New UK government guidance means Premier League players and coaches will be required to isolate for 10 days following any overseas trip, complicating the schedules of teams still in the Champions League and Europa League. Prior to Sunday’s new restrictions being detailed to all 20 Premier League clubs, revealed by the Athletic, there were no … Read more
Fizzy drinks giant Coca-Cola is testing paper bottles in Europe as part of its mission to eliminate plastic waste by the year 2030. The US company’s first-ever paper bottle prototype will be available this summer through a limited online trial in Hungary. A run of 2,000 bottles of the company’s ‘plant-based snacking drink’ AdeZ will … Read more
Canada has been dragged into the EU’s vaccine chaos with Pfizer and Moderna both cutting back deliveries from Europe while Brussels goes to war on jab exports to rescue its own stumbling vaccine roll-out. With no home-grown vaccines in Canada and no jabs being shipped from the United States, the country is reliant on factories … Read more
British shoppers in Europe are struggling to get their hands on everything from custard creams and M&S food products to Fortnum & Mason hampers as post-Brexit export rules continue to cause chaos. Stonemanor, a small chain of British food stores in Belgium, is unable to source classic items including digestive biscuits, Walker’s shortbread, oatcakes and … Read more
Life in Australia during Covid has been marred by border closures, restrictions on lifestyle and travel bans – but for me, a hardy Pom, it’s a thousand times better than what my family and friends are enduring back home. As I sat down for my weekly FaceTime with my folks on Sunday, it dawned on … Read more
The SWAMPS-Élysées! Paris is flooded by the Seine and German shipping is stalled by high water levels under bridges as rivers across Europe burst their banks after torrential downpours The famous embankments and avenues of the capital were submerged under the river for the fifth day in a row on Saturday as the weather service … Read more
Clubs competing in the Champions League and Europa League face an anxious wait to discover if Boris Johnson’s plans to force all travellers into hotel quarantine when they return from overseas will apply to footballers travelling to and from European matches. Mr Johnson today confirmed the Government is looking at quarantine hotels for UK arrivals … Read more
BREAKING: Trump ‘to lift COVID-19 travel restrictions on UK, Brazil and Europe from January 26’ Donald Trump will rescind entry bans for most non-U.S. citizens who recently were in Brazil and much of Europe starting on January 26, sources told Reuters The U.S. restrictions barring most visitors from Europe have been in place since mid-March, … Read more
Europe gives the green light to MEALWORMS as a safe source of human food and says they can be consumed whole, dried or as a flour The decision was announced today by the European Food Safety Agency Once it is ratified by the European Commission, mealworms can go on sale Despite the name, the edible insects are … Read more
‘We WERE right to stay out of EU’s vaccination scheme’: Decision to run our own Covid-19 inoculation drive is vindicated after figures show UK has given out more jabs than rest of Europe combined, MPs are told Figures show the UK is fourth in the world for number of vaccines administered The only countries ahead … Read more