Nicola Sturgeon dismisses row over Covid alcohol ban in Scotland saying businesses ‘know whether they’re a restaurant or a cafe’ amid confusion over lockdown rules The First Minister spoke’ amid confusion over rules introduced on Friday Pubs and restaurants across Scotland face booze ban and 6pm curfew Licensed premises in five Central Belt areas barred … Read more
Russia today rejected claims that the Kremlin was behind the poisoning of Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny, who is in a coma at a German hospital. Navalny’s friends have pointed the finger at Putin after the opposition leader fell ill on a flight in Siberia and was airlifted to Berlin in a critical condition. Kremlin … Read more
Downing Street dismisses claim it is planning to force all over-40s to pay more tax to fund the social care system Reports suggested policy was being considered by the Department of Health But Downing Street said this afternoon it is ‘not true that we are considering’ it No10 said Boris Johnson would ‘take the time’ … Read more
Downing Street dismisses claim it is planning to force all over-40s to pay more tax to fund the social care system Reports suggested policy was being considered by the Department of Health But Downing Street said this afternoon it is ‘not true that we are considering’ it No10 said Boris Johnson would ‘take the time’ … Read more
Professor Sarah Gilbert said it would not be safe for them to do a so-called ‘challenge trial’ of Oxford University’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate An Oxford academic today dismissed the idea of deliberately infecting volunteers with Covid-19 to test the university’s experimental vaccine because no treatment currently exists to keep patients safe. Hopes of ending the Covid-19 … Read more
Russia’s ambassador to the UK says there is ‘no sense’ in claims his country tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research Andrei Kelin said there was ‘no sense’ in the allegations made by Britain, the United States and Canada about the Russian intelligence services Western allies claimed hackers known as the Dukes or Cozy Bear had … Read more
The Trump family have lost their attempt to gag the president’s niece Mary Trump from writing a tell-all book about them. A judge at the Queen’s Surrogate’s Court in New York ruled that their application to stop Mary was ‘fatally defective’ and dismissed it. Judge Peter J. Kelly said that his court was the wrong … Read more
Boris Johnson today angrily dismissed a wave of criticism that zoos and shops are reopening when schools might not be back until September. In bad-tempered exchanges at PMQs, Mr Johnson faced an onslaught from Labour’s Keir Starmer who accused him of ‘flailing around’ while millions of children missed out on their education. But Mr Johnson … Read more
Society bible Tatler today dismissed a legal complaint by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in an ongoing row over a controversial article, saying it has ‘no merit’. Kate Middleton, 38, and Prince William, 37, may take legal action against the magazine after it published a ‘string of lies’ about the Duchess. In a highly … Read more
Society bible Tatler today dismissed a legal complaint by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in an ongoing row over a controversial article, saying it has ‘no merit’. Kate Middleton, 38, and Prince William, 37, are taking legal action against the magazine after it published a ‘string of lies’ about the Duchess. In a highly … Read more