Boris cancels Xmas for a THIRD of England amid ‘mutant’ Covid fears

Where will be in the new Tier 4 from midnight?  Kent Buckinghamshire Berkshire Surrey (excluding Waverley) The boroughs of Gosport, Havant, Portsmouth, Rother and Hastings All 32 London boroughs and the city of London. Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes, Luton, Peterborough Hertfordshire Essex (excluding Colchester, Uttlesford and Tendring). Boris Johnson dramatically cancelled Christmas for millions … Read more

Fury as it is revealed Boris Johnson is set to CANCEL Christmas

Fury at Boris’s last-minute Christmas’ u-turn as Britons complain it’s ‘just in time for everyone to have spent money on presents, food and booze’ Prime Minister summons press conference after holding crisis talks with Cabinet Extraordinary U-turn has caused outrage among families across the south east Many have already made plans, booked travel and bought … Read more

Plans to post millions of rapid testing kits to homes are BLOCKED by regulator over accuracy fears

Plans to post millions of rapid testing kits to homes are BLOCKED by regulator amid fears they are not accurate enough when people test themselves Tests only pick up 49 per cent of infections when used by ordinary people Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency blocked mass rollout Boris Johnson has said lateral flow tests … Read more

Mass testing for coronavirus is not an accurate way to screen the population, health minister warns 

Mass testing for the coronavirus is not an accurate way to screen the whole population, health minister Lord Bethell warns Lord Bethell wrote that asymptomatic testing could give ‘false reassurance’  Government previously announced expansion of asymptomatic mass testing  Lord Bethell wrote to a constituent to say it was not an accurate way to screen    He … Read more

Hospitals have record numbers of coronavirus patients amid fears over NHS capacity

Hospitals are seeing record numbers of coronavirus patients as fears over NHS capacity saw Boris Johnson refuse to rule out a third lockdown. ‘We’re hoping very much that we will be able to avoid anything like’ a third lockdown in the new year, the Prime Minister said, but added: ‘the reality is that the rates … Read more

Russian hackers target Ministry of Defence, Home Office and police

Russian hackers target Ministry of Defence, Home Office and police through attack on computer company serving public sector bodies Russian hackers are thought to be behind a ‘very serious’ cyber security breach Some 40 government agencies were infiltrated by hackers, Microsoft said Operation began in March but confirmation UK was targeted came yesterday  By Emer … Read more

London and south east could be ‘cut off’ from the rest of the UK

London and the South East could be ‘cut off’ from the rest of the UK with potential travel bans as a new ‘highly contagious’ coronavirus variant rips through the regions. Boris Johnson could announce a strengthening of Covid-19 advice as soon as today after holding a meeting in which ministers are understood to have discussed how to contain … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Why Andrew Bailey’s bid to calm storm around savings scandal could cause MORE trouble

ALEX BRUMMER: Why Andrew Bailey’s bid to calm the storm around £237m savings scandal could cause MORE trouble By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 00:29 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 00:32 GMT, 19 December 2020 The choice of Andrew Bailey as governor of the Bank of England in December 2019, just days … Read more