One in five train services could be AXED next year as treasury tightens the purse-strings after propping up the network during Covid Rail capacity could be slashed to 80 per cent of pre-pandemic service levels One of many measures being considered to reduce strain on public purse Rishi Sunak reported to ahve approved £2.1billion to ensure … Read more
Germany is plunged into new national lockdown over Christmas as Angela Merkel makes desperate bid to drive down soaring Covid infection rate Country will close most shops and schools and further limit social contact The measures will be in place from December 16 to January 10 to stop spread Germany recorded 20,200 new cases and … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: China tightens the noose on Hong Kong with British firms in line to feel the squeeze By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 28 May 2020 | Updated: 22:12 BST, 28 May 2020 The worst fears of Hong Kong’s richest person Li Ka-shing, proprietor of trading behemoth Hutchison, are being … Read more
Japan tightens border controls after former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn escaped the country while on bail By A Daily Mail Reporter Published: 23:01 BST, 5 January 2020 | Updated: 08:02 BST, 6 January 2020 Japan said yesterday said it would tighten immigration measures after former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn fled to Lebanon while on bail. … Read more
Moscow tightens its lockdown with residents only allowed out to go to work, hospital or the shops as coronavirus cases in the city pass 1,500 Russia has been lightly hit by the virus so far, with nine deaths and 1,534 cases, but it recorded 270 new infections in the past day so will lockdown from … Read more