. UK relief effort to focus on urgent humanitarian aid, including shelter kits and food,…
1:12 AM 14th November 2020
Walking And Cycling Alliance Welcomes Government Funding And Addresses Low Traffic Neighbourhoods Myths
The UK’s leading walking and cycling organisations are backing plans to get more people walking and cycling, as the Government today (13 November) announces the second round of its Active Travel Fund. The Walking and Cycling Alliance sets out the urgent case for Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, and uses evidence and case…
12:19 PM 13th November 2020
Not Another Friday The 13th!
Friday the 13th happens in a month that starts with a Sunday. This can happen at least once a year, but can happen up to three times in one year. This happened in 2012 and 2015. We have one coming up this week. How often does the 13th day of…
9:00 PM 12th November 2020
Greece Removed From Travel Corridor List Of Exempt Countries, Apart From Corfu, Crete, Rhodes, Zakynthos And Kos
all of Greece apart from Corfu, Crete, Rhodes, Zakynthos and Kos removed from list of travel corridors for the UK following data showing a significant increase in confirmed cases UAE, Qatar, Turks and Caicos Islands, Laos, Iceland, Cambodia, Chile, and Bahrain added to list of Travel Corridors…
9:04 AM 12th November 2020
Military Wives Choir Commemorate The 100 Year Journey Of The Unknown Warrior
To commemorate the 100 Year Journey of the Unknown Warrior, members of the Military Wives Choirs from across the country have re-recorded a hymn sung at the funeral itself in 1920. ‘Abide with Me’ was one of two tracks to survive experimental recording at the original ceremony to become the…
10:46 AM 11th November 2020
More Rapid COVID-19 Tests To Be Rolled Out Across England
600,000 lateral flow tests to be sent out this week to kick-start the significant expansion of testing, followed by weekly local allocations. Next stage of partnership between NHS Test and Trace and local directors of public health will enable increased testing of priority and high-risk groups in…
12:30 PM 10th November 2020
Nominate A Charity To Receive A Festive Financial Boost
Specialist insurer, Ecclesiastical, will be giving 120 different charities an early Christmas gift of a £1,000 donation. Ten lucky winners will be announced each weekday from 7 to 22 December. Hope Animal Shelter, Maxi's Mates and Saint Catherine’s Hospice were some beneficiaries in 2019, following overwhelming public support. Once again, Ecclesiastical is inviting…
12:12 PM 10th November 2020
PM Call With President-elect Biden Of The United States: 10 November 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke with President-elect Joe Biden of the United States. In a call this afternoon the Prime Minister warmly congratulated Joe Biden on his election as President of the United States. The Prime Minister also conveyed his congratulations to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on her historic achievement. They discussed…
9:31 AM 10th November 2020
Nation Falls Silent For Remembrance Sunday
The UK will fall silent today as the country marks the annual Remembrance Sunday Service. Members of the Royal Family to attend National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph Government unveils ways for the public to get involved with Remembrance Sunday from the safety of their own…
9:52 AM 8th November 2020
Opinion
Make America Grate Again
Richard Trinder
Editor
"Pussy grabbing misogynistic narcissist seeks employment in high office. Willing to work anywhere without a USA extradition treaty." Sorry as job applications go this one simply won't cut the mustard. So, Mr T, you'd better cling on to your current job - with all its legal defence mechanisms, levers of…
10:31 AM 7th November 2020
Measures To Protect England From New COVID-19 Strain Extended
Freight exemption removed, so UK haulage drivers arriving from Denmark are now required to self-isolate on entry to England. exemption for non-UK resident freight drivers removed, so those who have travelled from or through Denmark in the last 14 days can no longer enter UK passenger planes and…
9:59 AM 7th November 2020
Foreign Secretary Statement On US Presidential Election
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab comments on result of the US Presidential Election. Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, said: "My congratulations to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on winning this election, with more votes than any candidate in US history. President Trump fought hard in what proved a close…
8:33 AM 7th November 2020
Opinion
Just Biden My Time
Richard Trinder
Editor
As a model of patience, Joe Biden, almost President elect, takes some beating. With over 74,000,000 votes cast in his favour - and not all yet counted - Biden is refraining from making brash public statements about his likely success. Rather he favours a cool, measured, pedestrian meandering up to…
7:31 AM 7th November 2020
A Symbol Of Remembrance And Hope
Remembrance Day is sometimes referred to as Poppy Day or Armistice Day. This is observed on the 11 November every year, as on that date in 1918 the hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month". It is a memorial day which is observed…
12:00 PM 6th November 2020
Opinion
Lockdown Part II: The Unwanted Sequel
The government has finally bowed to the inevitable and announced The Lockdown Part II, just in time to make a big impact in the box office at Christmas. More unwanted than a sequel to Waterworld; less eagerly anticipated than Hot Tub Time Machine 2; more unremittingly awful than Highlander II:…
4:20 AM 4th November 2020
Blackpool To Turn Off The Illuminations During Lockdown
Graham Clark
Features Writer
Statement regarding Blackpool Illuminations It is with regret that the 2020 Blackpool Illuminations will be switched off at midnight on Wednesday 4 November and the display suspended until further notice due to the national lockdown restrictions due to come into effect the following day. The Blackpool Tower, which has become a symbol…
3:56 PM 2nd November 2020
TUC And FSB Join Forces To Stop Nightmare Friday 13th Cut In Support For Covid-impacted Self-employed
Andrew Palmer
Business Editor
Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) and Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) are together urging the government to halt a planned cut in Universal Credit support payments to thousands of struggling self-employed workers. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is on course to reinstate from Friday 13 November a flawed formula…
7:30 AM 2nd November 2020
Prime Minister Announces New National Restrictions
From Thursday, everyone must stay at home, with a limited set of exemptions. With the NHS weeks from being overwhelmed, and a higher death toll than the first wave predicted without new restrictions, the Prime Minister, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Scientific Advisor, and Cabinet agreed there was no alternative to tougher…
10:22 PM 1st November 2020
Prime Minister's Statement On Coronavirus (COVID-19): 31 October 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a statement at the coronavirus press conference. Good evening and apologies for disturbing your Saturday evening with more news of Covid and I can assure you I wouldn’t do it unless it was absolutely necessary. First I will hand over to Chris and then Patrick who will…
8:52 PM 31st October 2020
Halloween Sees A Rare Treat Of A Blue Moon
How rare is a full moon on Halloween? On Saturday when we celebrate Halloween there will be an unusual celestial event to grace our skies when a Blue Moon rises. This rare event only happens seven times every 19 years, which means the next one will be on 31…
10:51 AM 31st October 2020
Cyprus And Lithuania Removed From The Travel Corridor List Of Exempt Countries
From 4am Sunday 1 November, people arriving in the UK from Cyprus or Lithuania will need to self-isolate. w80[ Cyprus and Lithuania removed from list of travel corridors for the UK following data showing a significant increase in confirmed cases no countries added to list…
12:23 PM 30th October 2020
Attack In Nice, 29 October 2020: Foreign Secretary's Statement
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab gave a statement following the attack at the Notre-Dame Basilica in Nice. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said: "The UK stands with France today in sorrow, shock and solidarity at the horrifying events in Nice. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families and…
4:49 PM 29th October 2020
Huddersfield Charity Secures £100,000 Grant From Barclays
Sudden – the charitable service based in Huddersfield, has secured a £100,000 grant from Barclays to support its efforts to help people and communities most impacted by COVID-19. Sudden is a service for people who have been bereaved by a death that happened unexpectedly, from COVID-19, an undiagnosed medical condition,…
6:08 AM 28th October 2020
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