Revellers made the most of Tier 2 restrictions by partying in York last night despite plummeting temperatures and flooding. Drinkers flocked to pubs, bars and restaurants as they continued their festive celebrations in the historic Roman city. Women smiled for photographs and one showed off her flexibility by raising her right leg above her head … Read more
Whether shivering in queues before dawn or surfing the internet at home, Britons did their best yesterday to give UK retailers a Boxing Day boost. In places spared Tier 4 restrictions and the closure of all non-essential shops, hardy bargain hunters took to high streets from as early as 4am. In Leicester, which is a … Read more
Scientists have warned that the whole of England should be put into Tier 4 immediately to stop the spread of the new mutant coronavirus strain that was first detected in Kent. SAGE have said thousands more people will now be infected in the new year, with one of their experts Dr Zubaida Haque today questioning … Read more
A small number of Boxing Day hunts still went ahead today under stringent Covid rules, despite the tradition being cancelled across large parts of the UK in Tier 4 lockdown. The annual sporting activity, which usually sees dozens of hunts meet across the country, looked very different this year with reduced participation and town centre … Read more
Shoppers started queuing at 4am today for the Boxing Day sales but the amount spent is expected to plummet by 26 per cent on last year despite a £1.8billion spending splurge online. Britons were spotted lining up outside Next stores in Liverpool, Birmingham and North Tyneside as they hunted for bargains at the retail giant. … Read more
Millions of people will move into Tier 4 today after those already under the tightest coronavirus restrictions celebrated a Covid Christmas any way they could. Sussex, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire will move into Tier 4, created in response to a variant of Covid-19 discovered in the UK, from Saturday. The parts of Essex still … Read more
‘You are so not in London!’: Louise Thompson is accused of breaking Tier 4 restrictions by fans after she shares snap ‘posing in a quiet street in Devon’ but tags the capital as her location By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 15:04 GMT, 24 December 2020 | Updated: 15:05 GMT, 24 December 2020 Louise Thompson … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak quit London 24 hours ahead of capital’s Tier 4 travel ban to spend Christmas in his Richmond constituency Chancellor swapped Downing Street for North Yorkshire last Friday afternoon The next day Boris Johnson introduced Tier 4 with travel ban on the capital On Monday Labour demanded a public statement on economic support By David … Read more
Lockdown restrictions in Tier 2 cut the spread of Covid-10 by just 2%, study shows By Xantha Leatham For The Daily Mail Published: 01:33 GMT, 24 December 2020 | Updated: 01:35 GMT, 24 December 2020 Tier Two restrictions in England in the autumn only cut the reproduction rate of Covid-19 by 2 per cent, a … Read more
Is this the worst Christmas ever? As most of the country enters Tier 4 from Boxing Day, l’m trying to look on the bright side, find light in the gloom, things to be cheerful about. After all, I’m not spending the next two days holed up in a smelly lorry cab parked on a disused … Read more