Pressure is mounting on the government to reverse its decision not to provide free school meals over the holidays in England. Several Conservative MPs are opposing No 10’s stance, as Labour threatens to push for another Commons vote and some 2,000 doctors call for a U-turn. It comes as the PM faces calls to meet …
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John Swinney says the Scottish government is doing everything it can to get students home for Christmas. The deputy first minister said the four nations were trying to co-ordinate the mass movement of students to reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19. He said he recognised the importance of family and community occasions but that suppressing …
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A ban on supermarkets selling non-essential items during Wales’ lockdown will be reviewed after the weekend, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said. Pressure has mounted on the Welsh Government to reverse the decision to prohibit supermarkets from selling items such as clothes and microwaves. A petition to the Senedd has passed 42,000 signatures, making it the …
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Three people have escaped injury after a petrol bomb was thrown into a house in Armagh. The bomb was thrown through the living-room window of the house in Callan Bridge Park at about 04:50 BST on Saturday. A woman and two men were in the house at the time. Police are treating the “reckless attack” …
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More than 1.4 million people in South Yorkshire are waking up to tighter restrictions. Tier three measures came into effect at midnight affecting areas including Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield. Some 7.3 million people are now living under England’s tightest restrictions. Meanwhile, Wales entered the first full day of a “firebreak” lockdown as police confirmed border …
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A sixth resident has died in a Covid-19 outbreak at a south of Scotland care home. NHS Dumfries and Galloway confirmed a further death at the Charnwood Lodge site in Dumfries. It said its thoughts were with the family and with staff at a “very difficult and challenging time”. The charity running the home, Community …
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Supermarkets have been covering up non-essential goods as Wales enters a national lockdown. From 18:00 BST shops will be forced to close for 17 days, unless they sell essential items such as food. First Minister Mark Drakeford has said supermarkets should also stop selling items such as clothes as a matter of “fairness” until 9 …
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A man wanted by police for two years has been arrested after being found in the attic of a south Belfast house. The South Belfast Neighbourhood Policing team carried out a search of the house on the Donegall Road on Friday morning. He was arrested for possession of a class B controlled drug with intent …
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Stricter coronavirus rules are coming into force for nearly six million Britons on Friday. Greater Manchester’s population of 2.8 million joined Liverpool City Region and Lancashire in England’s highest tier of restrictions at midnight. And from 18:00 BST, the 3.1 million people in Wales will have to stay at home as a 17-day national “firebreak” …
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Five Scottish hospitality industry bodies have launched a legal challenge against the Scottish government’s Covid restrictions. The trade bodies say they will petition for a judicial review if the current curbs are not withdrawn. The move was announced after the restrictions, including pub closures in the central belt, were extended. Nicola Sturgeon said businesses had the right …
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