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Covid France: Emmanuel Macron announces 7pm curfew as third wave surges across Europe

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France will enter a third national lockdown for four weeks, French president Emmanuel Macron announced in an address to the nation on Wednesday night. The decision comes as a third wave of Covid-19 – blamed largely on the so-called ‘British variant’ of the virus – surges across Europe and countries face a race against time to … Read more

Scotland could be plunged into a 14-day ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown from ‘7pm on Friday’

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A national ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown lasting two weeks is being considered for Scotland this Friday. An NHS source has claimed they have been briefed for it to start at 7pm that day in an effort to curb coronavirus‘s rampage. But it would come as the First Minister is warned a new national lockdown would take … Read more