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15 March 2021, 10:07 | Updated: 15 March 2021, 10:12 Professor Ferguson has spoken about the prospect of a Great British Summer (stock images). Picture: Getty By Polly Foreman Professor Neil Ferguson has said that there is a 20 per cent chance new variants could obstruct plans for a lockdown-free …

T he Prime Minister has faced calls from scientists to introduce a new three-metre social distancing rule in a bid to prevent rising coronavirus cases, it has been reported. Scientists from the Sage scientific advisory panel want the Government guidance to change from “one metre plus” to “two metres plus”, …

European markets slipped as the UK imposed its third national lockdown and Germany prepared to extend measures to stymie a surge of coronavirus cases. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was down 0.19% to 400.94, although London’s FTSE 100 was up 0.61% at 6,612.25. France’s CAC 40 slipped 0.44% to 5,564.60, and …

London stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday despite the imposition of a third national lockdown in England, as investors eyed a statement from Chancellor Rishi Sunak on a fresh business support package. At 0840 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.6% at 6,609.84, faring well considering England was set …

T here are now more coronavirus patients in England’s hospitals than there were during the peak of the first wave of the pandemic, new figures show. As of 8am on Monday, there were 20,426 patients in the country’s NHS hospitals compared to the 18,974 patients recorded on April 12, NHS …

T he Queen chose to display just one photo of Prince Philip on her desk for her 2020 Christmas message. The single photo reflected the Queen and Philip’s time spent together in lockdown and their decision to have a quiet Christmas as a couple at Windsor. Many others across the …

Government scientists have been mocked for telling families they can celebrate Christmas in the summer. The barmy idea is found in new documents from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage). Others included telling families not to hug and swap get-togethers with firework displays to stop coronavirus spreading. Darren Mawdsley, …

R etail bosses today hit out at the “arbitrary” distinctions being drawn up to decide which shops and venues can remain open through England’s four-week lockdown as the hit to “non-essential” shops was estimated at £8billion.   Tom Ironside, director of policy for the British Retail Consortium which represents more …

Here is the latest update of the rolling seven-day rate of new cases ofCovid-19, showing the top five local authorities. Nottingham now has thehighest rate in England, with 2,294 new cases recorded in the seven days toOctober 5 – the equivalent of 689.1 cases per 100,000 people. Source link

  UK government forced to enact new restrictions after pandemic let loose By Thomas Scripps 1 August 2020 The Conservative government’s claims to have brought the pandemic under control—its main justification for ending the national lockdown over the last weeks—are in a state of utter collapse. Amid a national surge …