A large proportion of hospitality businesses won't be able to open on Monday because they lack sufficient outdoor space. Even those venues that will reopen are not expected to achieve anything like normal revenues.
With approval of the Government's handling of the vaccine rollout standing at 72%, the Tories have extended their lead over Labour up to nine points, according to new polling by Opinium.
Many areas across England have now gone months without enough Covid cases to justify the publication of their data – but will the Prime Minister honour his pledge of follow "data not dates"?
Lockdowns across 2020 alone cost British "non-essential" retail £22 billion in lost sales, according to a new analysis by the British Retail Consortium.
Europe's medicines regulator is reviewing possible links between blood clots and the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine. The UK has ordered 30 million doses of the jab, but it has not yet been approved by its regulator.
In case having to "sign in" – and showing staff your phone to prove it – every time you go to the pub wasn't bad enough, pubs in parts of England will now also force drinkers to wear face masks while sat outside.
Less than a week after the MHRA said Brits below the age of 30 should be offered alternatives to the AstraZeneca vaccine, Government advisors have said that the same rule could apply for those aged 30-39.
The goalposts have been shifted so many times that it has become difficult to keep up with the latest requirements set by the Government to unlock Britain.
Given the success of our vaccine rollout, why is the Prime Minister dragging his feet over the reopening of Britain? A braver politician would sideline those imposing politically impossible conditions on our freedoms.
The Government has yet to announce where different countries are likely to feature on its "traffic light system" when holidays resume this year, but here is a list of the countries expected to appear on the "green list".
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