Boxing Day hunts still go ahead but under stringent Covid rules while tradition suspended in Tier 4

A small number of Boxing Day hunts still went ahead today under stringent Covid rules, despite the tradition being cancelled across large parts of the UK in Tier 4 lockdown. The annual sporting activity, which usually sees dozens of hunts meet across the country, looked very different this year with reduced participation and town centre … Read more

Boris mulls new lockdown as SAGE scientists demand ‘more stringent’ action

Boris Johnson faces a brutal pincer today between advisers demanding swingeing curbs to quell coronavirus curbs and a growing Tory revolt over the devastation being wreaked on the economy. The PM is desperately trying to balance fears over a surge in infections and hospitalisations, particularly in the North, with Cabinet unrest over the threat to … Read more

Cabinet at war over the rule of six: Almost every minister on committee argued against stringent ban

Boris Johnson‘s Covid clampdown has divided his Cabinet, it emerged last night. He faces a fierce Tory backlash over the contentious ‘rule of six’ that bans gatherings of seven or more from Monday. A string of senior ministers opposed the measure at a crunch meeting, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak among those to speak out. A … Read more

Stringent measures passengers face at airports across the world to halt coronavirus spread

Hundreds of flights a week are bringing in tens of thousands of international passengers to Britain with no checks or mandatory quarantine upon landing whatsoever. Numerous accounts from travellers able to wander through the UK’s biggest airports without so much as a temperature check have been astounding Britons who are diligently following lockdown rules at … Read more

Americans answer Trump’s call to ‘liberate’ states from governors’ stringent coronavirus lockdowns

Americans have taken part in mass protests after President Donald Trump urged supporters to ‘liberate’ states from governors’ stringent coronavirus lockdowns. Demonstrators rallied in the streets waving huge USA flags and called for the country to reopen despite the pandemic ripping through the country. Thousands raced to the Florida coastline after Governor Ron DeSantis gave the … Read more