Lockdown measures could be tightened within days if people keep flouting the rules, the Mail can reveal today. Downing Street insisted today the focus was on better compliance with existing Covid regulations. But sources warned ministers were ready to tighten the lockdown further unless the situation improved by the weekend. ‘The compliance data is mixed,’ … Read more
Police tonight warned that people caught without a face mask on public transport will be fined as Priti Patel backed hardline enforcement of the third national lockdown. National Police Chiefs’ Council chairman Martin Hewitt said officers would no longer ‘waste time’ trying to reason with lockdown sceptics as deaths from the latest deadly wave of … Read more
Boris Johnson gathered Cabinet today amid fears lockdown could be tightened within days unless coronavirus numbers ease. The PM has been holding a virtual meeting with his senior team as they consider the next move in the crisis wreaking havoc on the country. Ministers have been desperately pleading with Britons to limit their contacts as the … Read more
Britons can sit on benches, go on bike rides of up to 70 miles but should think carefully about meeting a friend for a coffee and must never go to the supermarket without a mask, Britain’s policing minister said today. Kit Malthouse also accused the public of ‘searching for the loopholes in the law’ and … Read more
Boris Johnson is under pressure to increase the social distancing gap to stop the spread of coronavirus. Leading members of the Sage scientific advisory panel want the measure raised from ‘one metre plus’ to ‘two metres plus’. In practice this would change the limit to three metres – nearly 10ft. The drastic proposal came as … Read more
Matt Hancock rules out axing ‘important’ support bubbles helping families cope with the pandemic as new super-transmissible Covid strain raises fears of a harsher lockdown to come The Health Secretary had previously refused to rule out the drastic step But tonight he said they were too important to struggling families to remove ‘They are an … Read more
Boris Johnson faced questions today after it emerged he went cycling in the Olympic Park over the weekend. The PM was spotted wearing a hat and a face mask at the park seven miles away from Downing Street yesterday afternoon. A source told the Evening Standard that Mr Johnson was exercising, accompanied by his security detail. … Read more
No mother-in-law jokes, Boris Johnson! Carrie Symonds’ mother ‘forms a household bubble’ with Number 10 to help look after her eight-month-old baby grandson Josephine McAffee reportedly formed a ‘household bubble’ with Carrie and PM She is said to be helping to look after the couple’s eight-month-old baby, Wilfred Pair were first unmarried couple to occupy … Read more
Influencers including Love Island stars have been ‘inundated with abuse’ for going on holiday during the coronavirus pandemic – as Britons scramble to get home before the UK’s new testing regime begins. Downing Street yesterday confirmed that all international arrivals to England, including UK citizens, will now be required to present a negative Covid-19 test … Read more
An RAF veteran who is about to turn 100 says he is still waiting for his Covid vaccination a month after the scheme started, as a Sage adviser calls on Number 10 to make it compulsory for NHS staff to get the jab. Arthur Clark, a widower and great-grandfather of four said he had been … Read more