Legal blunder could unleash tidal wave of refund claims from motorists whose vehicles were towed away over parking violation between 1991 and now Powers to charge drivers to impound vehicles were accidentally removed in 1991 But the error only just been noticed – causing government to publish a new Bill Consumer law expert says the … Read more
Professor Linda Bauld, public health researcher at the University of Edinburgh Britain probably won’t suffer a third wave of Covid like the one tearing through Europe right now, a top public health expert said today. Edinburgh University’s Professor Linda Bauld expects the UK’s advanced vaccine programme and the incoming spring to help control the virus. … Read more
Boris Johnson said that the latest wave of Covid that has forced a fresh lockdown in France was ‘sad’ today – and warned that the UK must be ready for it to cross the Channel. On a visit to Hartlepool this afternoon the Prime Minister said that experience had shown that the disease usually hit the … Read more
France will enter a third national lockdown for four weeks, French president Emmanuel Macron announced in an address to the nation on Wednesday night. The decision comes as a third wave of Covid-19 – blamed largely on the so-called ‘British variant’ of the virus – surges across Europe and countries face a race against time to … Read more
France will enter a third national lockdown for four weeks, French president Emmanuel Macron announced in an address to the nation on Wednesday night, expanding current measures in 19 territories to the whole country. The decision comes as a third wave of the coronavirus surges across Europe and countries face a race against time to vaccinate … Read more
Germany warns its coronavirus third wave could be the worst yet with 100,000 daily infections Health official Lothar Wieler warned ‘this wave will be worse than the first two’ German health minister Jens Spahn warned hospitals could reach limit in April Angela Merkel this week had to scrap plans for an ultra-strict lockdown at Easter … Read more
Britain could be hit with an ‘exit wave’ of Covid when lockdown is lifted but it’s unlikely to lead to an uncontrollable spike in hospital admissions or deaths, experts insisted today despite the predictions of a SAGE model released last week. Scientists told MailOnline that while there was ‘no doubt infections will rise’ when pubs and … Read more
Summer holidays all but cancelled as downbeat Boris Johnson warns ‘things are looking difficult on the continent’ with a new wave of Covid and refuses to confirm if he will go abroad with his family The Prime Minister faced a wide-ranging grilling from senior MPs this afternoon Foreign travel due to restart no earlier than … Read more
Summer holidays in peril over Covid rise: Fears of European third wave hammers travel stocks By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 22 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 22 March 2021 Shares in airlines and travel firms slumped after another Government minister warned Britons against booking summer holidays. A surge in … Read more
Britain had the highest excess death toll in Europe last summer after the first wave, a study by the Office for National Statistics revealed today. The ONS report found the UK suffered 6.7 per cent more deaths than normal from the start of 2020 to the week ending June 26. Spain had the second-highest level (5.9 … Read more