The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17, 2021 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province of China, carried on the Long March-2F rocket, to Chinese Tiangong space station July 19, 1964: China took its first official step into space, launching and recovering an experimental biological rocket carrying white mice. April 24, … Read more
Things are going according to plan. Despite a few wobbles about vanishingly small blood-clot risks, our vaccine rollout charges forward. And tomorrow we will enter the next phase of our roadmap to freedom. But at the Downing Street press conference last Monday, England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty was circumspect. Moving ‘steadily’ was key, he … Read more
Boris Johnson tonight confirmed that shops, pubs and restaurants can reopen from next Monday – amid fears that his wider roadmap for easing lockdown is hanging in the balance. The PM struck a bullish tone saying the country’s hard work is ‘paying off’ as he held an Easter Monday press briefing in Downing Street, confirming … Read more
Wedding industry ‘confusion’ over lockdown rules means 7,000 couples might have to cancel – after government had to clarify that most events are only allowed to happen OUTDOORS with 15 guests Wedding industry has vented fury that larger events might not return on April 12 Roadmap says that up to 15 people are able to … Read more
Wedding industry ‘confusion’ over lockdown rules means 7,000 couples might have to cancel – after government had to clarify that most events are only allowed to happen OUTDOORS with 15 guests Wedding industry has vented fury that larger events might not return on April 12 Roadmap says that up to 15 people are able to … Read more
Spending on holidays surged by 109 per cent in the week after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his roadmap out of lockdown, new research has revealed. Bookings soared with spending rising by 102 per cent at travel agencies and 122 per cent at airlines, compared to the week of spending prior, according to card data … Read more
More people are heading in to the office every day than working from home in the wake of the announcement of the roadmap out of lockdown. Only 32 per cent of Britons surveyed said they are still exclusively working at home, while 39 per cent are working every day at their normal place of work. … Read more
Boris Johnson‘s cautious approach to easing restrictions quickly came under strain as lockdown-weary Britons jumped the gun on his road map and started mixing with friends. Coffee catch-ups in the park and outdoor sport remain banned until March – but after nearly a year of draconian Covid measures people took advantage of the recent good … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon today unveiled a lockdown exit roadmap for Scotland which will see the stay at home rule lifted and the return of some non-essential shops on April 5. The Scottish First Minister said her ‘deliberately cautious’ plan will start with more pupils heading back to classrooms on March 15 after a limited reopening of … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon launches rival lockdown roadmap for Scotland vowing to be even MORE cautious than Boris Johnson with return of regional ‘tiers’ Nicola Sturgeon to set out lockdown exit strategy for Scotland this afternoon Immediate priorities for reopening will be education and more social interaction She has already confirmed that Scotland will return to geographic … Read more