Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, U.K.
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Boris Johnson is leading a Downing Street press conference later after he held crisis talks with ministers as France banned lorries carrying freight from the UK. Some nations around the world imposed a travel ban from the UK following the new mutant strain of coronavirus which Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, admitted is now "out of control".
Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, U.K.
new lockdowns. Startling figures from the Office of National Statistics, showing that two per cent of the population in England could be infected, were described by chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty as “really quite a large number indeed”.
direct to your inboxPrime Minister Boris Johnson has said parents should send children back to primary school tomorrow 'in areas where schools are open'.His comments come as pressure mounts on the government to keep schools closed amid concerns over rates of coronavirus transmission.The National Education Union (NEU), the UK's largest teaching union, told its members that it is unsafe for them to go back to work on Monday.
direct to your inbox Boris Johnson had said the UK has "taken back control of our money, our laws and our waters" after the Brexit transition period with the European Union came to an end. At 11pm on December 31, 2020, the UK officially left the single market and customs union.
direct to your inboxBoris Johnson's father Stanley Johnson has said he's applying for French citizenship.Stanley Johnson told broadcaster RTL on Thursday that he was in the process of "reclaiming" his French identity.It comes as the Brexit transition period ends tonight, December 31, at 11pm and a trade deal has entered law after being given royal ascent by the Queen.He said: "It is not a question of becoming French. If I understand correctly, I am French."My mother was born in France.
SNP, Scottish Labour, Lib Dem and Green MSPs voted to refuse “consent” to the Bill linked to the agreement.