[ad_1] When will the children go back to school? Matt Hancock Refuses to Rule Out Keeping Classrooms Closed After Christmas Break Union leaders say return from secondary schools should be delayed by two weeks Ministers have promised to keep schools open after they closed in the first closure. Matt Hancock …
Read More »Stormont reduces NI Christmas Covid bubble to one day
[ad_1] The Stormont Executive has cut the Christmas bubble meetings to just one day, it has been confirmed. In a statement issued at 1.30 am Monday morning, they said they had “made the difficult decision to limit arrangements for people to gather at Christmas.” The confirmation came after a meeting …
Read More »COVID-19: Countries closing borders to UK travel for fear of a new variant of COVID | UK News
[ad_1] Countries around the world have imposed travel restrictions from the UK due to fears of a new strain of the coronavirus. Are: The Netherlands has banned flights with UK passengers until January 1. Belgium has banned flights and train travel from the UK for 24 hours and more clarity …
Read More »Emergency talks to avoid Christmas food shortages after border closures for freight UK News
[ad_1] Boris Johnson is holding emergency talks to avoid Christmas food shortages after France banned transport and travel from the UK. The prime minister is chairing a Cobra crisis meeting of senior ministers and officials amid fears in Whitehall that some imported food products could be out of stock in …
Read More »US will not land UK flights on mutant strain Covid as Europe closes its doors
[ad_1] OFFICIALS have said they will not conduct ground flights between the United States and the United Kingdom despite the spread of the mutant strain Covid, as Europe closes its doors. Moncef Slaoui, senior advisor to the government’s Operation Warp Speed vaccine program, told CNN’s ‘State of the Union’ that …
Read More »Europe bans travel from the UK because of the new Covid strain: what we know so far | UK News
[ad_1] A growing number of European nations have banned travel from the UK in a bid to prevent a mutant strain of coronavirus from crossing their borders. This is what we know so far: Which European countries have banned flights from the UK? France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, …
Read More »NI executive discusses temporary travel ban from Great Britain to Northern Ireland
[ad_1] Executive ministers have been debating a temporary travel ban from Britain to Northern Ireland, according to reports tonight (Sunday). Deputy Prime Minister Michelle O’Neill tweeted this afternoon that the Executive was scheduled to meet at 9 p.m. tonight after several government ministers called for an emergency executive meeting on …
Read More »Matt Hancock issues warnings that lockdown could spread across the country
[ad_1] By David Churchill What has happened to the coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of Covid has been developed that is said to spread much faster. A “strain” is a new version of a virus that has genetic mutations. The new strain is a version of Sars-Cov-2, …
Read More »Coronavirus: Freight transport crisis as a new strain leads France and its European neighbors to ban travel from the UK
[ad_1] The UK faced a transport crisis as Christmas week dawned, after France and other European countries closed their borders in an attempt to prevent the spread of a virulent new strain of Covid-19. Businesses feared that drivers would be stranded in Britain and that goods would be blocked from …
Read More »Travel Bans on UK Flights, Ferries and Trains: The Essential Questions
[ad_1] Countries in Europe and the world are imposing or considering short-term bans on travel links with the UK. These are the key questions and answers. What’s going on? The infectious mutation of the Covid-19 virus that appears to be wreaking havoc in London and parts of south-east England is …
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