#lockdown-rules

#lockdown-rules

A housing estate in Warwickshire is gearing up for its annual 80-metre (262ft) Pride march, which is thought to be one of the shortest in the world, complete with a drag competition, high heel racing and a DJ.The residents of Batt Close in Rugby will don colourful costumes and adorn their street with Pride-themed decorations on Saturday, before marching 40 metres up the road, turning around, and walking 40 metres back.

Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged Tuesday that he misled Parliament about rule-breaking government parties during the coronavirus pandemic but insisted he never intentionally lied.Britain's boisterous former leader is set to be grilled by lawmakers on Wednesday over whether he lied when he denied there had been parties in his Downing Street offices in violation of COVID-19 lockdown rules.

There is a notable difference in levels of very good health among teenagers and young adults, according to newly released data from the 2021 census.Young people's general health has also seen a decrease over the past decade, in contrast to improvements for most other age groups.The census asked people to describe their health by choosing between the options very good, good, fair, bad, or very bad.

Priti Patel, who was home secretary in Johnson's cabinet and widely seen as a fierce ally of the former prime minister, has been made a dame commander.Keen Brexiter Jacob Rees-Mogg has received a knighthood alongside Michael Fabricant who often went on the airwaves to defend Johnson during Partygate.

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's latest Covid-19 police probe leads the majority of newspaper front pages on Wednesday.The Daily Mail says Mr Johnson is threatening to sue after extracts of his prime ministerial diaries were given to police.The Daily Express and the Daily Telegraph report on allies of the former prime minister calling the decision to report him to the police over Covid-19 lockdown breaches a stitch up.

Britain's most senior civil servant has said he did not give Boris Johnson assurances that Covid rules were followed at all times in No 10 during lockdown.Simon Case, the cabinet secretary, submitted written evidence to a committee due to grill Mr Johnson later on whether he misled MPs over the Partygate scandal.

Rishi Sunak's family have been spoken to by police after letting their dog roam free in Hyde Park.It came after the prime minister and his family were filmed apparently breaking the rules of the park in central London.In a clip posted on TikTok, Sunak's two-year-old labrador retriever, Nova, is seen wandering around near the edge of Serpentine lake, in an area where signs clearly state that dogs must be kept on leads to avoid disturbing the local wildlife.

These five bad boys were the loudest voices behind Brexit, but they've all gone pretty quiet since then  what has become of them since?A key figurehead in the Vote Leave campaign, Johnson led the Conservatives to their biggest electoral victory since 1987 after promising to get Brexit done.Since then, it's been all downhill.

T he parents of a schoolgirl who died in an accident during lockdown have hit out at vandals who destroyed her memorial tree in a north London park.Lockdown rules barred any chance of a proper funeral for Loren Jai Coomber, 11, after her tragic death in March 2020.So her family planted a memorial tree at the spot where her father taught her to ride a bike as a youngster and which she affectionally termed the Hill of Doom in Priory Park, Crouch End.

10 minutes ago10 minutes ago After two months of restrictions, 142 cases of the virus and 56 related deaths, Uganda is now lifting its Ebola lockdown while continuing to stay on high alert.Uganda lifted all its Ebola-related restrictions on movement on Saturday, after a two-month lockdown."Currently, there is no transmission, no contact under follow-up, no patients in the isolation facilities, and we are progressing well with the count down," President Yoweri Museveni said in a statement.

Families of those who died in the Covid pandemic have started a petition to have former health secretary Matt Hancock removed from the roster of contestants for TV's I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice appealed to ITV to drop the MP from its line-up, accusing him of a shameless search for publicity ahead of the publication of his book about the pandemic, due for release in December.