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The government is pushing ahead with their relaxed Christmas restrictions. The four nations will press ahead with the previously announced loosened restrictions for Christmas, Boris Johnson has announced today. The news...
The change will come into force from Monday. The UK’s chief medical officers have announced that the self-isolation period for contacts of a positive coronavirus case will be reduced from 14 days to 10 days. Those requi...
UK travellers may be banned from entering the EU from January 2021. UK citizens may be barred from entering the European Union from January 1 under current Covid-19 restrictions. When the Brexit transition period ends o...
It’s welcome news for chocoholics everywhere! A new study has found that drinking hot chocolate could temporarily boost a person’s intelligence. Researchers at The University of Birmingham in the UK have conducted resea...
90-year-old Margaret Keenan has just become the first person to receive both doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. In early December, the UK was the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. In...
Music festivals across the UK should be able to resume by summer 2021. The UK has officially become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer vaccine and it’s giving us all hope for a brighter 2021. Fingers c...
The UK has just approved the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine—and it will be made available across the country in a matter of days. News of a vaccine has given many people hope over the last few weeks, and just this morning (Dec...
High street stores will be able to extend their opening hours in the run-up to Christmas. Primark recently announced that some of their stores will open for 24 hours post-lockdown, and it looks like other shops will soo...
The cult-fave store will reopen its 153 stores in England next week. Following suspicions that Primark would be eyeing up new, round-the-clock opening hours – Primark has officially confirmed it’ll be extending its shop...
Birmingham will enter Tier 3 of the coronavirus alert system after lockdown ends on December 2. After Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the House of Commons on Monday to outline the government’s plans for De...
