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“Restaurants and pubs ‘face collapse’ during extended England lockdown”
When the smoking ban came in, I remember every pub and restaurant proclaiming that it would put...
“Crowds of drinkers in London’s Soho celebrate pubs reopening ‘like VE Day’”
In the height of winter lockdown, there were tales of police moving on pairs of old ladies having...
“The Lockdown Roadmap: give them an inch…?”
I hadn’t realised that church services were starting again until I jogged past on Sunday morning....
“One in six new universal credit claimants forced to skip meals”
I was about to write about the lack of financial advice available for those that most need it,...
“Jeremy Hunt: Covid restrictions should stay until cases fall to 1,000 a day”
What is it with these (Tory) backbenchers? They started the whole Brexit thing, and have this week...
“Public trust crumbles amid Covid fake news”
An overheard conversation waiting for takeaway coffee this morning. The speaker, large, male,...
“Covid measures will be seen as ‘monument of collective hysteria and folly’ says ex-judge”
I googled this chap as I heard him on the radio the other day. Has he not seen what’s happened and...
“Tory rebels stage revolt over Covid tier system”
Before you say ‘easy for you, Mr Financial Adviser, working from home, Zooming away all day’, the...
“The post-lockdown three-tier system explained in Tamil”
As we move into Zone 2, I’ve been trying to make sense of the rules. Can my daughter’s friend come...
“A lockdown with loopholes: Some flout new restrictions in England.”
LD2 is being treated very differently by many. Just as in a 30 mph zone, a few drive at 29mph,...
“Covid-19: English lockdown may last beyond 2 Dec, says Gove”
My few nights away from a comparatively well-behaved Cotswolds shows why we’re into another...
‘New Coronavirus rules on social gatherings explained’
Here’s a part of the Pension Simplification Rules: ‘In respect of pre 6 April 2006 benefits, the...
“Reopening schools will put UK back in lockdown, top scientist warns”
Schools have been much in the news this week. For quite rightly, saying that, while they have to...
“‘How can not wearing a mask in a pub be justified?'”
In Precedented Times, pub and restaurant health and safety rules are nearly (but not quite) as...