Australia Zoo ‘isn’t out of the woods yet’ as closed borders mean NO international visitors

While 2020 should have been a milestone year for Australia Zoo, the Irwins instead marked 50 years of the iconic zoo with financial strain and uncertainty. Bindi Irwin recently admitted her late father Steve’s legacy was almost on the brink of collapse as they struggled to keep the zoo operational amid COVID-19.  Now a source … Read more

May day for pubs? No10 examining plans to keep bars closed for FIVE MONTHS

May Day for pubs? No10 examining plans to keep bars closed for FIVE MONTHS with full lockdown until late March as Covid death toll passes 80,000 No10 said to be privately gloomy about prospects ending lockdown next month  March 23 is being touted as a more realistic end date, a year after first lockdown The … Read more

Britain must go into an ‘Asia-style’ lockdown NOW with places of worship closed, experts warn

Britain must go into an ‘Asia-style’ lockdown now with nurseries and places of worship closed, hotels commandeered as isolation centres and masks worn in every public space, experts have warned. Former WHO director Anthony Costello said only ‘a total clampdown’ would succeed in stopping the mutant strain of coronavirus ripping through the country. Professor of operational … Read more

Britain must go into an ‘Asian-style’ lockdown NOW with places of worship closed, experts warn

Britain must go into an ‘Asian-style’ lockdown now with nurseries and places of worship closed, hotels commandeered as isolation centres and masks worn in every public space, experts have warned. Former WHO director Anthony Costello said only ‘a total clampdown’ would succeed in stopping the mutant strain of coronavirus ripping through the country. Professor of operational … Read more

Hundreds of thousands of  non-essential retailers face ANOTHER six weeks with their door closed

What counts as essential retail NOW? Garden centres can stay open but hundreds of thousands of shops that had managed to stay open will close for at least six weeks By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 21:44 GMT, 4 January 2021 | Updated: 22:26 GMT, 4 January 2021 FULL LIST OF BUSINESSES ALLOWED … Read more

Schools and shops closed and pubs get takeaway ban: What do the new lockdown rules mean for you?

Boris Johnson tonight plunged England into a new lockdown as he set out emergency measures to control the spread of new strains of coronavirus amid concerns the NHS risks being overwhelmed. Schools, shops and sports venues will close their doors for six weeks in scenes not witnessed since the original lockdown last March, with exercise … Read more

Schools closed, travel banned but outdoor exercise is ok: how the new lockdown might look

Boris Johnson has declared that harsher lockdown restrictions are coming soon as he and his Government struggle to contain the mutant Covid strain. The PM said the government will do ‘everything necessary’ as he put Britons on notice that the situation could drag on for months, despite the optimism sparked by the first Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine … Read more

Sports fixtures across the country will be behind closed doors again in new Covid-19 restrictions

ALL major sports events across England move back behind closed doors amid change to Government tier system which puts Liverpool into Tier 3 – and only the Isles of Scilly stays in two lowest tiers Everywhere except Isles of Scilly moved into tier four or tier three under the Government’s latest Covid-19 restrictions to combat … Read more

Schools ‘could be closed until February half-term’ under plans being discussed TODAY

Pressure was growing on Boris Johnson last night from within his own party to keep pupils out of school at the start of the new term as it was revealed students in Tier 4 may be at home until mid-February.   Schools in the stay-at-home areas could be set to remain closed until February half term in … Read more

Oxford Circus tube station covered in graffiti by vandals who ran amok while London shops closed

Oxford Circus tube station is left covered in graffiti by ‘Diabolical Dubstars’ vandals who ran amok while London’s biggest shopping street was closed due to Tier 4 restrictions The artwork was found on Boxing Day and features a tribute to Grenfell Tower  It is alleged the graffiti artist group Diabolical Dubstars tagged the tube station  … Read more