Pub pints, museum visits and car boot sales are back as COVID restrictions ease in Scotland and Wales
Restrictions are easing in Scotland and Wales today, with retail and hospitality the main sectors to benefit.
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April 25, 2021 Police injured and protesters arrested at anti-lockdown demonstration in London
Police in London said on Saturday they arrested five people, and eight officers were injured, after disorder at large-scale protest against England’s remaining coronavirus restrictions, the mandatory use of masks and possible introduction of so-called vaccine passports.
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April 25, 2021 ‘Stench of sleaze’: PM faces growing calls to explain how he funded Downing Street flat refurb
There are growing calls for Boris Johnson to explain how the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat was paid for.
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April 24, 2021 Horror as train bursts into flames in Kent leaving a plume of smoke
A train was engulfed in flames on Friday morning causing disruption to the rail network and thick black smoke to fill the air.
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April 24, 2021 Cummings’ row with PM shows ‘sleazy’ government fighting ‘childish games’, says Labour
Dominic Cummings’ no-holds-barred attack on Boris Johnson shows the government is “fighting childish games” and squabbling “like rats in a sack”, Labour’s deputy leader has said.
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April 23, 2021 Government borrowing hits highest level since end of Second World War
The vast sums the government has borrowed during the Covid-19 pandemic have pushed the deficit to its highest point since the end of the Second World War, according to figures.
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April 23, 2021 Dominic Cummings blamed for leaking Boris Johnson’s text messages
Boris Johnson’s former aide Dominic Cummings has been blamed for the leaking of Boris Johnson’s text messages.
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April 22, 2021 Covid news: UK ‘will suffer third wave this summer’ as Germany votes on ‘emergency brake’ lockdown law
Britain will experience a third wave of Covid-19 this summer as lockdown is relaxed, a leading scientist advising the government has warned.
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April 22, 2021 Labour calls for probe into Boris Johnson and James Dyson text messages
Labour has demanded that MPs hold an urgent investigation into Boris Johnson’s conduct after the latest revelation in a row over cronyism.
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April 21, 2021 Johnny Mercer says he had ‘no choice’ but to quit as veterans minister
Johnny Mercer has said he had “no choice” but to leave the Government after frustration at a lack of progress over legislation to protect British veterans who served during the Troubles.
