Boris Johnson will outline a new tougher version of the regional tiered approach to control the pandemic, when England’s lockdown restrictions are lifted in just under a fortnight. The prime minister will make a statement to the Commons at 3.30pm and is then...
The Covid vaccine developed in the UK by Oxford University and AstraZeneca can protect 70.4% of people from becoming ill and – in a surprise result – up to 90% if a lower first dose is used, results from the...
France is preparing to ease its Covid-19 lockdown rules in the weeks leading up to Christmas with new daily caseloads falling and pressure building from retailers to allow the annual shopping season to go ahead. But parts of east Asia that...
UK factories could be making up to £4.8bn more goods for British retailers in the next 12 months as the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit prompt businesses to bring home production. The additional orders, largely of food and fashion but potentially including DIY...
China’s state-media said the country will address its rapidly ageing population as part of the 2021-2025 new measures. Since the pandemic began, China has recorded 4,634 deaths related to the coronavirus and more than 86 thousand COVID-19 cases. On Monday, China...
The NHS could start immunising people against Covid-19 next month, if the medicines regulator approves a vaccine in time, Matt Hancock has said. The health secretary held out the prospect of the unprecedented vaccination programme starting before Christmas, if the vaccine developed...
Temperatures have dropped in recent days in the northern Italian city of Turin, but that hasn’t prevented Anita Iacovelli from persevering in her protest against the closure of her school. Every day since 6 November, when schools across the city...
For toy industry chiefs yesterday appealed directly to Boris Johnson to save Christmas - by adding toys to the essential retail list. Andrew Laughton, the chairman of the British Toy and Hobby Association and Alan Simpson, the chairman of the...
