We bring you the news stories that affect Londoners, from Tube strikes to heat waves. With stats, studies, and breaking news about London and beyond, you can stay informed with us.
The tampon tax has been abolished after a six-year long campaign. The “tampon tax” has now been abolished in the UK, after the government finally honoured a commitment to remove VAT on women’s sanitary products, made ba...
Brian Pinker became the first UK patient to receive the Oxford vaccine this morning. 82-year-old dialysis patient, Brian Pinker, became the first person in the world to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The Oxford...
Any easing of restrictions would depend on the success of the vaccine and tier system, however. With almost 80% of England set to enter 2021 in Tier 4, the year isn’t exactly set to start on the front foot. Still,...
The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved for use in the UK. By December 20, over 600,000 people in the UK had been vaccinated against coronavirus – and that number is only going to go up with today’s...
91-year-old Margaret Keenan has just become the first person to receive both doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. In early December, the UK was the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. In...
Brexit: Deal or no deal? We finally have an answer! Four and a half years after the European referendum in June 2016 and just a week before the transition period ends on December 31, the UK and the EU have formed a trad...
Dozens of countries have banned travel from the UK after new variant of Covid raises alarm bells. Things have gone for bad to worse, and worse to catastrophic for the UK over the last few days. A new variant of Covid-19...
Today’s Tier 4 update puts more of the nation into the tightest restrictions. London became the first place in the UK to enter Tier 4 restrictions on Sunday, but as we’ve just learned, it won’t be the...
New year, new lockdown? Discussions surrounding another national lockdown have begun after a new infectious mutation of Covid-19 spreads throughout the UK. London and parts of south east England entered Tier 4 restricti...
Tier 4 has entered the chat. London has officially entered Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions, and while we should be used to the ever-changing rules and last minute lockdowns by now, this one came as a bit of a surprise....