NHS boss: vaccine roll-out next Tuesday now a logistics challenge Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, said coronavirus vaccines will have reached the hospital hubs to enable vaccinations to begin on Tuesday. He told BBC Breakfast that hospitals are working out how many care home residents, care home […]
‘Substantial meal’ rule is no yolk … or is it? There was confusion today over what legally constitutes a ‘substantial meal’ for the purposes of coronavirus restrictions, as Michael Gove described a Scotch egg as, first, a starter then as a “substantial meal”, in two media interviews. The definition is […]
EXCLUSIVE AS TYNE and Wear continues to adjust to remote working, figures exclusively obtained by SRNews show how much local authorities have spent on working from home. A Freedom of Information request to the five councils in Tyne and Wear (Sunderland, South Tyneside, North Tyneside Newcastle and Gateshead) reveals […]
Here is today’s Covid roundup. North east in tier 3 The government has placed the north east in tier three of their new restrictions. Here is a full list from the government’s website of what you now can and can’t do. Importantly, the rule of six will apply outdoors […]
Highest death as leaders meet to plan UK Christmas family get-together News that the Government plans to discuss ways to allow families to reunite over Christmas with the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were overshadowed today by the latest weekly death toll – the highest for months. According […]
MPs to challenge media giants on vaccine misinformation Facebook, Google and Twitter have been asked to explain their handling of vaccine misinformation online to MPs, amid fears that ‘fake news’ and conspiracy theories could hinder efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic. Tech giants have faced increasing pressure to tackle false […]
MUSLIMS have called plans for potential Christmas lockdown reprieve “unfair” after the government slapped restrictions on gatherings for Eid earlier this year. Whilst news of a potential five day lockdown-let up over Christmas has been welcomed by many, we ask those whose own religious holidays weren’t given the same reprieve […]
GRASSROOTS sport was brought to a screeching halt at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the latest government restrictions have resulted in yet another stoppage in play. This second lockdown has been aimed at stopping the spread of the virus, amid hopes that schools do not increase their […]
Minister: too early to say whether family Christmas will be OK It is too early to say whether families will be allowed to gather over Christmas, a Cabinet minister has warned, despite hopes that social distancing rules will be relaxed over the festive period. Boris Johnson wants to ease coronavirus […]
UK deaths now pushing 70,000 More than 68,000 deaths involving Covid-19 have now occurred in the UK, new figures show. A total of 65,546 deaths have so far been registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, according to the latest reports from the UK’s statistics […]