Hammersmith and Fulham council BANS all staff from smoking at their desks while working from home

Labour-run Hammersmith and Fulham council bans all staff from smoking at their desks while working from HOME Council has banned staff from smoking even when they are working at home Hammersmith and Fulham council told staff ‘any part of a private dwelling used solely for work purposes will be required to be smoke-free’ Smoking ban … Read more

Boris Johnson bans cabinet ministers from using the word ‘Brexit’

Don’t mention the B word!* No.10’s secret crib sheet for Ministers who can’t be trusted to say the right thing on EU talks (*That’s Brexit, which is officially done and dusted and can only be spoken of as a historical event) Ministers have been banned from using the word Brexit by Number 10  A memo … Read more

Airbnb BANS house parties and limits bookings to 16 people

Airbnb is banning house parties worldwide in an attempt to help its reputation and comply with coronavirus-related limits on gatherings. The home sharing company, based in San Francisco, said it will limit occupancy in its rental homes to 16 people, but may offer exceptions for boutique hotels or other event venues. Airbnb said it may … Read more

Airbnb BANS parties and forbids more than 16 people in a booking

Airbnb BANS parties and forbids more than 16 people in a booking following complaints of Covid-19 guidelines being ignored  Airbnb began banning some parties on its platform at the end of last year The latest move will see all parties and event blocked from properties it hosts  No groups larger than 16 will be able … Read more

Married At First Sight BANS Victorians from the new season

Heartbreak for Melbourne socialites as Married At First Sight BANS Victorians from the new season after a second wave of COVID-19 cases in the state Do you know a Married At First Sight participant? Email [email protected]  By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:36 BST, 18 August 2020 | Updated: 04:36 BST, 18 August … Read more

Apple bans Epic Games from App store after anti-trust lawsuit

Apple retaliated against Epic Games after being served an anti-trust lawsuit for pulling the wildly popular video game Fortnite from the App Store.  The tech giant is set to remove Epic Games’s developer account from the platform on August 28 – banning the firm from designing apps for the App Store in the future. Epic is … Read more

Spain bans smoking in public nationwide and closes restaurants and bars

Spain announced it was banning smoking in the street without social distancing as it stepped up restrictions to stop the spread of coronavirus today. Health Minister Salvador Illa unveiled a raft of new measures to be enforced nationwide, including closing restaurants and bars. He attended an emergency meeting of regional health authorities as the country … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: BBC bans Rudyard Kipling’s Mandalay from VJ Day commemoration 

His verse evokes the sweat and suffering of Tommy Atkins — the ordinary soldier who risks his neck in battle only to be consigned to oblivion in peacetime. But that has not prevented Rudyard Kipling’s celebrated poem Mandalay from being expunged from the BBC’s showpiece commemorating the 75th anniversary of VJ Day — much to … Read more

Young new drivers could face night bans and passenger restrictions

Graduated licences for new drivers will again be discussed by MPs as they look for ways to improve road safety and cut the death toll on Britain’s roads, according to new reports. It could see new motorists under the age of 25 banned from driving at night, not allowed to give lifts to friends and … Read more

Matt Hancock BANS households in parts of Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire from meeting indoors

New lockdown for the north: Matt Hancock BANS households in parts of Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire from meeting indoors from TONIGHT after repeated rule breaches led to spike in new Covid cases Councils going back into partial lockdown are Burnley, Hyndburn and Pendle Mr Hancock said it is ‘with a heavy heart’ that the measures were … Read more