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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
What are each of the UK’s nations planning? ENGLAND: Boris Johnson is due to announce lockdown-easing roadmap, including details on phased return of schools, on February 22. SCOTLAND: Nicola Sturgeon confirmed Scottish schools will start to reopen on February 22. WALES: Primary schools will begin the process of reopening next Monday as Mark Drakeford announces … Read more
Matt Hancock finally unveiled England’s draconian new quarantine programme for Britons arriving home from Covid hotspots abroad. The long-awaited and much debated scheme will see travellers arriving back from 33 Red List nations forced to stay in hotels for 10 days at their own expense before being allowed to go home. The action has been … Read more
Every state – including Hawaii – will experience below freezing temperatures next Monday due to a polar vortex which will send plumes of arctic air down into the US. The vortex is composed of strong winds that usually circulate in the arctic and do not reach areas further to the south. However, the winds have … Read more
England and Scotland gave out only 265,000 Covid vaccines on Monday, official figures show, meaning Britain has missed its daily uptake target for the second day in a row. NHS England figures show 236,177 injections were carried out yesterday, while Public Health Scotland numbers reveal there were 28,558 dished out North of the Border. The … Read more
Keir Starmer goes into Covid self-isolation until next Monday after coming into contact with an infected individual – but says he has ‘no symptoms’ Keir Starmer is going into self-isolation after a contact tested positive for Covid Labour leader said he will be working from home until Monday after notification He stressed he had no … Read more
Keir Starmer goes into Covid self-isolation until next Monday after coming into contact with an infected individual – but says he has ‘no symptoms’ By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:10 GMT, 25 January 2021 | Updated: 10:12 GMT, 25 January 2021 Keir Starmer has gone into isolation after coming into contact with … Read more
Over 5million more Britons will be invited to receive a coronavirus jab from today. In a major milestone for the vaccination programme, letters will start being sent to those in England in the next two priority groups. This includes 4.6million in their 70s plus another one million classed as ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ because they have … Read more
Boris Johnson today declared that all arrivals to the UK will have to have tested negative for coronavirus from Monday as he begged Britons to ‘stay at home this weekend’. At a Downing Street briefing, the PM warned it was ‘not the time to relax’ as he escalated controls at the country’s borders again. Amid … Read more
Boris Johnson today declared that all arrivals to the UK will have to have tested negative for coronavirus from Monday as he begged Britons to ‘stay at home this weekend’. At a Downing Street briefing, the PM warned it was ‘not the time to relax’ as he escalated controls at the country’s borders again. Amid … Read more