Ministers could bring forward a decision to plunge millions of Londoners into Tier 3 to today as coronavirus cases in the capital soar ‘off the chart’. In a move that could devastate businesses just days before Christmas, the city could see its hospitality and culture sectors closed down, with shoppers from Tier 2 zones outside … Read more
Hopes that rural areas will be ‘decoupled’ from neighbouring Covid hotspots in high tiers are dashed as Matt Hancock warns move would trigger infections spike Local MPs had hoped they would be ‘decoupled’ from neighbouring hotspots However, Matt Hancock has warned move could lead to rural areas ‘catching up’ Review of tiers to take place … Read more
It’s been an emotional week. An 81-year-old bloke called William Shakespeare, from Warwickshire, became the second person in the world to be given a Covid-19 vaccine outside of a trial. A nice lady called Margaret was the first, but the lack of pun potential (‘Is this a needle which I see before me?’ or my … Read more
Is your area getting a coronavirus mass testing scheme? Sixty-seven English councils that are part of pilot scheme to cut Covid infection rates revealed 67 Tier 3 local authorities received Government approval for testing schemes 1.6m rapid turnaround lateral flow tests would be delivered for use this month Schemes will help put the local councils … Read more
(Day before) Yesterday in Parliament! BBC Radio 4 listeners are baffled as Today programme replays Wednesday’s political highlights reel this morning – until mistake is spotted FOUR MINUTES later People were baffled when they heard Matt Hancock talking about vaccine rollout But the presenters Justin Webb and Martha Kearney failed to notice the blunder The … Read more
Gwyneth at the 1999 Oscars. Gazza at Italia 90. To that list of lip- wobbling blubberers, we can now add the name of Matthew Hancock. With the arrival of the coronavirus vaccine, the Health Secretary was on Good Morning Britain yesterday to witness the first inoculations take place live on air. Of course he was! … Read more
Coronavirus vaccines will be rolled out in care homes before Christmas, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has promised. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) put care home residents at the top of its priority list for the jabs. But they were not among the 5,000 or so Britons who were vaccinated today as the … Read more
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg feared the UK was ‘anti-tech’ and wanted to invest in Europe instead because he was ‘worried about the tone’ of Matt Hancock’s plans for new cyber-bullying laws, documents reveal Minutes from private Paris meeting between Mark Zuckerberg and Matt Hancock They show the site’s co-founder was ‘worried about tone’ of Government policy … Read more
Roll up your sleeves Boris! Poll finds 58% want the PM to take coronavirus vaccine live on TV with just 16% opposed after Joe Biden said he will set an example to reassure the public EXCLUSIVE: Poll finds 58 per cent would back PM getting a vaccine live on TV Just 16 per cent were … Read more
A day to remember, in a year to forget — that was Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s verdict on Wednesday, after news that Britain had become the first country in the world to approve a Covid-19 vaccine. Next week, vaccination with the breakthrough Pfizer/BioNTech jab will begin. The long nightmare isn’t over yet, of course. Every … Read more