Cody Simpson looks less than impressed after placing fifth in 50 metre Butterfly Heat at Australian Swimming Championships – after being a no-show the day before By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:40 BST, 17 April 2021 | Updated: 11:41 BST, 17 April 2021 Cody Simpson recently returned to Australia to take part … Read more
This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield showed what a three metre rule would look like as scientists urge for social distancing to be increased. The presenting duo discussed the possibility of the gap being increased as government ministers look for ways to manage the out of control coronavirus crisis. During Tuesday morning’s episode of … Read more
SAGE advisers are calling for the two-metre social distancing rule to be brought back and for people to wear face masks all the time when in public. The Government’s top scientists said the current restrictions need to be toughened up if they are to stand a chance of stopping the new coronavirus variant. The variant … Read more
A heartbroken couple face having to tear down their £10,000 summerhouse after village planners ruled it was one metre too high. Amjad Butt, 70, and his 65-year-old wife Tina splashed out last year on the luxurious timber building at the bottom of their garden in Bournville, Birmingham. They have now been told the summerhouse contravenes … Read more
A rail union leader is warning of a national strike unless the Government gives ‘unequivocal assurances’ that the social distancing rules across the transport network will remain at two metres. The Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) said the Government’s own review into the social distancing guidance clearly states that public transport presents a high risk … Read more
The UK’s coronavirus splits deepened today as Nicola Sturgeon dismissed calls to ease the two-metre social distancing rule. The Scottish First Minister said scientific advice was that the limit should stay for now, warning that the places where reducing it might help business could also be the riskiest for fuelling the outbreak. The stance came … Read more
Boris Johnson is pushing to reduce social distancing from two metres to one metre under plans to accelerate the reopening of the economy after he was warned millions of jobs could be lost. Mr Johnson is believed to be keen to slash the distancing rule if the science shows it is safe to do so. … Read more
Senior Tory MPs have urged Boris Johnson to reduce the UK’s two metre social distancing rule as they warned failure to do so could risk a wave of redundancies in the hospitality sector. There is a growing campaign for the existing restriction to be eased to one and a half metres. This would give pubs, … Read more
More than three-quarters of pubs could reopen if social distancing rules were relaxed to one metre – amid fears that 40 per could shut down if they remain closed until September. But if the two-metre guidance remains, just one-third could reopen their doors and many would face further financial misery and ruin, warned Emma McClarkin, … Read more
Plans to ease the two-metre social distancing rule will continue to be reviewed, public health leaders have said, raising hopes that more pubs and restaurants will be able to reopen. Public Health England’s medical director Professor Yvonne Doyle told MPs that the UK had taken a ‘cautionary’ approach to introducing the rule when other countries … Read more