Mercy Baguma's baby boy, and his dad, have been granted asylum in the UK. We previously told how Mercy, from Uganda, was found dead in her flat in Govan, Glasgow on August 22 2020.
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hereThe R rate would be growing faster in the UK if it wasn't for the restrictions in place, chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said.The R rate - the number of transmission rate - in the UK is currently between 1.3 and 1.5.Explaining a series of slides, Sir Patrick said: “What you can see is that the R hasn’t gone back to where it was and where it would be in an unmitigated epidemic of this disease which would be at about three.“So it has gone up, the epidemic is growing, probably
.Mercy Baguma's baby boy, and his dad, have been granted asylum in the UK. We previously told how Mercy, from Uganda, was found dead in her flat in Govan, Glasgow on August 22 2020.
Covid-19 by early next year.
Nicola Sturgeon said she's frustrated and depressed at the prospect of quitting the EU without a deal while the country faces up to a deadly second wave of coronavirus. The First Minister warned Boris Johnson should have been focused 100% on getting Britain out of a pandemic, not spending time on leaving Europe.
Boris Johnson has said unless there is a “fundamental change in approach” from the European Union then the UK will go for the “Australia solution” – Downing Street language for no-deal – in the Brexit trade talks.The Prime Minister said the UK must prepared for no trade deal with the EU from January in a sign that negotiations with Brussels are coming to an end point.In a tv clip the Prime Minister said if the EU comes back “with a fundamental change of opinion” then the UK will listen.
Andreas Wiseman International EditorAmid a pandemic which is battering the UK economy and public health, Prime Minister Boris Johnson heaped more misery on the population today with news that the country should “get ready” for the prospect of a ‘no deal’ scenario with the EU on January 1.Speaking from Downing Street after an EU summit both sides said was the deadline for reaching a trade deal, Johnson said the UK was heading for what he termed “the Australian solution”.
hereThe UK recorded the highest daily death figure in four months, with a further 143 people dying within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Tuesday.Mr Johnson suffered a major Tory backbench rebellion over the 10pm hospitality curfew, amid a growing backlash against Government coronavirus restrictions.
Boris Johnson ignored the advice of his own top scientists to impose a Nicola Sturgeon-style two week circuit breaker lockdown on parts of England where coronavirus is running out of control. Papers from the UK government’s SAGE advisory group show that scientific advisors officially recommended an urgent two-week ‘circuit break’ lockdown three weeks ago.
coronavirus hotspots as “inadequate” and warned it could impose restrictions on tourists from high-risk areas.The Welsh government says there is now evidence that travel to and from areas of England with high rates of coronavirus has contributed to the spread of the virus to other areas of the UK.Yesterday, Mr Drakeford attended a Cobra meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, to discuss the proposed introduction of a tiered system of local restrictions in England.Afterwards, a
Boris Johnson with a plea to “save cinemas to avert job losses and a cultural blackout”.Last week, it was confirmed that the cinema chain would temporarily suspend its operations in the US and UK amid the COVID-19 pandemic, putting thousands of jobs – including 5,500 in Britain – at risk.Cineworld’s CEO Mooky Greidinger has written to Johnson urging him to reinstate the furlough scheme that benefitted the company’s employees during the previous closure earlier this year.The UK government is