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TUI have cancelled Madeira and Canary Islands flights. Regarding the former, the carrier said: "Following the decision by the Portuguese Foreign Office to close the borders to UK nationals, holidays to Madeira on December 21 and December 24 will not operate. Customers should not go to the airport. As for the Canaries, it stated: "Following the Spanish Governments decision to close its borders to tourists from the UK from Tuesday, December 22 our holidays to the Canary Islands on December  22...

: Monday, December 21, 2020, 9:07 AM IST COVID-19 in India update: Health Ministry calls for high-level meeting to discuss new strain found in UK The Union Health Ministry has called for a high-level meeting on Monday to discuss the new Coronavirus strain found in the United Kingdom. A senior government official told news agency ANI, that the Joint Monitoring Group (JGM) has decided to hold a meeting to discuss the new Covid strain found in the United Kingdom. Representatives of the World Heal...

FTSE 100 index of UKs leading firms fell by 2.6 per cent this morning in London But it rallied this afternoon, closing the day with drop of 1.7 per cent to 6,416.32   France banned lorries carrying freight from UK amid new mutant Covid-19 strain  Travel firms in Europe also see losses this morning with German Dax down 1.9%

Thousands will ring a bell or bang a saucepan at 6pm on Christmas Eve to spread hope and togetherness before phoning their isolated neighbours and relatives.  The online campaign, backed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds, is intended to help combat loneliness over the festive period and will last for two minutes on December 24.  The campaign was started by Mary Beggs-Reid, from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, to end 2020 with a bit of magic, hope and togetherness in...

The NHS has vaccinated 500,000 people against Covid-19 since the programme started on December 8, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today. Speaking in a news conference from Downing Street, Mr Johnson said: I can today announce that over half a million people, more than 500,000 people in the UK, have now received their first dose. The Department of Health is expected to start publishing detailed statistics this week to reveal the ages and locations of people who are being given the vaccine. And...

FOLLOWING the most recent changes to the Government’s Covid-19 travel guidelines and anticipating reduced demand for services, Red Funnel is withdrawing select vehicle ferry sailings between December 27 and January 4. In support of social distancing, all sailings will continue to run at reduced capacity, to a limit of 350 passengers. The company will be closing its food service outlet at Southampton’s Terminal 1 from Christmas Day, although its Signature Lounge will remain open until ...

Scientists in UK working out if vaccine prevents new Covid strain The results could be known within days Neil Shaw The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticee...

comments Hundreds of passengers at Londons Heathrow Airport scrambled onto the last flight to Dublin, Ireland  France, Germany, Israel, El Salvador, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Italy, Finland, Denmark, Turkey, Morocco, Canada, Belgium, Austria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Ireland have banned all flights from Britain  Boris Johnson will chair a meeting of the Government’s Cobra civil contingencies committee on Monday after a series of countries announced they were stopping flights from the UK, D...

Staycations and family visits are set to involve a ten-day self-isolation period, just like foreign holidays. Public health officials in the West Midlands and Greater Manchester are urging anyone visiting from London, a Tier Four area or Wales – which is against government guidelines – to self-isolate for at least ten days. Dominic Harrison, director of public health for the Lancashire authority of Blackburn with Darwen, said anyone who had travelled from a Tier Four area after last Wednesd...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is faced with pressure to announce a fresh emergency support package for businesses and workers following tough Covid-19 restrictions. Shop owners are fearful of a new crisis on the High Street after London and the south-east was plunged into Tier Four in the run-up to the busy Christmas period. Chief executive of the British Retail Consortium Helen Dickinson said the effect of closing non-essential retail in Tier Four will be severe and the High Street now faces losing �...