Meet the covid marshals: Army of workers who will enforce new lockdown rules

Meet the covid marshals: Army of workers who will enforce new lockdown rules, check on pubs and restaurants and issue fines for those flouting social distancing Boris Johnson’s new army of Covid marshals are out in force today  By Amie Gordon For Mailonline Published: 11:55 BST, 10 September 2020 | Updated: 12:08 BST, 10 September … Read more

Scarlett Moffatt admits her anxiety is high after new Covid restrictions ruin 30th birthday plans

‘Never felt so c**p in all my life’: Scarlett Moffatt admits her anxiety is at a high after new Covid restrictions ruin her 30th birthday plans By Rebecca Lawrence For Mailonline Published: 10:54 BST, 10 September 2020 | Updated: 10:54 BST, 10 September 2020 Scarlett Moffatt has revealed the new Covid restrictions have ruined her … Read more

Experts ‘banging heads on the wall’ at Boris’s ‘Moonshot’ Covid testing plan

Boris Johnson’s ‘moonshot’ plan for mass testing to save Christmas is already facing a huge backlash today after a leaked memo revealed it could cost £100billion – and experts warned it could yield millions of false positive results. The PM mooted the radical scheme at a Downing Street press conference last night as a way … Read more

Elite universities reveal covid testing plans

Elite universities reveal covid testing plans as Exeter signs contract with private company to offer same-day results and Cambridge promises weekly tests for all students Cambridge says it will offer all students living in college accommodation a weekly coronavirus test after term begins on October 8  Exeter University has announced it is teaming up with … Read more

Oxford and AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine trial could restart ‘within days’

Trials of Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine could be allowed to restart just days after a British volunteer was rushed to hospital with suspected swelling in their spinal cord. UK drug giant AstraZeneca, which owns the rights to the vaccine, announced that all studies of the jab had been paused indefinitely while it investigates whether the … Read more

Heathrow boss urges ministers to fast-track wider access to 20-second Covid test 

Heathrow boss urges ministers to fast-track wider access to a Covid test his airport has trialled that gives results in just 20 SECONDS – saying it could ‘save millions of jobs’ iAbra’s Virolens test is said to provide coronavirus results in 20 seconds Test had a three-week trial at Heathrow Airport and now goes to … Read more

Everything you CAN and CAN’T do when new Covid restrictions come into force on Monday 

England will be subjected to new coronavirus restrictions on Monday following a spike in infections.  Boris Johnson said groups of more than six people would be banned from meeting, in what he called a ‘rule of six’. ‘I wish that we did not have to take this step, but as your prime minister, I must … Read more

So has No. 10 REALLY got its science right? Almost all Covid fatalities are among older people

After spending three months in strict lockdown, millions of Britons in their teens or twenties have spent the summer embracing a return to relative normality. They have flocked to pubs and restaurants to make the most of Eat Out to Help Out, jetted off on holiday with friends or snuck into illegal raves. But, with … Read more

Social media users mock Boris Johnson’s army of ‘Covid marshals’

‘The worst sort of busybodies!’ Social media users mock Boris Johnson’s army of ‘Covid marshals’ who will enforce new rules on social gatherings Workers being introduced to help ensure social distancing in towns and cities But many ridiculed the idea, comparing them to popular bumbling TV characters The PM said recent spike in infections left … Read more

Shamed England star Mason Greenwood held SIX rowdy house parties during Covid lockdown

Shamed England star Mason Greenwood is in more hot water – for holding rowdy house parties throughout the coronavirus lockdown at a secret address without the knowledge of his Manchester United bosses, MailOnline can reveal. The young striker rented the three-storey property through Airbnb ‘five or six times’ during the pandemic where neighbours complained they … Read more