Ed Sheeran & Elton John hold on to Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart with Merry Christmas.
17.12.2021 - 22:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Ireland will impose an 8pm closing time for restaurants and pubs, amid growing concern about the new Omicron variant.
Ministers are still meeting this evening to discuss recommendations from the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet).
Nphet had recommended a 5pm curfew on hospitality and a cap on capacity at large outdoor events of 50%, or 5,000 people.
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This had prompted considerable
Ed Sheeran & Elton John hold on to Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart with Merry Christmas.
The UK Government has confirmed that State Pension and benefits delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) including Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) will increase by 3.1 per cent next year.
The UK has recorded 320,000 new Covid cases over the three days of Christmas, including 98,515 in the last 24 hours.
Schools are drawing up plans to send whole year groups home for remote learning if staff shortages hit.
Boris Johnson is expected to make a final call on whether to introduce new coronavirus restrictions ahead of New Year's Eve.
Ed Sheeran and Elton John’s Merry Christmas claims this year’s Christmas Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart.
Game Of Thrones Studio Tour to Northern Ireland has been released.Fans of the HBO show, which ran from 2011 to 2019 across eight seasons, can visit the 110,000 square foot studio tour in County Down, one of the show’s original filming locations.The tour promises to take visitors “behind the scenes of The Seven Kingdoms and beyond,” according to the tour’s website.
Boris Johnson has announced that no further Covid restrictions will be put in place in England before Christmas.
Scotland is to face tougher Coronavirus restrictions after Christmas, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
For Laura Rodger and family, the next few days will be an anxious wait.
Kerry Katona has revealed her daughter Molly McFadden has tested positive for coronavirus, shortly before she was due to fly from Ireland to England for Christmas. Kerry's daughter Molly lives in Ireland with her grandparents, but was due to fly to the UK to spend the festive period with Kerry and the rest of the family.
As Covid cases rise across the UK in the run-up to Christmas, the government has introduced a string of new rules to tackle the spread of the Omicron variant.
Tougher restrictions could be imposed in the UK if coronavirus cases continue to rise and place the NHS under unsustainable pressure.
Back pain could be one of the most common symptoms of the omicron variant, according to scientists in South Africa
Naman Ramachandran Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed musical “West Side Story” and beloved canine mascot-hero property “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” were neck and neck for pole position at the U.K. and Ireland weekend box office.Disney release “West Side Story” topped the charts with £1.297 million ($1.72 million), while eOne release “Clifford the Big Red Dog” was just behind with £1.293 million ($1.71 million), according to numbers released by Comscore.