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Boris Johnson’s top aide Dominic Cummings FINALLY returns to work at Downing Street after two weeks away with coronavirus symptoms (and brings a very unusual packed lunch with him) Prime Minister’s chief of staff went into symptomatic self-isolation on March 30 It came three days after the PM tested positive and also quarantined himself Cummings … Read more
Boris Johnson is making ‘very good progress’ in his recovery from coronavirus, Downing Street says Johnson was moved out of the ICU at St Thomas’ after three nights this Thursday Downing Street said on Friday he had managed to start walking around the ward Carrie Symonds sent him pregnancy scans of their unborn baby during recovery … Read more
Tory MP Jack Lopresti is slapped down by Downing Street after calling for a ‘temporary relaxation’ of coronavirus restrictions to allow churches to OPEN on Easter Sunday Jack Lopresti called for a ‘temporary relaxation of restrictions’ this weekend Worshippers could ‘engage in private prayer whilst observing social distancing’ Bristol MP said churches should be treated like … Read more
The acclaimed Fleet Street photographer John Downing MBE, who survived interrogation by Idi Amin’s special forces and documented war zones around the world, has died aged 79. Downing visited more than 100 countries including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Rwanda and Uganda during a distinguished career, bringing harrowing images of conflict to newspaper front pages in the UK. … Read more
Schools will NOT reopen this month despite report cabinet has been considering plans to allow teaching to resume, Downing Street says Downing Street has denied claims that schools could reopen before end of May The Cabinet had reportedly been mulling over plans to allow teaching to resume No10 spokesman denied reports, saying ‘it’s too early … Read more
Fears over a power vacuum at the heart of government were fuelled today after it was confirmed that the coronavirus lockdown will not be reviewed next week. Downing Street has confirmed the draconian restrictions will not be reconsidered on Monday as scheduled, with warnings the peak of the outbreak might not come for another week … Read more
His lip-wobbler – Boris Johnson is our friend: HENRY DEEDES watches Dominic Raab’s emotional coronavirus update from Downing Street By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 23:34 BST, 7 April 2020 | Updated: 23:38 BST, 7 April 2020 Interview coaches like to hammer away at the importance of first impressions. Good job then that Dominic … Read more
A man is pictured wearing a hazmat suit in Wuhan, China. Boris Johnson’s allies turned on China over the coronavirus crisis yesterday Boris Johnson’s allies turned on China over the coronavirus crisis yesterday, as Britain’s death toll from the epidemic reached four figures. Ministers and senior Downing Street officials said the Communist state now faces a ‘reckoning’ … Read more
Could this be the ultimate revenge for Brexit? The coronavrius that has laid Boris Johnson low may have passed into Westminster’s inner circle via the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, according to one theory. The Mail on Sunday has traced connections between those known to have the virus in an attempt to identify Downing … Read more
From the plumped up pillows of his king-size bed, through the tall windows above the famous rose garden, he can look down on the vast emptiness of Horse Guards Parade. Closer to home he can see the couriers bringing government papers, the delivery men with their supplies and the to-ing and fro-ing of visitors. But … Read more