Tag Archives: Coronavirus

Summer “isn’t cancelled” – if you want a staycation Staycations are still on the agenda this summer – as the Prime Minister said he might even squeeze one in himself. Boris Johnson was asked whether he had “cancelled summer” this year after announcing that a further easing of lockdown across …

Four coronavirus outbreaks have taken place at Honda, Royal Mail, Iceland and a fire station in Swindon. Some 51 employees at an Iceland food distribution centre in Swindon have tested positive for Covid-19. Workers at the facility are being offered on-site testing in a bid to contain the virus. Three …

There have been coronavirus outbreaks at Swindon’s Honda, Royal Mail, Iceland and fire station sites. Health chiefs say there have been a “small number” of people testing positive with COVID-19 on the edge of Gloucestershire. Swindon Borough Council says it is working with Public Health England South West and local …

Britain’s Covid-19 outbreak is still growing as official statistics today revealed daily infections have risen by 12 per cent in a week with the rolling average hitting a four-week high. Department of Health chiefs today announced another 845 people across the UK have tested positive for the life-threatening virus, up …

The Phantom of the Opera has been forced to permanently close on the West End amid the coronavirus pandemic.  The show, which has been running at Her Majesty’s Theatre since 1986, is the second longest-running production in the capital. However, the financial impact of the pandemic and the continuing restrictions …

  The Australian Medical Association has demanded a royal commission into Victoria’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. With no sign Victoria’s soaring active case numbers are stabilising, the AMA says a powerful inquiry is needed to find out what went wrong – from hotel quarantine to contact tracing and aged-care …

Channel 4 star Ant Middleton faces the sack as Chief Cadet of the Royal Navy after he called Black Lives Matter protesters ‘absolute scum’ The Navy’s top brass are reportedly trying to find the courage to sack Middleton The ‘SAS: Who Dares Wins’ frontman called Black Lives Matter Protesters ‘absolute …

UK holidaymakers have been warned not to travel to mainland Spain by the Foreign Office after the Government imposed a bombshell two-week quarantine on all return passengers from the Mediterranean country. The Foreign Office issued a statement this evening explaining that all travel unless essential to Spain must be stopped …

From chocolate bars to fizzy drinks, vending machines come through when we need them to. Now, they even offer masks. Adam Freeman, a onetime contestant from The Apprentice, has launched Maskey, the UK’s first vending machine face-mask brand. Since installing the first machine in Essex in April, he has installed …

Trains are returning to capacity faster on weekends than weekdays, amid fears people are prioritising returning to pubs over work. Figures from the Department for Transport (DfT) show that in the past two weeks in London use of the tube was closer to normal levels during the weekend. On Saturday …