Follow Covid rules or see UK deaths return to spring levels, minister warns
The UK could return to the levels of mass coronavirus deaths seen in the spring unless people abide by social distancing rules, Grant Shapps has...
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No 10 denies reports Boris Johnson went on secret Italy trip
One of Boris Johnsonâs ministers has denied a report in the Italian media that the UK prime minister made a secret trip to the country...
Covid lockdown rules more divisive than Brexit, survey finds
Mask-wearing and lockdown rules are now causing deeper social fractures than Brexit, according to a UK-wide study which suggests that the solidarityof the early weeks...
Portugal dropped from safe travel corridor list as Covid cases rise
Portugal is being dropped from Englandâs travel corridor list just weeks after it was added, meaning arrivals from the country will be forced to quarantine...
Shapps says Scotland ‘jumped the gun’ with Greece quarantine
The transport secretary has accused Scotland of âjumping the gunâ by imposing quarantine restrictions on arrivals from Greece, and admitted the different rules around the...
Greece and Portugal stay on England’s list of quarantine-free travel
English tourists in Greece and Portugal have been spared the cost and chaos of rushing back to the UK after the British government defied expectations...
Consultation begins on banning pavement parking in England
Parking on pavements could be banned across England under government plans to ease journeys for disabled people and parents pushing prams. The practice is banned...
Coronavirus UK: Shapps rejects idea of quarantining arrivals from parts of countries
The transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has rejected the idea of imposing quarantine rules on people arriving from regions of other countries, as opposed to entire...
UK ministers rushed forward France quarantine by 24 hours
Thousands of holidaymakers scrambled to return from France on Friday night amid chaotic scenes as it emerged ministers rushed forward the imposition of quarantine measures...
The Guardian view on record-breaking weather: the heat is on | Editorial
The hottest week in the UK since records began offers further proof that our weather is changing. Climate change and global heating are not predictions,...