Government 'draws up drastic plan to avoid second national lockdown'

Manchester Evening News."At the end of the day, you can sit in a pub close to people you don't know, but you can't sit in a pub close to people you do know. It's been tough not being able to see family."What concerns me the most is how it's going to affect schools reopening.

hereThere could also be increased delays between performances as venues will be required to undertake 'deep cleans' before the next audience arrives.The PM also announced tough new fines for people who repeatedly refuse to wear a face mask - and organisers of illegal raves.At present, people who refuse to wear a face covering where it is required face a £100 fine, which can be reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days.Under the new measures, announced tonight, that penalty will double for subsequent

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has called on the government NOT to send Oldham into full lockdown to stamp out rising coronavirus cases – as he warned there is a danger to ‘overreact’ to the numbers.Oldham council stated on Wednesday that three weeks of increasing cases in the borough mean that it could soon become subject to a Leicester-style lockdown, with shops, pubs and businesses forced to close.There has been a spike of 255 cases in the week up to August 8 – almost double the

Jeff Vasishta Despite the fact that Covid-19 has put a major damper on in-person concerts, veteran rocker Jon Bon Jovi is still keeping the money rolling in through his house flipping side hustle. In 2018, the silver-maned singer dropped $10 million on an ocean-view home in mega-posh Palm Beach, Fla., that he promptly razed and replaced with a brand-new villa.

Wells Adams is back behind the bar on the set of season 16 of The Bachelorette, Us Weekly can exclusively reveal.In the photos obtained by Us, the 36-year-old reality TV personality can be seen chatting with Bachelor host Chris Harrison on Wednesday, August 5. Adams’ arrival at La Quinta Resort & Club in California comes amid the season 16 cast shakeup.

shot at love for Tayshia Adams? Season 16 of The Bachelorette is shaking things up.While ABC has yet to publicly comment on reports that Tayshia, 29, is replacing Clare Crawley as the season 16 lead, a source confirms to Us Weekly that Tayshia is in fact at La Quinta Resort in Palm Springs, California, where the show is currently filming.

According to reports that emerged over the weekend in the Times and the Telegraph, Boris Johnson ordered officials to draw up plans to avoid a second lockdown.

Controversial attorney Alan Dershowitz made headlines on Friday when his name appeared in documents that had been unsealed, relating to the defamation case involving Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giufre and the convicted pedophile’s alleged accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorAlan Dershowitz, legal scholar and Harvard Law School professor emeritus, is a fan of “The Good Fight.”But the famed attorney is preparing to sue ViacomCBS and the producers of the CBS All Access legal drama for referring to him in the final episode of the show’s fourth season as a “shyster” in connection with his representation of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.