Boris Johnson is facing a Tory backlash for failing to downgrade the two-metre social distancing rule, amid warnings it is causing ‘economic devastation’. The PM is coming under growing pressure to relax the instruction, which is hampering the return of schools and crippling swathes of he economy. Senior Conservatives are increasingly furious, with some branding … Read more
Coronavirus transmission is still too high in Britain to relax the social distancing two-metre rule, a government scientific advisor has said. Professor Catherine Noakes, part of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), rebutted claims that relaxing the rule is safe at this time. Official statistics estimate 8,000 people are still being infected every day … Read more
Today the headlines focus on coronavirus, but that will soon change. In six months’ time, I fear they will be about jobs and employment. And they will make for grim reading. In the United States, unemployment as a result of the virus has risen to between 15 and 20 per cent of the workforce: That’s at … Read more
Why have we been told that we must keep two metres from others to stop the spread of coronavirus? Why not one metre? Or three, for that matter? This question might sound slightly academic, as most of us are sensible enough to understand the importance of keeping safe and separating a couple of metres from … Read more
When Boris Johnson ordered Britain’s pubs to close, Fuller’s boss Simon Emeny was in full flow. Just 48 hours earlier he had opened two new pubs in East London and Dorset, and was midway through renovating 11 more. Eight weeks later, having closed all 393 Fuller’s pubs across London and the South of England and … Read more
UnBAAlievable! Adorable flock of lambs flout the two-metre rule as they hop and skip on a roundabout in a deserted playground while Britons are urged to stay indoors Flock of lambs were seen playing on a deserted playground in Preston Hairdresser Debbie Ellis, 52, captured the footage in a field outside her house Adorable clip … Read more