Strictly’s Ranvir Singh admits bosses were ‘determined’ the show would air on time

Ranvir Singh has admitted Strictly Come Dancing was ‘touch and go’ following Boris Johnson’s national lockdown announcement on Saturday evening.  Fans breathed a sigh of relief when the BBC show aired on time at 7:15pm with barely a minute to spare following the Prime Minister’s delayed press conference.   Speaking on Monday’s Good Morning Britain, Strictly … Read more

From work to gym to going to the salon, what you can and can’t do in a second lockdown

Here we go again! From work to gym to going to the salon, what you can and can’t do as we prepare for a second lockdown By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:00 GMT, 1 November 2020 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 1 November 2020 This month’s lockdown will not be the same as spring’s. Schools will stay … Read more

Pianist calmly plays while anti-lockdown rioters start fires and clash with police in Barcelona

Is this burning an eternal flame? Astonishing moment pianist calmly plays Bangles classic while anti-lockdown rioters start fires and clash with police in Barcelona Video uploaded by busker on Sunday morning following night of violence Second night of anti-lockdown riots in the city after new rules brought in Riot police clashed with up to a … Read more

Boris Johnson will tell MPs today that Covid deaths will be ‘TWICE as bad’ as Spring

Boris Johnson will today try to head off a mounting Tory revolt against his nationwide lockdown by warning coronavirus deaths this winter could double the amount of the first wave.  The Prime Minister is set to use a statement to the Commons this afternoon to say there is ‘no alternative’ but to impose four weeks … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Why I now have an inkling of what it must be like to live in a dictatorship

The chaotic and haphazard way in which a new lockdown was announced on Saturday evening symbolised Boris Johnson‘s disorganised approach to the pandemic over the past eight months. Nearly three hours late, the Prime Minister stood uneasily at his lectern, flanked by the two familiar ‘gloomsters’ — Sir Patrick Vallance and Professor Chris Whitty.  They … Read more

Liam Neeson ‘staying in hotel quarantine in Sydney before flying to Melbourne to shoot new movie’

Hollywood star Liam Neeson ‘staying in hotel quarantine in Sydney before flying to Melbourne to begin filming for new action movie Blacklight’ By Jabeen Waheed For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:08 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 07:08 GMT, 2 November 2020 Liam Neeson is currently in hotel quarantine in Sydney before he flies to … Read more

Lockdown’s a killer… worse than Covid could ever be, writes Professor ANGUS DALGLEISH 

There is a world of difference between this lockdown and the last. In March, the country could not fully gauge what we were facing.  Covid-19 was an unknown, and fears of catastrophic death rates were real. A drastic response by the Government seemed appropriate, at least temporarily. But Saturday’s announcement by Boris Johnson that Britain was … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Test and trace MUST be fixed by end of lockdown

Test and trace must be up to scratch by the time the month-long lockdown ends or the country will ‘go in circles’, experts warned yesterday. Scientists said improving the system was the ‘best way for the country to get out of this nightmare’. They have called for ‘serious concrete plans and quickly’ and to utilise … Read more

Questions raised over dossier that helped plunge England into lockdown

 Questions were raised yesterday over the dossier that helped tip England into lockdown with its grim prediction of 4,000 deaths a day. The projection by Cambridge University in conjunction with Public Health England (PHE) is thought to have drastically shifted Downing Street’s thinking. It was among a number of predictions shown to the nation during … Read more

Boris Johnson faces Tory rebellion over second coronavirus lockdown

Boris Johnson was facing a Tory rebellion last night over his new national lockdown. Many of his own MPs were outraged by the revelation that the restrictions could last much longer than the planned four weeks – and potentially even run into spring with a brief easing over Christmas. Some indicated they would oppose the measures … Read more