India brings in immediate night-time curfew for New Delhi after country saw a record surge in Covid-19 cases with more than 100,000 in a day The night curfew will be in place from 10pm to 5am in India’s capital, New Delhi Essential services and travelling to and from vaccination centres are exempt India had the … Read more
US drops tariffs on whisky, cashmere and Stilton as trade deal with Britain inches closer – two months after Liz Truss axed fees on American imports US said millions worth of tariffs on Scotch and other goods would be suspended Cashmere and cheese are also set to benefit from the American relaxation Comes a month … Read more
English football will challenge social media companies to prove they are serious about protecting players from sickening online abuse following another depressing week. Marcus Rashford, Reece James, Anthony Martial, Axel Tuanzebe and Romaine Sawyers have all suffered disgusting racial abuse on the internet in recent days, while at least one other Premier League player was targeted … Read more
Lockdown has been imposed on five Beijing neighbourhoods after just a handful of Covid-19 cases were detected in the Chinese capital. In total, 1.6million people have been ordered to stay at home after seven cases were reported on Wednesday, including six in southern Daxing district, while China reported 103 total cases nationally. China has been reporting … Read more
Will it be enough? Covid restrictions imposed on England could fail to stop the spread of coronvirus – as Wales continues to see figures increase despite harsh measures brought in before Christmas By Henry Martin For Mailonline Published: 21:20 GMT, 4 January 2021 | Updated: 21:29 GMT, 4 January 2021 New Covid restrictions imposed on … Read more
A royal lockdown? The Queen and Prince Philip could be confined to Balmoral if Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon extends restrictions to all of Aberdeenshire Nicola Sturgeon warned coronavirus spread after pubs opened in Scotland She locked down the city of Aberdeen yesterday after cases dramatically rose The Queen and Prince Philip could face lockdown … Read more
Sir Ian Boyd, a member of Number 10’s SAGE panel, admitted ‘it would have made quite a big difference’ if ministers acted sooner to fight the outbreak Thousands of lives could have been saved from Covid-19 if Britain’s lockdown was imposed just one week earlier, a government scientific adviser has claimed. Sir Ian Boyd, a … Read more
Holiday plans for scores of Britons have been flung into chaos as countries shut their borders to seal themselves off from the coronavirus pandemic. Europe has been branded the epicentre of the global outbreak, and many nations have responded to a jump in infections by imposing flight freezes. After a string of countries closed their doors … Read more
Holiday plans for scores of Britons have been flung into chaos as countries shut their borders to seal themselves off from the coronavirus pandemic. Europe has been branded the epicentre of the global outbreak, and many nations have responded to a jump in infections by imposing flight freezes. After a string of countries closed their … Read more