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Former Olympic speed skater Sarah Lindsay owns Roar Fitness transformation gyms which have branches across London.  Appearing on Good Morning Britain today, she revealed it was costing her some £20,000 a month to furlough staff while paying tens of thousands of pounds in rent despite being closed for nearly a year. The businesswoman, who counts celebrities including Vogue Williams and Piers Morgan among her clients, also hit out at the government for failing to do enough to help small busines...

South West Tourism Alliance chair Alistair Handyside raised concerns as Sykes Cottages was accused of taking advantage of families fleeing lockdown.

Oxford University researchers found the UK had the sixth harshest restrictions. Separate data from OurWorldInData.com showed the UK has suffered the fourth highest death toll of the pandemic.

Boris Johnson facing a backlash from Tories and business over his ultra-cautious lockdown easing roadmap CRG head Mark Harper says roadmap is based on dodgy assumptions about success of well vaccine drive Matt Hancock dismissed suggestion from Professor Neil Ferguson that the timetable could be accelerated  Ministers insist that five weeks is required between the four phases to assess the impact of the relaxations  

Holiday lets saw surge in bookings as PM mapped out roadmap out of lockdown Firms recorded increase in website traffic before PM had even finished address Staycation giant Awaze sold a record 10,000 breaks - one booking every second Habitat Escapes said sales were up 9,559 per cent up on the same day last year And Cool Camping saw an instant doubling in website traffic between 3-4pm 

Twitter has been flooded with jubilant Brits as they declared would start preparing for my hangover now, after Boris Johnson announced all legal limits on socialising could be lifted by June 21.

Boris Johnson today unveiled his lockdown exit strategy which could see life in England return to something close to normal by June at the earliest.

Announcing his long-awaited exit strategy, the PM stated that Covid zero was not possible, but made clear he was prioritising certainty over urgency in loosening the shackles on the country.