Business leaders last night united with MPs to plead with the Prime Minister to resume foreign travel. They warned that more than a million jobs were at risk if Boris Johnson failed to get Britain flying again. In letter to the PM, they said firms across the country faced devastation if planes were kept grounded. … Read more
Two heavier tugboats sped to Egypt‘s Suez Canal on Sunday to join efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway. The massive Ever Given, a Panama-flagged, Japanese-owned ship that carries cargo between Asia and Europe, got stuck on Tuesday in a single-lane stretch of the canal. Authorities have so … Read more
Britain’s Bentley is set to benefit from a ‘roaring Twenties’ post-pandemic spending boom, its chief executive Adrian Hallmark predicted as he launched a new flagship grand tourer. Speaking as he launched the new 200mph £200,000 Bentley GT Speed and celebrated record 2020 sales, he said there were signs of wealthy customers around the globe coming … Read more
Not so fast! Burglar raids shop and flees on MOBILITY scooter… which has a top speed of just 8mph The burglar, who is still at large, took vehicle from Modern Mobility in Leicester CCTV shows him breaking in before getting into the £10,000 Cabin Car scooter Manager Nick Partridge said scooter was ‘the most expensive item … Read more
New push for vaccine passports: Michael Gove eyes scheme that could speed up our return to bars and theatres after lockdown Michael Gove is heading a review looking into Covid-status certification for Brits Vaccine passports could see lifting of limits on social contacts being accelerated Gove said that there may be ethical considerations around the … Read more
That really is a HIGH speed chase! Police catch two young criminals driving away a stolen cherry picker Young crooks stole a cherry picker and tried to escape police in Derbyshire Officers dubbed them ‘rapscallions’ in tweet once vehicle was safely stopped Three days later the team were sent to search for a missing mini … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing fresh Tory pressure to bring forward his lockdown timetable as deaths continue to plunge. The first phase of the relaxation plan is coming into effect today, with pupils returning to classrooms and one-on-one social meetings allowed outdoors. However, despite the surging vaccine rollout and deaths continuing to plummet the PM has … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing fresh Tory pressure to bring forward his lockdown timetable as deaths continue to plunge. The first phase of the relaxation plan is coming into effect today, with pupils returning to classrooms and one-on-one social meetings allowed outdoors. However, despite the surging vaccine rollout and deaths continuing to plummet the PM has … Read more
Covid cases are continuing to drop in England — but the speed of decline has slowed, another set of official data revealed today. NHS Test and Trace data showed 68,738 people tested positive for Covid in England between February 18 and 24, an 18.7 per cent decrease compared to the previous week. But the fall … Read more
Britain’s Covid vaccine rollout will go at twice its speed so far over the next three months potentially doubling the number of people immunised by June as well as dishing out second doses, the UK’s vaccine minister says. Nadhim Zahawi said today that March will be a ‘very big month’ for the programme. February saw … Read more