Nicola Sturgeon’s efforts to stem covid with new tighter restrictions than England have been mockingly compared by a top Tory MP to the Japanese Emperor admitting that WWII was not such a success for his country.
21.12.2021 - 20:41 / deadline.com
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled an extra £30M ($40M) to help theatres and museums in England impacted by the Omicron variant, while cinemas can apply for grants of up to £6,000 ($7,950) per premises.
The move comes as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed there will be no new Covid measures in England before Christmas but said curbs could be imposed next week once more data on the Omicron variant is available.
Omicron has been causing mass cancellations of trips to cultural venues in
Nicola Sturgeon’s efforts to stem covid with new tighter restrictions than England have been mockingly compared by a top Tory MP to the Japanese Emperor admitting that WWII was not such a success for his country.
Boris Johnson is to hold a press conference at Downing Street today as the Omicron covid variant continues to spread rapidly across the UK.
NME to voice their concerns over the government’s “pointless” and “bonkers” support package to aid them through the Omicron COVID crisis.In the week since Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new restrictions for England due to a rise in cases of the Omicron variant (in measures dubbed ‘Plan B’), losses came to over £2million.
Rishi Sunak, brought forward a £1billion support package for businesses affected by COVID-19 earlier today (December 21).Annabella Coldrick, Chief Executive of the Music Managers Forum & David Martin, CEO of the Featured Artists Coalition said in a joint statement that they are still “massively concerned” that the new measures still have “nothing for artists and live industry professionals” who are being affected by what it describes as “lockdown by stealth”.They said: “Artists currently find
The Queen has cancelled her traditional Christmas plans at Sandringham, due to Covid fears.
up to 40 per cent of music fans in the UK were revealed to have not turned up to gigs recently due to a rise in COVID cases, while one in five ticketholders didn’t turn up to gigs in 2021.Last week Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new restrictions for the country due to a rise in cases of the Omicron variant, in measures dubbed ‘Plan B’.The NTIA’s survey, which was conducted at the weekend (December 18-19), shows that nighttime venues have lost on average £46,000 each in lost sales over
The UK Government said it has doubled the amount of additional funding available to Scotland to tackle Covid to £440 million.
A major incident has been declared in London as Omicron continues to wreak havoc across the country.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has blasted for a “derilicton of duty” by flying off to California instead of staying in Whitehall to provide support for covid-striken businesses in the UK.
Health leaders from across Greater Manchester have released a message to residents about what they can do to help stop an exponential rise in Omicron cases.
Boris Johnson has refused to rule out further coronavirus restrictions being introduced ahead of Christmas as the Omicron variant spreads.
Boris Johnson has announced all adults will be offered an emergency booster this month amid a 'tidal wave' of Omicron.
Every adult in the UK will be able to get a booster vaccine by the end of the year, Boris Johnson has promised.