Month: July 2020

The UK government has defended its decision to impose quarantine measures on travellers returning from Spain after the country’s prime minister called the move an “error” that was “not justified”. UK local government minister Simon Clarke spoke to Sky News after the UK revised its travel advice for Spain to warn against all non-essential travel…

Overall retails sales have returned to a similar level as before the coronavirus pandemic after two months of increases, official figures show. However, latest data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals a mixed picture for different store types. In June, the volume of retail sales increased by 13.9% when compared with the…

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a male member of staff at a hospital in Brighton was stabbed “several times”. Connolly Mellon, 30, from Brighton, will appear at Brighton Magistrates’ Court today in connection with the incident at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Sussex Police said. He was arrested shortly after the…

Leicester’s mayor has criticised the government for only recently providing data that he claims could have prevented the city’s lockdown “ever being necessary”. Sir Peter Soulsby told Sky News’ Kay Burley @ Breakfast show that he felt “angry and frustrated”. The government is set to review added restrictions imposed on Leicester – which has witnessed…

Restrictions on public transport use are to be eased, according to a report, as the government tries to encourage people to return to work. People in England had been told to avoid trains, tubes, buses and trams where possible, working from home to limit the spread of coronavirus. However, a report in The Sunday Telegraph…

JK Rowling and Salman Rushdie are among 152 writers and academics who have signed an open letter denouncing the so-called “cancel culture”. Those who signed the letter have said they “applaud” recent protests for racial justice and greater equality, but added a “reckoning” has weakened tolerance of different opinions in favour of “ideological conformity”. The…

They weren’t happy that their illegal party ended abruptly. I’m told the minute ravers saw flashing blue lights, everyone on the Havelock Close estate in White City, west London, started to disperse, spilling out into the streets. Officers in riot gear seen running towards the estate were met with hostility. Alongside me were a large…