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Mourners ignored lockdown restrictions to take to the streets and offer their farewell to a much-loved grandmother of the traveller community today as the nation entered its second national lockdown. Family and friends congregated outside St Cuthbert’s Church in Stockton-on-Tees today to pay their respects to Honor Francis, 63, who died on October 23 following … Read more
Boris Johnson is set to force Greater Manchester into a Tier 3 lockdown today, despite a rebellion from Northern Tory MPs who are demanding the Prime Minister ‘looks after’ key ‘Red Wall’ constituents. Several Conservative MPs last night sided with Manchester mayor Andy Burnham who said the Government was making Manchester a ‘sacrificial lamb’ by … Read more
Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle – three cities which have continued to see infection rises despite local lockdowns – will all be plunged into the Tier Three lockdown, reports The Sun.
Ten million people living in the North of England are to be hit with tougher lockdown restrictions – including the closure of pubs and restaurants – from next week in a bid to bring spiralling coronavirus infection figures under control. In a move which could spark outrage among leaders in the impacted cities and a … Read more
Students in coronavirus lockdown at their halls of residence have been partying until the early hours after the university allowed larger ‘bubbles’, neighbours claim. Some 1,500 students at Manchester Metropolitan University have been told to self-isolate at the Birley and Cambridge halls for a fortnight after a Covid-19 outbreak. But local residents claim the young … Read more
Lancashire Force orders its officers to IGNORE the NHS Covid app if it tells them to self-isolate – as thousands of police are told they can only download it onto their personal phones (which many don’t carry on duty) NPCC urges police to install app only on own person phones, not work ones Some constabularies … Read more
The wedding crashers: Police storm newlyweds’ reception party and shut it down after dozens of guests cram into restaurant in locked-down Swansea Police shut wedding party in Swansea as guests swamp venue Adelina’s Bar and Kitchen is told to shut for failing to protect customers Restaurant claims it only had six members of staff on … Read more
Michelle Obama has urged voters to ignore Donald Trump’s ‘conspiracy theories’ about voting fraud as the former first lady and her Hollywood friends try to rally Democratic turnout ahead of the November 3 election. As the election nears, Trump has raged at the supposed threat of mail-in ballot fraud and last night refused to commit … Read more
President Donald Trump is expected to ignore the dying wish of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and nominate her replacement in the coming days in a rush to hurry through a conservative judge before the election. Ginsburg had hoped that Trump would not be the president to select the next Justice, stating her ‘most … Read more
Scores of students flouted the new Rule of Six restrictions last night as they queued outside a nightclub in Portsmouth and descended onto the streets of the coastal city to enjoy a night of heavy partying. Young revellers, including Portsmouth University students who had recently arrived to the coastal city to begin their academic year, swapped a … Read more