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Boris Johnson will lead a No10 briefing tonight as he faces the wrath of Tories demanding a ‘road map’ for lifting Covid lockdown from March. The PM is to hold a press conference from Downing Street at 5pm amid mounting anxiety about how long the country will be under draconian curbs. On a visit to flood-hit Manchester … Read more
London’s hospitals will be overwhelmed by Covid patients in TWO weeks in a BEST CASE scenario with 2,000 beds needed even after Nightingale is opened, stark NHS briefing warns London hospitals will be overwhelmed in less than two weeks, report warns Medical director at NHS England London provided the worrying analysis Even if the number … Read more
A fiery meeting! London councillor accidentally sets his notebook on FIRE during Zoom committee briefing… but no one seems to notice Tom Sleigh was using a USB lighter when his notepad accidentally caught fire He is seen on a Zoom meeting of 30 people panicking while putting out flames Mr Sleigh burnt his fingers badly … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump returns to the White House briefing room claiming he ‘won’ and suggests Pfizer held back vaccine to sabotage his election and says without him the drug would have taken four YEARS Trump repeated his claim that he won the election He spoke hours before he meets with Michigan legislators He said: … Read more
Joe Biden will receive a security briefing TODAY – but not from official sources as Trump refuses to concede defeat and sign off on transition Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be briefed on security today in Delaware But they will rely on outside sources after being blocked from official briefings Pair will speak with … Read more
Timeline of the PM’s lockdown decision Friday, 7am: Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab begins a round of broadcast interviews defending the government’s ‘Tiered’ system of local lockdowns. Friday 2.30pm: Sir Patrick Vallance underlines SAGE’s call for a national lockdown at a briefing with reporters, saying it is ‘not too late to save Christmas’. Friday 3pm: Papers are … Read more
President Trump is ‘furious’ at chief of staff Mark Meadows after he contradicted a more optimistic health assessment from the president’s doctor on Saturday, according to reports. Meadows appeared overwhelmed on Sunday as he sat, head drooped over and hands rubbing his forehead, while Navy Commander Sean Conley spoke to media about Trump’s COVID-19 prognosis. … Read more
The three amigos were back, slack-shouldered, heavy-footed, each bearing new doses of grief and gloom. Yesterday’s coronavirus briefing was a strange thing. We were told that little had changed and yet were put on notice that, soon, everything might. Green shoots? Chinks of light? Put those firmly out of your mind for now. Once again, … Read more
Sky News and the BBC ‘will not automatically show daily televised Downing Street briefing’ and insist it will be broadcast ‘on merit’ in snub to Boris Johnson Downing Street intends to start daily afternoon TV press briefings in October It is currently recruiting a political spokesman who will answer press questions Both Sky News and … Read more
President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted from his press conference on Monday less than five minutes after it began after a Secret Service agent shot a 51-year-old man who ‘aggressively’ approached the officer and said he had a weapon outside the White House. In a update released Monday night, the Secret Service said the man approached … Read more