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London Covid: PM scraps Plan B measures including work from home guidance, masks, and Covid passports

All Plan B restrictions to tackle the latest wave of Covid-19 will be scrapped as of next week, Boris Johnson has confirmed. Guidance to work from home if you can, mandatory Covid... Read more »
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‘Mass deaths and hospitalisations are now history’: Vaccines expert backs PM’s Covid measures

A leading vaccines expert backed Boris Johnson’s refusal to toughen England’s Covid restrictions, saying that mass deaths and hospitalisations from the deadly disease are ‘history’. Professor Sir John Bell, regius professor of... Read more »
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Britain Introduces ‘Plan B’ Covid Measures to Tackle Omicron

LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain on Wednesday announced major new restrictions to curb the fast-spreading Omicron variant, reversing course on a long-held policy at a moment of acute political... Read more »
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Mum of murdered sisters calls for police stations to face ‘special measures’ after officer misconduct

Police stations should be placed in “special measures” if officers’ conduct is found to repeatedly fall below the public’s expectations, the Venerable Wilhelmina Smallman has said. It comes after Metropolitan Police officer... Read more »
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Covid: Boris triggers Plan B measures for England as Omicron surges

T he Government has announced new Covid-19 restrictions for England amid concern cases of the Omicron variant are doubling every two to three days. Boris Johnson announced the triggering of further restrictions,... Read more »

London declares COVID-19 a major incident and Netherlands locks down for Christmas as tighter measures return across Europe

Nations across Europe have moved to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of COVID-19 infections spurred by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Key points: The Netherlands is being locked down... Read more »
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Premier League revert to emergency measures after record number of Covid cases

The Premier League have confirmed that its 20 clubs have returned a total of 42 positive cases for Covid-19, the highest amount recorded in a single week since weekly testing figures were... Read more »
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Protective measures in wartime and the Covid era | Letters

Marina Hyde’s comments were spot-on (Let’s not pretend the anti-mask babies would have lasted a minute in the blitz, 30 November). I was born in north London in December 1944, a time... Read more »
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LTN: ‘Desperate’ dad forced to lock kids inside as new traffic measures cause ‘4-hour’ jams outside house

A North London dad has to lock kids inside after new traffic measures installed by the council cause four-hour jams outside his house. Ediz Mevlit, an Enfield resident, has said his children... Read more »

All the measures that have been announced ahead of Rishi Sunak’s autumn statement

Many of the measures set to be unveiled in the 2021 Budget this week have already been announced. More than £30 billion of investment has been revealed and Chancellor Rishi Sunak said... Read more »