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Olivia Wilde says two-week shutdown on Don’t Worry Darling is due to an ‘abundance of caution’

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Olivia Wilde to her Instagram Stories on Thursday afternoon to give her 3.5 million Instagram followers an update on the upcoming film Don’t Worry Darling. The movie set was shut down on Wednesday after a crew member tested positive for the coronavirus. Olivia, 36, clarified in her video that shooting would be halted for two … Read more

Amir Khan accused of breaking two-week quarantine rules after travelling from New York to the UK

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Amir Khan has been accused of breaking two-week quarantine rules after travelling from New York to the UK and failing to self-isolate. The boxer, 33, shared pictures on his social media from a recent trip to New York, including a snap with daughter Alayna, two, at Staten Island mall – before uploading another image of … Read more

Next warns two-week circuit-breaker lockdown in England would cost the fashion chain £57m in sales

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Next warns two-week circuit-breaker lockdown in England would cost the fashion chain £57m in sales The firm expects to make £365m profit in the year to the end of January 2021  It is more than the £300m target but down on the £728.5m profit from last year It expects revenues to fall 17pc to £3.6bn … Read more

Wales vs Scotland Six Nations clash WILL go ahead despite two-week lockdown

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Wales vs Scotland Six Nations clash WILL go ahead despite two-week lockdown as professional sport is permitted to continue Question marks had been raised over Wales’ Six Nations clash with Scotland  The revised fixture was under threat after the country went back into lockdown  It has now been ruled that professional sport can continue in … Read more

Welsh Health Minister demands more cash for workers ahead of possible two-week circuit-breaker

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The Welsh Government is demanding more support from Westminster to protect jobs and businesses ahead of a possible two-week circuit-break lockdown, the country’s health minister has said. Vaughan Gething said the furlough scheme ends on October 31 and will be replaced by the UK Government with a ‘less generous’ Job Support Scheme. He told the … Read more

SAGE expert says two-week lockdowns at breaks could disrupt coronavirus spread before vaccine

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A top scientist and SAGE expert has today said two-week circuit-breaker lockdowns around school holidays could help disrupt the spread of coronavirus ahead of a vaccine.  Professor Graham Medley of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who is on the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) committee, said the lockdowns would best be … Read more

More than two-thirds of Brits BACK Keir Starmer over two-week circuit-breaker lockdown at half term

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More than two-thirds of Britons BACK Keir Starmer’s demand for a two-week circuit breaker lockdown at half term with just a fifth of the public against the idea Some 68% of those questioned by YouGov backed the plan to some extent Just one in five people (20 per cent) said they opposed a two-week shutdown … Read more

Holland’s bars, restaurants and cafes face two-week closure

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The Netherlands is preparing to shut down bars, cafes and restaurants for two weeks and ban alcohol sales after 8pm to get a grip on a spiralling outbreak of Covid-19, Dutch media says.   Ministers are set to unveil their new measures today in what sources told RTL Nieuws is their last throw of the dice before imposing … Read more