Boris Johnson plunged England into a national lockdown even more brutal than last March tonight in a desperate bid to keep the mutant coronavirus at bay while vaccines are rolled out. Just a day after he urged parents to send their children back, the PM declared that primary and secondary schools will be shut from … Read more
Here we go again! Weary Brits take to social media to find dark humour in the prospect of a new national lockdown Britons have taken to social media to mock the prospect of a third lockdown Boris Johnson will unveil a new set of restrictions in his address to nation tonight Schools to shut to … Read more
‘Soap hater!’ Boris Johnson forces EastEnders and Coronation Street into TV clash as he chooses to address the nation at 8pm amid soaring Covid-19 cases The Prime Minister will make a televised address at 8pm on Monday Currently, BBC’s EastEnders will now air at the later time of 8.35pm This puts it in direct competition with … Read more
The Government is facing calls to cancel GCSE and A-Level exams as Boris Johnson looks set to shut schools indefinitely under a third national lockdown. The Prime Minister will set out the ‘next steps’ in the Government’s Covid-19 response with an address to the nation tonight at 8pm, with Parliament being recalled on Wednesday. MailOnline … Read more
Joe Wicks announces PE With Joe will RETURN from Monday as UK braces itself for ‘Lockdown 3’… after Body Coach ‘raked in more than £9m in a WEEK from his new fitness app’ By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 18:48 GMT, 4 January 2021 | Updated: 18:48 GMT, 4 January 2021 Joe Wicks will recommence … Read more
Schools have triggered three times more Covid outbreaks than hospitals since October, official figures show as Boris Johnson today prepared to shut all classrooms until next month. Public Health England reports reveal 26 per cent of investigated Covid infection clusters — or 2,722 out of 10,000 — were linked to nurseries, primaries, secondaries and universities over the … Read more
Boris Johnson is widely expected to keep schools across England shut as part of a new national coronavirus lockdown in a move which will leave parents and pupils facing weeks of uncertainty. The Prime Minister will set out the ‘next steps’ in the Government’s Covid-19 response with an address to the nation tonight at 8pm, … Read more
New lockdown could send Rishi Sunak’s furlough scheme soaring through £50billion barrier as union calls for parents to be paid to stay at home with their children while schools are closed The job retention scheme (JRS) reached £46.4billion before Christmas There was a sharp upturn in payouts following November lockdown Likely to reignite the row … Read more
All England’s secondary schools and colleges today received up to 1,000 Covid tests to get children back into class – just as Boris Johnson prepared to keep them all shut into February. Staff at secondaries across the country started unpacking the kits after the Prime Minister admitted that reopening them on January 18 may be … Read more
A blame game erupted today over who is responsible for the slow roll-out of Oxford University’s vaccine after Boris Johnson pointed the finger at Britain’s medical regulator and Matt Hancock suggested it was the manufacturer’s fault. The Government appears to be trying to pass the buck for the vaccination programme before it has even had a … Read more