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The coronavirus outbreak has sent the UK into lockdown. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has closed pubs, restaurants, cafes, nightclubs, gyms, theatres, cinemas and schools, and asked members of the public to start working from home “where they possibly can”. Dozens of stations on the London Underground network have also closed in …

What could happen in a London lockdown?  LIKELY RESTRICTIONS  Tougher advice on ‘social distancing’, urging everyone to stay at home unless absolutely essential;  Asking shops, cafes, restaurants, pubs and bars to close to minimise the risk of people gathering; Scaling back transport services while leaving enough capacity for unavoidable journeys …

All staff who work in Britain’s food supply chain will be designated as key workers and have access to childcare during the coronavirus crisis, Food Secretary George Eustice suggested today amid wider confusion about who will be eligible for the help.  All schools in the UK will shut as of …

Britain’s coronavirus death toll has today risen to 104 after the number of new daily fatalities doubled in the space of just 24 hours. Officials today announced 33 more deaths from the life-threatening infection in the UK – up from 16 yesterday and 20 on Monday, amid fears the outbreak …

Britain’s coronavirus shutdown could last for 18 months or more amid a frantic scramble for a vaccine that can stop the disease, scientists warned today. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced last night that people should stop socialising, work from home, avoid travelling and that whole households should stay in isolation …

Boris Johnson plunged Britain into an extraordinary lockdown today – urging everyone in the country to stop all ‘non-essential’ contact with others. The PM warned that the coronavirus was now in a phase of rapid spread across the UK, with London seeing a particular surge, and it was time to …

Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal was ferried around in a chauffeur-driven car to be signed, at the cost to the taxpayer of over £900, its has been revealed. The withdrawal agreement was taken from Brussels to London and back again by high-speed Eurostar train, with no expense spared, according to receipts …

Defiant Friday night revellers are still hitting the streets of London tonight despite the fact millions of workers stayed at home today over coronavirus fears. Huge crowds gathered outside theatres this evening for popular West End shows near Leicester Square such as The Book of Mormom and Les Miserables. So …

The UK’s coronavirus epidemic could spiral out of control if people wait for the death toll to rise before changing their behaviour, a leading scientist has warned. Professor Graham Medley, a disease expert at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said people risk making the outbreak worse by …

The UK’s coronavirus death toll has today jumped to 10 after health chiefs announced 140 more patients had been infected in Britain’s biggest daily increase yet – taking the infection toll to almost 600.  NHS officials revealed both patients who died had underlying conditions. One was a woman in her …