Covid Netherlands: Court ordered to SCRAP ‘illegal’ 9pm curfew

A Dutch court today ordered the government to lift a Covid curfew that sparked the Netherlands’ worst rioting for decades – saying authorities had misused emergency powers meant for more perilous crises such as a dyke breach.  The 9pm curfew was the first to be imposed in the Netherlands since the Nazi occupation in World … Read more

Court orders Holland to SCRAP ‘illegal’ 9pm coronavirus curfew

A Dutch court today ordered the government to lift a Covid curfew that sparked the Netherlands’ worst rioting for decades – saying authorities had misused emergency powers meant for more perilous crises such as a dyke breach.  The 9pm curfew was the first to be imposed in the Netherlands since the Nazi occupation in World … Read more

Italy orders bars to shut from 6pm and ‘public spaces’ to close after 9pm amid rising covid cases

Italy have announced new measures aimed at halting the spread of coronavirus after days of record infection numbers. The restrictions announced on Sunday stop short of a curfew like those imposed in Paris and other major French cities. But Italian mayors can close public squares and other gathering places after 9pm, permitting access only to … Read more

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham calls for 9pm alcohol sale curfew

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham calls for alcohol sales to be banned ANYWHERE after 9pm to stop post-pub parties in areas with 10pm last orders Andy Burnham has led calls for the government to review its 10pm pub curfew The Manchester mayor also suggested a 9pm cut off for alcohol sales in shops Government slammed for … Read more

Police ‘desperately’ searching for 12-year-old girl who left Brighton home at 9pm

Police ‘desperately’ searching for 12-year-old girl who left Brighton home at 9pm as Storm Ellen lashed the coast and ‘may have taken shelter in woods’ Grace Clarke left her house in the Hollingdean area of Brighton around 9pm The police think she  she may be taking shelter from the wind and the rain They said they … Read more

Junk food TV adverts will be BANNED before the 9pm watershed

Junk food TV adverts will be BANNED before the 9pm watershed as part of Boris Johnson’s anti-obesity campaign Prime Minister Boris Johnson set to unveil a new anti-obesity strategy next week His weight may have contributed to brush with death after contracting Covid-19 Ban on online junk food adverts is also expected, as well as … Read more

Government’s plan to ban junk food adverts before 9pm ‘will cut just TWO calories a day’

Banning junk food adverts before the watershed will only cut two calories from a child’s diet a day, research shows.   The Government revealed plans in March to restrict advertising of foods high in salt, fat and sugar on television and social media until after 9pm.  They hoped the strict rules would curb soaring childhood obesity … Read more