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Groundhog Day takes on new poignance
For many of us, the February 2nd event has come to symbolise life in lockdown.
Argentina levies new tax on the rich to pay for coronavirus recovery
The new tax will raise around $3 billion - which will also be used to fund scholarships and social aid.
Beekeeper in Brexit row with Government over threat to burn 15m baby bees
“It’s a monumentally stupid situation for a country supposed to be standing on its own two feet and exporting round the world.”
George Osborne to quit Evening Standard to join ‘tiny M&A boutique with massive pay’
He will also step down from his role at investment firm Blackrock where he was paid £650,000 for working one day a week.
Isle of Man ‘back to normal’ as pubs, schools and businesses reopen following border controls
If only the rest of the UK was an island...
Back to normal by summer? It’s possible, SAGE expert says
“Hopefully by the summer we can get back to something pretty close to what we have seen before the pandemic was normal.”
Door-to-door testing to commence in parts of London, Kent and Surrey amid South African variant concerns
Just over 100 cases of the South African strain have been identified to date across the UK, but this is the first signal of wider community spread.
South African strain of Covid-19 discovered in eight areas of England
Mass testing is being launched after cases were found in Surrey, Kent, Walsall, Sefton, Hertfordshire and the London boroughs of Merton, Haringey and Ealing.
Trade on Ireland to GB routes slumps by 50 PER CENT
But freight volumes on routes to mainland Europe from Ireland were up 100 per cent.