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Police fined Covid rule-breakers £200 for driving 150 miles to the Cotswolds because ‘it is very hard to go shopping’ in London as the crackdown on lockdown flouters during the third national shutdown continues. In Gloucestershire, police fined tourists from London in Lower Slaughter and walkers at popular destination Bourton-on-the-Water yesterday. An irritated Cotswold Police … Read more
Now children might not return to school until after EASTER: Gavin Williamson will ‘rule out pupils going back into classrooms after February half-term’ within days All children had been set to return to schools after the February half-term Sources suggest reopening could be pushed back until mid-April or even May Students in GCSE and A-Level … Read more
Boris Johnson’s vaccine strategy was mired in confusion today amid claims that supplies to areas that have been the quickest to inoculate the most vulnerable will be diverted to slower areas to allow them to catch up. Britain’s Covid vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi this morning denied reports that jabs are being diverted from the fasted parts … Read more
Boris Johnson today refused to rule out the brutal lockdown lasting until the summer amid claims he is willing to keep curbs longer to ensure it is the last national squeeze. The PM insisted it is ‘too early to say’ whether the restrictions will stay in place for months longer – even though he is … Read more
Nadhim Zahawi brands Pimlico Plumbers’ boss Charlie Mullins ‘discriminatory’ for demanding his staff get the Covid vaccine before they are allowed to work for the firm – as minister insists jab must be voluntary Mullins said he would insist staff had the jab to protect workers and customers Zahawi attacked his decision today, saying: ‘We’re … Read more
Santander has become the latest lender to impose harsher restrictions on self-employed borrowers, excluding them from its lower-deposit mortgage deals. The bank has said that new self-employed customers will only be offered mortgages to cover a maximum of 60 per cent of a property’s value. That means self-employed first-time buyers and most home movers will … Read more
Pimlico Plumbers plans to adopt ‘no jab, no job’ vaccine rule for workers but boss says he won’t sack staff who refuse it Charlie Mullins, of Pimlico Plumbers, is considering adopting ‘no jab, no job’ rule He says he has spoken with lawyers about making jab mandatory for new hires Mr Mullins added that he … Read more
Police dish out 66 times more fines to Covid-19 rule flouters than in first lockdown… as hundreds of students hold SNOWBALL FIGHT in park and more than 20 people ‘sledge’ on single sheet Scotland Yard Deputy Commissioner Steve House revealed extent of crackdown Sir Steve said the officers were now ‘accelerating more quickly’ to enforcement In the … Read more
Jonathan Van-Tam today shot down calls for a three metre social distancing rule and making masks compulsory outdoors. England’s deputy chief medical officer argued extending the social distancing gap would make little difference to the spread of the highly-infectious Kent strain of the virus because there is no proof it can travel further in coughs … Read more
Jonathan Van-Tam today shot down calls for a three metre social distancing rule and making masks compulsory outdoors. England’s deputy chief medical officer argued extending the social distancing gap would make little difference to the spread of the highly-infectious Kent strain of the virus because there is no proof it can travel further in coughs … Read more