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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....
Tier 4 also means that households will not be allowed to mix over Christmas. Fears around London’s fast-rising coronavirus transmission rate have prompted a new and unheralded step this morning, as Prime Minister...
2020 wasn’t all bad, right? Thank God 2020 is nearly done and dusted. At this point I’m actually ready for the annoying ‘New year, new me’ posts to appear all over social media. New Year’s...
Nearly 2000 South London families will receive food donations from Unicef. As Marcus Rashford’s tireless campaigning over the summer shows, food poverty remains a prevalent problem in the UK – and with the T...
The fare rises had been scheduled to begin on New Year’s Day. Ok, let’s start with the bad news. Under the terms of the government bailout given to TfL in November to keep Tube, bus, and other services runni...
Don’t stand so, don’t stand so close to me! With Christmas still going ahead with some relaxed rules, all we want is to feel close to our loved ones after a long year. But how close is too close? We’re not sure we can s...
The government is pushing ahead with their relaxed Christmas restrictions. The four nations will press ahead with the previously announced loosened restrictions for Christmas, Boris Johnson has announced today. The news...