Coronavirus UK: West Yorkshire MPs angry about decision to put the region in Tier 3 lockdown

Yorkshire MPs have railed against the Government’s decision to push the area into Tier Three lockdown from this weekend, branding the move ‘disappointing’ and warning it will ‘ruin people’s lives’.      West Yorkshire will be placed under the highest level of lockdown restrictions from midnight on Sunday, affecting around 2million people living in Leeds, Bradford, Calderdale, … Read more

Coronavirus UK: London ‘to go into Tier 3 lockdown’ as Britain faces a super-spreader Christmas

London could be plunged into Tier 3 lockdown within two weeks as England creeped closer towards full national lockdown by the back door last night, with millions told they will face extra curbs.     Boris Johnson is facing renewed pressure from his medical officers to impose a nation-wide shutdown before and after Christmas in a bid … Read more

Coronavirus France: Gridlock as people flee Paris before lockdown

Tens of thousands of Parisians tonight caused massive traffic jams in a desperate attempt to flee the French capital ahead of the start of Emmanuel Macron’s month-long shutdown.  Video posted to Twitter shows huge numbers of Parisians attempting a mass exodus out of the mega-city in a bid to avoid the 9pm curfew and the … Read more

New lurch towards lockdown: London will be placed on Tier 3 restrictions ‘within two weeks’

England was creeping towards lockdown by the back door last night as millions more were told they will face extra curbs. Almost 60 per cent of the population – around 32.6million – will be under stricter rules by Monday. And it is understood London could also be moved into the top tier within the next … Read more

French pack bars before national lockdown that will force all hospitality to close until December 1

Parisians made the most of their final night of freedom as they packed the bars ahead of new lockdown restrictions which come into force on Friday. Emmanuel Macron announced new measures on Wednesday in an effort to curb the rising Covid infections across the country.   Revellers seized the opportunity to spend one final evening with … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon unveils five-tier local lockdown areas

Nicola Sturgeon today admitted she cannot rule out imposing nationwide coronavirus restrictions on Scotland ‘in the next few weeks’ as she unveiled her new five-tier plan for local lockdowns.  The First Minister this afternoon revealed which parts of Scotland will be in which tier when her new rules come into force from Monday.  She urged … Read more

Germany faces ‘a difficult winter’, Angela Merkel admits while defending new lockdown measures

Germany faces ‘a difficult winter’, Angela Merkel admits while defending new lockdown measures amid record COVID infection numbers Merkel told the Bundestag today that Germany faces a ‘difficult winter’ ahead  Comments come a day after Germany rolled out a series of lockdown measures  These included the closure of bars and restaurants and limits on social … Read more

Disneyland Paris is closing TODAY as a result of France’s national lockdown

BREAKING NEWS: Disneyland Paris is closing TODAY as a result of France’s national lockdown By Ted Thornhill, Mailonline Travel Editor Published: 10:55 GMT, 29 October 2020 | Updated: 10:56 GMT, 29 October 2020 Disneyland Paris will shut at the end of the day due to France‘s national lockdown, it has been announced.  Disney said: ‘In … Read more

Robert Jenrick resists SAGE calls for another national lockdown

Robert Jenrick today resisted calls from the Government’s scientific experts for another national lockdown as he said ‘you can’t have a stop-start country’.  The Housing Secretary said it is the Government’s ‘very firm view’ that a short nationwide ‘circuit breaker’ shutdown is not the right way forward as he insisted ministers intend to stick to … Read more

Lockdown does more harm than good, says Professor Angus Dalgleish

 We are at a pivotal moment in this pandemic and for our Prime Minister – and indeed the country – the stakes could not be higher. With rumours rampant about a new national lockdown and talk about the so-called ‘second wave’ of Covid-19 infections being deadlier than the first, there has never been a more … Read more