Day: November 23, 2020
Leaders from England’s north warn PM over revised Covid curbs
November 23, 2020Millions more people in England will be subject to tougher coronavirus restrictions that could last at least four months, Boris Johnson has warned, as northern leaders said they would fiercely resist a return to the highest tier. The prime minister is expected to unveil plans on Tuesday to let a limited number of households mix […]
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Shops, gyms to reopen in England under new COVID-19 plan
November 23, 2020Boris Johnson has made his announcement to the House about the introduction of a tighter three-tier system once England’s second national lockdown lifts on Thursday December 2. While admitting his hope that the many vaccine-related developments will improve things in the long term, Johnson emphasised the importance of sticking to these new rules when it […]
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London ‘headed for tier 2 after lockdown’ as Covid cases fall
November 23, 2020Coronavirus cases have fallen in London sparking hopes it will go back into tier two restrictions when lockdown ends. The return to the same ‘high’ level as was in place before November 5 means non-essential shops, pubs, restaurants and gyms will be allowed to reopen in the capital. But the rules are expected to be […]
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Maskless woman spits at Waitrose cashier and shouts ‘you’re dead’
November 23, 2020A woman spat at a Waitrose check-out worker and yelled ‘You’re dead’ in an apparent argument over her card being declined. The unidentified woman, dressed in black boots and a white coat, can be heard abusing a worker standing behind the till in Clapham Common, London. Agitated at not being able to purchase her items, […]
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Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones played drinking game during Normal People binge session
November 23, 2020The star, who will be named the Hugo Boss Breakthrough Actor Of The Year at this year’s virtual GQ Men Of The Year Awards, caused a sensation with his performance in the drama based on Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel. He said: “We hadn’t actually watched it together, Daisy and I. Because of lockdown, we hadn’t […]
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Cycle Lane wars: How will London’s new cycleways work and what are the routes?
November 23, 2020T he cycleway 9 route through Chiswick is one of three major cycle infrastructure projects on Transport for London’s short-term priority list. The others are the part-complete cycleway 4 scheme that will link Tower Bridge, Greenwich and Woolwich, and the Mile End to Canary Wharf cycleway via Victoria Park. TfL also hopes to create cycleways […]
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Cycle lane wars: Row over Covid traffic scheme as fight heads to High Court
November 23, 2020A row has reignited over a flagship London cycle route in the latest controversy to hit emergency Covid “pop-up” schemes designed to discourage car use. Residents and traders are asking the High Court to send Hounslow council back to the drawing board on the changes it is making to upmarket Chiswick High Road – claiming […]
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Stop short-changing London with Covid business grants, town hall chiefs demand
November 23, 2020T welve town hall chiefs in London today joined forces to demand that the Government stop short-changing the capital with less generous Covid-19 grants which are aimed at preventing thousands of businesses going bust. They warned that a flaw in the £1.1 billion Additional Restrictions Grant risks harming efforts to save crisis-hit firms in London […]
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‘Starting gun’ for mass Covid vaccine roll-out could be fired in weeks, Matt Hancock signals
November 23, 2020T he starting gun for the Covid-19 mass vaccination programme in Britain could be fired in a “couple of weeks”, Matt Hancock signalled today, after third stage trials showed that the Oxford vaccine works. The Health Secretary also stressed that the country was now looking with “high confidence” at being able to start to get […]
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