Staff are to be told not to return to their offices even as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted

Office staff are set to be told to keep working from home even as other lockdown restrictions are eased, the Daily Mail can reveal. Boris Johnson is not expected to give a firm date for when workers will return to their desks as he unveils his plans for a return to normality on Monday. It … Read more

What WAS the point of vaccine triumph if we are doomed to endless curbs, asks Dr JOHN LEE 

The news comes as a body blow to a country that is reeling and surely can not take much more. Despite the success of the vaccine programme, which will see all vulnerable people protected against Covid-19 in a month, it seems lockdown will largely continue until July. Restaurants and churches possibly still closed. Travel impossible. … Read more

Expert calls for Victoria’s under-fire hotel quarantine system to be shut down

Victoria’s under-fire hotel quarantine system should be shut down until it is proven safe to function, one of Australia’s leading infectious disease experts has demanded. Professor Lindsay Grayson is leading calls for the program to be halted after the entirety of Victoria was plunged into a strict five-day lockdown in response to a cluster of cases … Read more

Roadmap out of lockdown: Blueprint for UK’s future suggests pubs back in business in May

Leisure businesses may not return to ‘broadly normal’ until July under a roadmap out of lockdown. The blueprint being discussed by ministers and industry leaders would allow restrictions to be eased only at four-weekly intervals.  The gradual approach means traders will have to wait until at least Easter – early April – for a limited … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon confirms Scottish schools to reopen on MONDAY

Scotland’s way ahead  Nicola Sturgeon made several announcements today ahead of a full roadmap out of lockdown she expects to present next week.  Addressing MSPs in Holyrood she said:  Schools would reopen from February 22, starting with limited primary and secondary age groups  No other years would return to face-to-face teaching before March 15 Scottish … Read more

Policewoman faces the sack for allegedly attending lockdown-breaking family party and drink-driving

Policewoman, 24, faces the sack for breaking lockdown rules by allegedly going to a boozy family party – before drink-driving home and crashing into a house PC Tasia Stephens crashed into a home on the night of April 25/26, 2020 The South Wales Police officer failed a breathalyser test after the incident She is accused … Read more

Acropolis covered in snow in photos as cold weather hits Athens

The Acropolis and other ancient monuments have been blanketed by a thick layer of snow as services across the Greek capital were brought to a halt by extreme weather. Covid-19 vaccinations and most public transport were brought to a grinding halt as Athens found itself in the middle of heavy snowfall.  Toppled trees as a … Read more

‘I couldn’t stop screaming’: Kerry Katona reunites with daughter Molly as she travels from Ireland

Kerry Katona revealed she ‘couldn’t stop screaming’ after her daughter, Molly, surprised her by returning to the UK from Ireland recently, in the midst of the third nationwide lockdown.  The former Atomic Kitten singer, 40, claimed her daughter, 19, followed all the ‘correct precautions’, as current restrictions state you must not travel unless legally permitted … Read more

Council chiefs plan to coax visitors back to West End this summer with 82ft-high HILL

With lockdown sucking the life from the nation’s high streets, nobody could accuse bosses warning of lasting economic scarring of making mountains out of molehills.  Yet this is the brainwave of one London council – which has revealed plans to plant an enormous hill by Oxford Street to coax tourists back to the West End … Read more

Ricky Martin continues to show off his bleached beard on Instagram

Ricky Martin, 49, continues to show off his bleached blonde beard as he films a new music video in Puerto Rico By Sam Joseph Semon For Dailymail.com Published: 18:27 GMT, 16 February 2021 | Updated: 18:27 GMT, 16 February 2021 Ricky Martin is having fun with his facial hair during lockdown from COVID-19. The 49-year-old … Read more