Matt Hancock emotional as he reveals he lost family member to Covid

Matt Hancock chokes back tears in the House of Commons as he reveals his step-grandfather died of Covid last month as the Health Secretary issues an emotional plea for people to stick to new rules Matt Hancock revealed in House of Commons his step-grandfather died of Covid Health Secretary said his family member had caught … Read more

Stratford-on-Avon launches legal action in bid to get out of Covid Tier 3 

Stratford-on-Avon District Council has mounted a legal challenge against the Government’s ‘arbitrary and irrational’ decision to put it in Tier 3. Its Conservative leader Tony Jefferson today sent a Judicial Review pre-action letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, urging him to retract the allocation. He said the decision to impose the harshest restrictions when the national … Read more

Matt Hancock chokes back tears as he reveals he lost family member to Covid

Matt Hancock chokes back tears in the House of Commons as he reveals his step-grandfather died of Covid last month as the Health Secretary issues an emotional plea for people to stick to new rules Matt Hancock revealed in House of Commons his step-grandfather died of Covid Health Secretary said his family member had caught … Read more

Statford-on-Avon launches legal action in bid to get out of Covid Tier 3 

Stratford-on-Avon District Council has mounted a legal challenge against the Government’s ‘arbitrary and irrational’ decision to put it in Tier 3. Its Conservative leader Tony Jefferson today sent a Judicial Review pre-action letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, urging him to retract the allocation. He said the decision to impose the harshest restrictions when the national … Read more

Leicester ‘given thousands of unusable coronavirus tests’

Leicester hasn’t yet been able to start mass testing for Covid because of a logistical blunder that has meant 10,000 rapid swab kits local officials received are currently unusable, it was claimed today. Matt Hancock promised that areas put into Tier Three local lockdowns would get access to rapid Covid testing when the national lockdown … Read more

As the prefects guffawed, MPs stared daggers: HENRY DEEDES watches Matt Hancock announce Covid tiers

And so came the tiers. There was no actual blubbing in the chamber when Matt Hancock announced his post-lockdown restrictions yesterday. Some Tory MPs looked jolly close to turning on the waterworks though. Blimey, were they cross! The Health Secretary had just announced that all of them – barring members for Cornwall, the Isles of … Read more

What tier am I in? Post-lockdown checker for England crashes moments after going live

Government REMOVES Tier checker postcode tool from website after it failed to work for over two hours while nation desperately tried to find out new lockdown level from December 2 Government postcode checker helps people find out which tier area is placed in But it crashed today just minutes after going live leaving Britons frustrated … Read more

England’s new tier system: Which football clubs and sports venues can let fans back in?

Arsenal will be among the first  football clubs whose fans will be allowed to return to stadiums for matches next week, but Manchester United will miss out, following the announcement of a new regional tier system today. Liverpool will also be in the first wave of top tier matches allowed to admit spectators. Football and … Read more

Matt Hancock’s neighbour with no experience making medical supplies won Covid testing kit contract

Matt Hancock‘s neighbour won a contract to supply tens of millions of Covid tests to the NHS after sending him a personal WhatsApp message – despite his company having no previous experience of making medical supplies.  Alex Bourne got to know the Health Secretary while landlord of the Cock Inn in Thurlow, West Suffolk, a few … Read more

Football, rugby, horse racing and elite sports find out if they can allow fans back into arenas

BREAKING NEWS: Arsenal will be allowed 2,000 fans at next week’s Europa League game after London was placed in Tier 2 of regional restrictions… but Old Trafford will remain SHUT for PSG showdown with Manchester placed in Tier 3 Matt Hancock revealed today which tier each area of England has been put in  Government’s regional … Read more