Jeremy Corbyn’s brother Piers tonight defied Covid-19 restrictions as he led another anti-lockdown rally in Camden Town after appearing at court charged with flouting coronavirus rules. Scores of demonstrators gathered outside the north London Tube station at around 10.30pm playing music, carrying megaphones and holding banners calling for an end to shutdown measures. Corbyn, the … Read more
Prostestors set garbage cans on fire and clashed with police in Naples tonight as a curfew was imposed to curb the growing spread of coronavirus. Hundreds of activists, many wearing face coverings, took to the city’s streets this evening to oppose a lockdown being imposed to tame the virus as new infections hit a record … Read more
Defiant Piers Corbyn announces he’ll be at ‘drink against the curfew’ rally tonight… as he arrives at court charged with breaking Covid rules by attending two anti-lockdown events Piers Corbyn, 73, revealed there would be a ‘drink against the curfew’ event He spoke as he arrived at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday morning The weatherman … Read more
The streets of Milan were deserted again last night after Lombardy imposed an 11pm curfew to tackle a surge in coronavirus cases, as Italy piled up a record 16,000 new infections on Thursday. Seven months after Italy’s empty streets and piazzas became a symbol of the first wave of the pandemic, the square in front … Read more
A big man – and a bigger politician – admits he was wrong. I applaud Rishi Sunak for acknowledging yesterday that his Job Support Scheme, which had aimed to protect jobs during local lockdowns, was not fit for purpose. Ruinously for pubs and restaurants, Tier Two restrictions stop people from different households mixing together indoors. … Read more
A coronavirus ‘speakeasy’ has been busted by police in Prague trying to evade curfew rules amid one of the highest infection rates in Europe. Aside from the plastic bags of narcotics, the basement filled with dancers and booze bottles was reminiscent of the illegal nightclubs of Prohibition era Chicago. Officers discovered dozens of revellers beneath … Read more
England’s deputy chief medical officer has called for the nation’s 10pm pub curfew to be brought forward to 6pm in an effort to reduce the increasing rates of transmission, according to reports. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam admitted there was little evidence supporting the benefits of a 10pm curfew and said he would prefer a closing time … Read more
Italy is considering imposing a nationwide 10pm curfew and closing all high schools due to a sharp rise in Covid infections. The country reported its highest ever daily toll of infections on Friday, with more than 10,000 people contracting the deadly virus in one day. Authorities are meeting on Sunday evening to discuss new measures … Read more
House of Commons bosses are today accused of a cover-up after admitting MPs broke a strict Covid drinking curfew – but failing to say if Matt Hancock was among them. The Mail on Sunday can reveal that an official inquiry has confirmed our revelations last week that MPs drank their way past the nationwide 10pm … Read more
Millions of people across France‘s largest cities are enjoying their last night of freedom ahead of the strict 9pm curfew which came into force on Friday night. France is fighting against a resurgent epidemic that has now filled a third of the country’s intensive care units with COVID-19 patients and is again putting Europe to … Read more