coronavirus status amid new tiering rules being announced today.
22.09.2020 - 17:23 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
coronavirus rules announced in the House of Commons today by Prime Minister Boris Johnson spell bad news for five-a-side teams who play their sport indoors.
The PM announced that indoor sport will no longer be exempt from the rule of six - which applies across parts of the UK (with the exception of Greater Manchester, most of Lancashire, Merseyside, Halton and Warrington - which have local lockdowns).From Thursday, people who want to play indoor adult team sports - like five-a-side football -
.coronavirus status amid new tiering rules being announced today.
Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorWith Cineworld and Picturehouse cinemas temporarily closed in the UK from this past Friday, Cineworld Group CEO Mooky Greidinger has written to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking the government to reinstate the furlough program that benefited employees under the exhibition giant’s previous COVID-imposed closure, while also suggesting other measures to aid the industry.
A ban on leaving the local area for at least four weeks could be among new coronavirus measures being brought in tomorrow, according to reports this morning.Northern leaders, including the Mayor Andy Burnham, are locked in negotiations with the government over the new rules.Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly signed off an agreement for a simplified, three tier system of local lockdowns for regions in England this week.They are said to be 'medium risk', 'high risk' and 'very high
Boris Johnson ’s bumbling messages have created a crisis in confidence in Covid-19 measures, according to the UK’s leading medical body. The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that the public is in danger of losing faith in coronavirus measures due to the UK Government’s “inconsistent” messaging.
Douglas Ross of defeatism over independence. The Prime Minister once again turned down the prospect of a second referendum after Ross, who quit the UK Government over the Dominic Cummings scandal, said that some people who run the country treat the Union as an afterthought.
Boris Johnson suggested people did not have to strictly follow local lockdown guidance as long as they 'show common sense.' He was also unable to confirm whether restrictions in Oldham were stricter than in other areas of Greater Manchester. It comes after health secretary Matt Hancock told MPs this week that the government was bringing restrictions in Bolton in line with the rest of the region.
Here are the five main points from the press briefing.1. We have to stick with itThe PM said the UK was at a “critical moment” with a rising number of cases and that he would not hesitate to a bring in new measures if required.He said: “If we put in the work together now then we give ourselves the best possible chance of avoiding that outcome and avoiding further measures.”He went for a bit of Pound Shop Churchillian rhetoric for good measure.He called for “collective forbearance, common sense
coronavirus cases.Today Boris Johnson admitted that like other countries, the UK is now at a "perilous turning point" when it comes to a second wave of the virus.New cases have quadrupled in a month, with the possibility of tens of thousands of new cases each day in November.While he was keen to insist that the country will not face a total lockdown like the one that was imposed in March, he made it clear that intervention needs to be taken to suppress the disease.He has also warned that if