Londoners have sat down to enjoy their last pub pints before Christmas – as industry experts warn more than 160,000 jobs in the hospitality industry have been put at risk by the move into Tier 3. London and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire will be put under Tier Three curbs from tonight. The announcement was … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has urged Britons to consider pre-isolating now before meeting vulnerable elderly relatives at Christmas to lessen the risk. Covid lockdown rules are set to be eased to allow up to three households to form a ‘bubble’ for five days over the festive period. But Mr Hancock said people should be cautious ‘two … Read more
Some 61 per cent of England’s population will be under Tier 3 after vast swathes of the South East are thrust into the harshest set of Covid restrictions from midnight tonight. Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the Commons that the tough new rules will come into effect in London just after midnight on Wednesday morning, … Read more
Grim Reaper Matt Hancock prefaced his Commons announcement of yet another ruinous lockdown in London, Hertfordshire and Essex with a blood-curdling warning about a new super strain of coronavirus which has just been identified by ‘the science’. Presumably, this ingenious variant only attacks people in pubs not gyms, and restaurants not shops. Even so, it’s … Read more
Victims of a doctor who used a ‘truth serum’ to paralyse and rape at least 130 children as young as ten at a psychiatric hospital in the 1960s and 70s have received an apology from Matt Hancock. Children at Derby psychiatric hospital Aston Hall were drugged, stripped and abused at the hands of Dr Kenneth … Read more
A Michelin-starred restaurateur joined scores of hospitality chiefs who tonight lashed out at Matt Hancock‘s ‘illogical’ plan to plunge London back into Tier 3 lockdown from midnight on Wednesday and warned that ‘cruel’ restrictions on embattled businesses will push the teetering sector ‘closer towards failure’. David Moore of Pied à Terre said the move ‘feels like Armageddon’ and admitted that … Read more
A mutated strain of coronavirus may be the culprit behind a rapid surge in infections in London and the South East of England, Matt Hancock suggested today. Experts have so far identified more than 1,000 confirmed cases of the variant, called VUI – 202012/01, the Health Secretary told the House of Commons today. There have been … Read more
Hospitality bosses tonight lashed out at Matt Hancock‘s ‘illogical’ plan to plunge London back into Tier 3 lockdown and warned that ‘cruel’ restrictions on business will push the collapsing sector ‘closer towards failure’. UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls said putting hospitality venues including pubs and restaurants in the capital back into the toughest shutdown is … Read more
What are the Tier 3 rules? Indoor entertainment venues such as cinemas, theatres and bowling alleys must close; Pubs, restaurants and cafes must close except for takeaway; Shops and hairdressers and salons will be allowed to remain open; Groups of six will be allowed to meet outdoors only; Crowds at live events will be banned; … Read more
‘Welcome to the party’: Northerners gloat as Londoners learn they will be moved into Tier Three at midnight tomorrow By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 15:28 GMT, 14 December 2020 | Updated: 15:28 GMT, 14 December 2020 Share or comment on this article: