Matt Hancock BANS households in parts of Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire from meeting indoors

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has banned households in parts of Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire from meeting indoors from midnight tonight. He claimed the new lockdown measures were put in force after repeated rule breaches led to a spike in new coronavirus cases. The councils going back into a partial lockdown are Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Rossendale, Bradford, … Read more

Lockdown in Lleida in Catalonia tightened as 140,000 residents ordered to stay indoors

Lockdown measures in a Spanish city 100 miles from Barcelona have today been tightened, with residents now ordered to say indoors and only leave for food or to work if ‘essential’.  In the first lockdown of its kind since the end of the state of emergency in Spain, around 140,000 people in Lleida, just under … Read more

Wear sun cream INDOORS, says Boots in ‘shameless’ bid to boost sales 

Wear sun cream INDOORS, says Boots in ‘shameless’ bid to boost sales Boots advises its customers to ‘wear sun cream indoors to protect your skin’ What Boots called ‘great advice’ has been dismissed by leading dermatologists Customers have accused the chain of ‘shamelessly’ trying to increase profits  By Lucy Jones For The Mail On Sunday … Read more

Two-metre rule HALVED to let people meet indoors and stay OVERNIGHT from July 4

Boris Johnson today dramatically unwound the coronavirus lockdown, declaring that pubs, haircuts and weddings can return and giving family and friends the green light to meet up indoors for the first time in months. Throwing the dice to save the stricken economy, the PM told the Commons that bars, restaurants, cinemas and hairdressers can get … Read more

Playing indoors is more likely to injure children as NHS data shows strain injuries now more common

Playing indoors is more likely to injure children as NHS data shows strain injuries linked to video gaming have shot up by 65 percent in the last decade Data shows same number of children being admitted to hospital as ten years ago But far fewer accident-related admissions are the result of an outdoor mishap More … Read more