Boris Johnson orders vulnerable people to stay indoors as shielding guidance returns

The return of shielding: Boris Johnson orders 2.2m vulnerable people to isolate until they are vaccinated against coronavirus Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced tough new restrictions on Monday Those with severe underlying health conditions will once more be required to shield despite concerns about the impact this could have on their mental health   The new … Read more

MAX HILL: Many people will be trapped indoors with violent and controlling partners this Christmas

Hell of a home that’s stopped being a safe haven: Many people will be trapped indoors with violent and controlling partners this Christmas, writes Director of Public Prosecutions MAX HILL By Max Hill Qc, Director Of Public Prosecutions For The Daily Mail Published: 00:00 GMT, 23 December 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 23 December 2020 … Read more

Half of Britons say they WON’T be meeting relatives indoors over Christmas

Half of Britons say they WON’T be meeting relatives indoors over Christmas despite ‘bubble’ loosening EXCLUSIVE: Poll finds half public don’t plan to meet family indoors at Christmas Just a third say they intend to gather with relatives despite rules being loosened The results underline the continuing nerves among Britons about the pandemic  By James … Read more

ALL captive birds must be kept indoors under new Government rules to stop bird flu spreading

Now ALL captive birds must be kept indoors under new Government rules to stop bird flu spreading after eight cases were found in England Bird flu was confirmed in rearing turkeys at premises near Attleborough, Norfolk Last month, one farm in North Yorkshire and one in Herefordshire had outbreaks Cases also seen in areas including Gloucestershire, … Read more

Coronavirus Scotland: Some pubs can serve alcohol indoors next week

Nicola Sturgeon bowed to business pressure to ease Scotland’s pub closures today to allow them greater freedom to open. The First Minister made a raft of changes to the country’s hospitality rules as she provided more detail about a new five-tier lockdown due to come into force on Monday. Pubs in Level 3 which are … Read more

North Korea tells people to stay indoors over ‘yellow dust’ virus fears

North Koreans are warned to stay indoors over fears ‘yellow dust cloud from China’ could infect the population with Covid-19 Kim Jong-un’s regime is urging people to stay inside and keep windows closed Stay-at-home message has also been passed to foreign diplomats in Pyongyang  The secretive kingdom claims it has never had a single case … Read more

London faces Tier Two lockdown: Boris Johnson to bring in ‘ban on meeting others indoors’

London’s nine million-strong population is to be banned by the government from seeing their friends and family indoors – as Boris Johnson prepares to stop households mixing, while still keeping pubs, restaurants and gyms open. The capital is expected to be hurled into Tier Two of the new restrictions drawn up by the Tories to … Read more

Rochelle Humes announces she’ll be staying indoors for last few weeks of pregnancy due to Covid risk

‘I’m a bit freaked out about Covid’: Rochelle Humes announces she will be staying indoors for the final stage of her pregnancy as she shows off her baby bump By Nick Ferris For Mailonline Published: 17:32 BST, 3 October 2020 | Updated: 17:33 BST, 3 October 2020 She’s set to welcome her third child with … Read more

Matt Hancock BANS households in parts of Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire from meeting indoors

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has banned households in parts of Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire from meeting indoors from midnight tonight. He claimed the new lockdown measures – set to affect three million people – were put in force after repeated rule breaches led to a spike in new coronavirus cases. The councils going back into a partial lockdown … Read more

Lockdown in Lleida in Catalonia tightened as 140,000 residents ordered to stay indoors

Lockdown measures in a Spanish city 100 miles from Barcelona have today been tightened, with residents now ordered to say indoors and only leave for food or to work if ‘essential’.  In the first lockdown of its kind since the end of the state of emergency in Spain, around 140,000 people in Lleida, just under … Read more