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13 May 2021 Coronavirus

Over 18s In Blackburn To Be Offered Covid Vaccines From Next Week After Sharp Rise In Indian Variant

Selected adults aged over 18 in and around the Lanchashire towns of Blackburn and Darwen will be able to book their coronavirus vaccine to help tackle cases of the Indian virus variant.

07 May 2021 Coronavirus

Holidays To Portugal, Gibraltar and Ten Other Countries Allowed Without Quarantine From May 17

People will be able to travel to 12 countries including Portugal, Israel and Gibraltar without having to quarantine under plans to relax travel restrictions from May 17.

03 May 2021 Coronavirus

What To Expect From The Government's Foreign Travel Announcement This Week

The government is expected to confirm that it will lift the ban on non-essential foreign travel later this month, allowing holidays to Europe and elsewhere resume in the next few weeks.

03 May 2021 Coronavirus

European Union Sets Out Plan To Reopen Continent To Vaccinated Holiday Makers

The European Union has unveiled its plan for welcoming foreign travelers back to the continent, with the UK expected to be among the first countries added to the bloc's list of safe countries.

02 May 2021 Coronavirus

UK Sending 1,000 More Ventilators To India After Country Records 400,000 New Coronavirus Cases In A Day

The British government has announced it is sending an additional 1,000 ventilators to India as the country continues to be ravaged by a new wave of coronavirus.

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29 Apr 2021 Coronavirus

Strong rebound from pandemic losses forecast for UK ad market but full recovery will stretch into 2022

A 15.2% rise this year will offset a decline of 7.2% in 2020, while further growth is projected into 2022.

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28 Apr 2021 Coronavirus

Cross-party group on end-of-life choice welcomes Health Secretary’s request for more data on suicides by terminally ill people and impact of assisted dying ban

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27 Apr 2021 Economy

GGF advises caution as lockdown eases

As lockdown restrictions continue to ease around the UK, the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) advises all companies to be cautious and still adhere to the GGF and Government’s guidance to make sure that employees and customer stay safe.

26 Apr 2021 Coronavirus

Civil Servants Were Working On Downing Street Refurbishment Trust Plans During Covid Pandemic

Serious questions have been raised by opposition parties over the Prime Minister’s priorities after it emerged work to set up a trust to pay for the redecoration of the No.11 flat has been going on within the civil service since last Spring – when the coronavirus pandemic hit.

26 Apr 2021 Coronavirus

Ben Wallace Calls Incendiary Lockdown Claims "Deeply Unfair" Amid Escalating No.10 Briefing War

An explosive frontpage story claiming Boris Johnson said he would rather "let the bodies pile high in their thousands" than impose a third national lockdown is "untrue" and has "almost no evidence," the defence secretary has claimed.

25 Apr 2021 Coronavirus

The UK Is Sending Hundreds Of Pieces Of Medical Equipment To India To Help Fight Its Covid-19 Crisis

The UK will send nine airline containers of medical equipment to India this week as the country battles a devastating wave of the coronavirus.

22 Apr 2021 Coronavirus

Government Winds Down Food Supply Group Despite Industry Worry Over Brexit

The government decision to relax a group set up to protect the country's food supplies during the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit has concerned industry figures who say ministers risk shifting to a "business as usual" mode too soon.

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21 Apr 2021 Coronavirus

UK Sport’s Return To Major Sports Event survey finds 97% of fans will come back

UK Sport has today published the results of its Return To Major Sports Events survey, which found that an overwhelming 97% of sports fans will attend live events again.

21 Apr 2021 Coronavirus

Top Tory Calls For Inquiry Into Security Of Prime Minister's Phone After Dyson Text Leak

Former Tory party leader Iain Duncan Smith has demanded an urgent inquiry into the security around the Prime Minister's mobile phone after text messages between Boris Johnson and industrialist Sir James Dyson discussing Covid ventilators were leaked.

The unusual pets helping children through lockdown

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21 Apr 2021 Education

The unusual pets helping children through lockdown

At first glance Georgie the bearded dragon isn’t as cuddly as a rabbit or a hamster. But alongside his unusual friends, he's proved a lifeline for children struggling through lockdown.

20 Apr 2021 Coronavirus

Government Launches Antiviral Taskforce To Help The UK "Learn To Live" With The Coronavirus

Boris Johnson has said the country must learn to live with the coronavirus as the government launches an 'Antivirals Taskforce' that will develop treatments for the illness which people can take at home.

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20 Apr 2021 Home affairs

Police Federation of England and Wales reacts to HMICFRS report on police response to COVID-19

The Police Federation of England and Wales have responded to a report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), based on an inspection of policing between March and November 2020, which says that although there were some inconsistencies, in general police forces took immediate and decisive action to respond to the extreme circumstances of the pandemic.

19 Apr 2021 Coronavirus

Over 100 Tory MPs Urge Government To Make £20 Universal Credit Uplift Permanent

Two groups of Conservative MPs have called on Boris Johnson to keep the £20 Universal Credit uplift in place, with a former Cabinet minister warning that the Treasury's plan to remove it in September would be "a blow to possibly millions of people".

07 Apr 2021 Coronavirus

Jeremy Hunt Says “Balance of Risks” Should Be Considered Amid Oxford Vaccine Blood Clot Questions

Jeremy Hunt has said that the “balance of risks” should be considered when it comes to the safety of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines as regulators look into possible links between the jab and cases of rare blood clots.

07 Apr 2021 Coronavirus

Mental health support is vital for individuals with muscle-wasting conditions

The last long year of Covid restrictions and logjams in health care for non-Covid cases has exacerbated pre-existing inequalities and magnified them.

'Living in Fear' - how one woman's lockdown experience inspired an award-winning film

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07 Apr 2021 Coronavirus

"Living in Fear" - how one woman's lockdown experience inspired an award-winning film

The first coronavirus lockdown was a challenging experience for most people. But for Steph Castelete-Tyrrell, a 26-year-old from Northampton who has muscular dystrophy, its impact was so profound it inspired her to make an award-winning film.

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31 Mar 2021 Coronavirus

Health messaging in the vaccine rollout: the role of the community

The COVID-19 vaccination campaign has been met with much enthusiasm, with some hailing it as the beginning of the end of the pandemic. But health experts fear such optimism might prompt people to pay less attention to hygienic compliance measures, such as hand washing and wearing masks in public.

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29 Mar 2021 Social affairs

Infodemic: tackling conspiracy theories on social media

In February 2020 the Director-General of the World Health Organisation warned that “we’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic,” because “fake news spreads faster and more easily than this virus, and is just as dangerous.”

29 Mar 2021 Coronavirus

Labour Calls For Urgent Action To Tackle "Horrendous" Delays To Court Cases

Shadow Justice Secretary David Lammy has urged ministers to introduce temporary courts and cut the size of juries in order to tackle a growing backlog of unheard court cases.