The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17, 2021 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province of China, carried on the Long March-2F rocket, to Chinese Tiangong space station July 19, 1964: China took its first official step into space, launching and recovering an experimental biological rocket carrying white mice. April 24, … Read more
Things are going according to plan. Despite a few wobbles about vanishingly small blood-clot risks, our vaccine rollout charges forward. And tomorrow we will enter the next phase of our roadmap to freedom. But at the Downing Street press conference last Monday, England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty was circumspect. Moving ‘steadily’ was key, he … Read more
Boris Johnson tonight confirmed that shops, pubs and restaurants can reopen from next Monday – amid fears that his wider roadmap for easing lockdown is hanging in the balance. The PM struck a bullish tone saying the country’s hard work is ‘paying off’ as he held an Easter Monday press briefing in Downing Street, confirming … Read more
Wedding industry ‘confusion’ over lockdown rules means 7,000 couples might have to cancel – after government had to clarify that most events are only allowed to happen OUTDOORS with 15 guests Wedding industry has vented fury that larger events might not return on April 12 Roadmap says that up to 15 people are able to … Read more
Wedding industry ‘confusion’ over lockdown rules means 7,000 couples might have to cancel – after government had to clarify that most events are only allowed to happen OUTDOORS with 15 guests Wedding industry has vented fury that larger events might not return on April 12 Roadmap says that up to 15 people are able to … Read more
Step One Part One: March 8 From March 8, all pupils and students will return to schools and colleges across England. So-called wrap-around childcare will also be allowed to resume, paving the way for after and before school clubs to reopen. People will be allowed to meet one other person outside for recreation, for example, … Read more
Spending on holidays surged by 109 per cent in the week after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his roadmap out of lockdown, new research has revealed. Bookings soared with spending rising by 102 per cent at travel agencies and 122 per cent at airlines, compared to the week of spending prior, according to card data … Read more
More people are heading in to the office every day than working from home in the wake of the announcement of the roadmap out of lockdown. Only 32 per cent of Britons surveyed said they are still exclusively working at home, while 39 per cent are working every day at their normal place of work. … Read more
Boris Johnson’s cautious approach to easing restrictions quickly came under strain as lockdown-weary Britons jumped the gun on his road map and started mixing with friends. Coffee catch-ups in the park and outdoor sport remain banned until March – but after nearly a year of draconian Covid measures people took advantage of the recent good … Read more
Tories stepped up their attack on Boris Johnson’s ‘roadmap’ out of lockdown today complaining it is based on ‘dodgy assumptions’ about vaccine takeup. Former chief whip Mark Harper, head of the 70-strong Covid Recovery Group of sceptical MPs, said the models being used by the government were ‘flawed’. He said ‘understating’ the reach of the … Read more