Boris Johnson insists schools WON’T open before March 8

Boris Johnson tonight refused to bow to growing Tory pressure to bring forward the reopening of schools in England as he said he intends to ‘stick’ to his date of March 8 at the earliest for a return to classrooms.  The Prime Minister warned that reopening schools too soon could force the country ‘into reverse’ … Read more

Number of NHS beds taken by Covid patients could fall to ‘November levels by March 8’

The number of hospital patients with coronavirus may fall to levels seen at the start of November by March 8 — the day Boris Johnson hopes schools will be able to re-open. Patients in hospital with coronavirus across England have been falling at an average of 479 per day over the last 13 days, according to … Read more

MARK ALMOND: Tyrannies are on the march as democracy flounders 

This week’s military coup in Myanmar is not just another episode of repression and regression in a remote Asian country that is now disappearing once more behind a bamboo curtain. Terrifyingly, it is the latest symptom of a growing global trend away from democracy. For decades, Myanmar’s most famous daughter, the steely Aung San Suu … Read more

Rishi Sunak hints taxes will go up in March Budget so they can be cut BEFORE the 2024 election 

Rishi Sunak hints taxes will go up in March Budget telling Tory MPs that increases now to fill Covid black hole means they can be cut BEFORE the 2024 election By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 13:19 GMT, 28 January 2021 | Updated: 13:22 GMT, 28 January 2021 Rishi Sunak has sent out … Read more

Despairing parents hit out online after PM said schools will stay closed until at least March 8

‘Dare not even tell my kids’: Angry and despairing parents hit out online after Boris Johnson’s announcement that schools will stay closed until at least March 8 PM announced pupils will not return to classrooms after the February half-term  His statement to MPs this afternoon was met with exasperation from parents  Chris Bell tweeted: ‘Only … Read more

Footballers due to play March internationals in countries on PM’s quarantine list will NOT be exempt

EXCLUSIVE: Footballers due to play March internationals in countries on Boris Johnson’s hotel quarantine list will NOT be exempt from the new rules… meaning they must pull-out of the games or miss club matches when they fly back 56 players in the Premier League are from Portugal or South American countries Department for Transport guidance … Read more

Moderna says it is on track to deliver the US 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine by March

Moderna Inc says it is on track to deliver the U.S. 100 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine by March and 200 million doses by June. That will be enough to immunize 100 million people – about one-third of the country’s population – with the two-shot regimen.  In a press release on Tuesday, the biotechnology company … Read more

ABC pushes Grey’s Anatomy return to March 11

ABC pushes Grey’s Anatomy return to March 11 leaving fans on tenterhooks about fate of Ellen Pompeo’s COVID stricken character By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 01:27 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 01:27 GMT, 26 January 2021 She’s the star of ABC’s medical drama Grey’s Anatomy and the subject of its massive mid-season 17 … Read more

5,000 National Guard troops to remain in DC through March despite no disruption on Inauguration Day

The National Guard will maintain a presence in Washington, D.C. with a minimum of 5,000 troops remaining in the nation’s capital through at least mid-March, a spokesman revealed over the weekend. ‘As we continue to work to meet the final post-inauguration requirements, the National Guard has been requested to continue supporting federal law enforcement agencies … Read more

National Guard to remain in DC until March due to lingering threats

More than 15,000 National Guardsmen who have been occupying Washington DC are now being sent home but 7,000 will remain on duty until March because the ‘threat of right-wing extremism’ still lingers – as it’s revealed that troops were ordered out of the Capitol overnight by a single officer who didn’t have authority.  Nearly 26,000 … Read more