The chief strategist at London‘s Canary Wharf has said thousands of workers are expected to return to offices as Covid restrictions are eased in the coming months. Howard Dawber, Canary Wharf Group’s head of strategy, said they are expecting numbers to increase from March 29 and that this will increase when services such as bars, … Read more
Militant teachers call for strike to disrupt plan for all children to return to school on March 8 Martin Powell-Davies said school chiefs will be acting ‘recklessly’ if they reopen He has urged the National Education Union to join his plans for the strike Argues schools should be reopened in phases and class sizes should … Read more
Line Of Duty creator Jed Mercurio excited fans when he shared the first clue about the plot of season six to Twitter. Uploading a snap of a packet of the Australian chocolate biscuits TimTams with the caption ‘#LineofDuty Series 6 Plot Clue No. 1’, fans began to ferociously speculate as to what it might mean. But … Read more
An anti-lockdown protester today shot a firework at a police officer’s face in Dublin, prompting Gardaí to charge at demonstrators headed for St Stephen’s Green. Protesters were met by a heavy police presence before they could make it to the city centre park, which police had closed to the public before the planned demo at 2pm. … Read more
Piers Corbyn has again been arrested at an anti-lockdown protest, held in defiance of orders banning public gatherings in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The coronavirus conspiracy theorist, 73, was pictured in handcuffs being led away by Metropolitan Police officers in Bishops Park, Fulham, West London, on Saturday. The brother of former Labour leader … Read more
Rishi Sunak ‘is set to hike corporation tax and hand self-employed £2,500 a month in Covid grants’ at Budget as furlough is extended Chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver his latest Budget on March 3 next week The Chancellor is said to be considering hiking corporation tax to 25 per cent Meanwhile, £7,500 grants for self-employed … Read more
Opening a travel agent in the midst of a global pandemic may seem like a brave move but that is exactly what Sunny Heart Travel is doing. The travel firm, made up primarily of ex-Thomas Cook employees, is set to launch on 1 March and the team are ‘very optimistic’ about future success. Initially due … Read more
Secondary school pupils will be made to wear face masks in lessons for ‘weeks’ when they head back to classroom on March 8 BREAKING: Secondary school pupils to wear masks in classrooms ‘for weeks’ The new rules come as part of plans to safely reopen schools on March 8 Boris Johnson made the announcement as … Read more
Pupils in Scotland and Wales start going back to school TODAY but classrooms in England won’t reopen until March 8 as ex-Ofsted chief warns of a ‘lost generation’ and Keir Starmer tells teaching unions not to strike as they push for a phased return Boris Johnson’s lockdown exit plan will see schools in England reopen … Read more
Boris Johnson is already facing a Tory backlash as he prepares to unveil a ‘cautious’ route out of lockdown today – with all schools reopening from March 8 but precious few other easings until Easter. The PM is set to reveal his ‘roadmap’ in a statement to the Commons this afternoon after it is rubber-stamped … Read more