Covid lockdown Scotland: Woman hugs mother, 90, as care home restrictions ease

The first of many! Delighted daughter hugs her 90-year-old mother indoors for first time in three months as Covid restrictions ease Mary Cook, 90, and daughter Fiona Scott hugged for first time in three months  Care home residents in Scotland now allowed two designated visitors a week Ms Scott visited her mother at Queen’s House in … Read more

Covid UK: Lockdown ease may SLOW if cases spike, says SAGE adviser

Dr Mike Tildesley warned the Government may delay lockdown easing plans Boris Johnson may have to delay plans to ease lockdown restrictions if coronavirus cases start to spike, a Sage adviser warned today. Dr Mike Tildesley, who was behind one of the gloomy forecasts that warned tens of thousands of Britons could die if No10 … Read more

Bad news for spring weddings! Couples will only be allowed six guests when restrictions ease

MORE bad news for weddings! Couples and suppliers dealt yet another blow as six-person maximum is put in place from March 8 (but there’s hope on the horizon for summer) Boris Johnson revealed how restrictions will change for the hospitality industry Thousands of couples were forced to postpone big days due to Covid in 2020 … Read more

Britain could ease lockdown SOONER if No10 was really following the data

Britain could ease lockdown sooner if No10 was really following the data, a top Sage expert claimed today. Professor Mark Woolhouse, an infectious diseases expert from Edinburgh University, told a parliamentary committee today that the data was pointing to an ‘earlier unlocking’. ‘I completely agree that we don’t want to be overly focused on dates, … Read more

Jamie Laing sparks debate online after claiming ‘ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship’

Made In Chelsea millionaire Jamie Laing is accused of being ‘privileged’ as he uses Denzel Washington quote to claim ‘ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship’ By Lydia Spencer-elliott For Mailonline Published: 15:13 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 15:21 GMT, 17 February 2021 He raked in a staggering £2million in just one … Read more

Double-dip recession fears ease as economy grew 1% in fourth quarter

The UK looks set to avoid a double-dip recession after it was announced today that the economy stayed in positive territory in the final quarter of 2020.  GDP grew by 1 per cent in the fourth quarter, better than some experts had expected. There have been fears that another recession is looming, after the historic … Read more

Brussels set to REJECT British plea for a two-year grace period to ease NI border crisis

Lorry carrying frozen carrots and mixed herbs waits for EIGHT DAYS to board a ferry to Northern Ireland ‘because of missing paperwork’  Peter Summerton, of McCulla Refrigerated Transport, said: ‘It’s absolutely criminal what has been allowed to happen’ A lorry carrying frozen carrots and mixed herbs has been waiting for clearance to board a ferry … Read more

Regional Covid-19 curbs could be scrapped under plan to ease restrictions on a national basis

The Covid tiers system could be scrapped after lockdown under plans to ease restrictions on a national basis, the Mail can reveal. Boris Johnson is looking again at whether the country should go back to a system of regional tiers, which was credited with slowing the spread of the virus but ultimately failed to head … Read more

egional Covid-19 curbs could be scrapped under plan to ease restrictions on a national basis

The Covid tiers system could be scrapped after lockdown under plans to ease restrictions on a national basis, the Mail can reveal. Boris Johnson is looking again at whether the country should go back to a system of regional tiers, which was credited with slowing the spread of the virus but ultimately failed to head … Read more

Boris Johnson ‘planning to ease lockdown in three stages’ 

Schools will reopen in March, non-essential shops in APRIL, pubs and restaurants in MAY at the earliest (but NO word on gyms and hairdressers): Boris Johnson ‘is planning to ease England’s national coronavirus lockdown in three stages’ Boris Johnson said schools in England will not fully reopen until at least March 8 PM said to … Read more