Public Health England data shows Bolton, Bedford, Blackburn with Darwen and Sefton are seeing Covid rises
All four are hotspots for the Indian variant, according to analysis by one of the UK s biggest variant trackers
Prime Minister claimed that England s lockdown-easing plans still on track but hinted at local restrictions
SAGE is meeting today to decide whether to keep curbs for longer to contain spread of the Indian variant
Cross-party MPs and families living in hotspots blamed ministers for taking weeks to put India on red list
MPs have been warned that spiralling rent arrears threatens to bankrupt 75% of commercial tenants in the night-time economy once the lease forfeiture moratorium expires at the end of June.
In a written plea to Government, the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has called for a solution to the £2.5bn rent crisis facing nightlife operators as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
It comes after the NTIA told a panel of twenty parliamentarians in the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Night Time Economy yesterday (12 May) that the debt crisis requires immediate intervention from Government and will, if not resolved, result in hundreds and thousands of job losses.
Indian variant hotspot Blackburn offers jabs to all over-18s as Boris admits he s anxious over 100% increase in some areas as national infection rate creeps up
Count of new positive tests was on par with last Thursday, with a 1.7 per cent rise. Deaths fell 15 per cent
Dr Yvonne Doyle, Public Health England medical director, said falling hospital admissions are proof jabs work
Almost 640,000 more vaccine doses were given out yesterday, with 35.9million having had at least one dose
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Covid-19 travel plan will let new variants into UK
Reduce air travel not only because of covid-19, but also because of the detrimental impact that this has on our climate, say researchers
The government’s covid-19 travel plan will let new variants into the UK, warn experts in The BMJ today.
Virologists Jangu Banatvala and Deenan Pillay urge caution over plans to implement a traffic light system, permitting international travel to resume dependent upon the covid-19 status of destination countries.
And they warn that the aviation industry’s current enthusiasm to resume international air travel and overseas holidays, and to expand airports needs to be checked, saying “it flies in the face of the twin needs to control international virus transmission, and tackle the climate emergency and environmental degradation.”
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