The north gets locked down – Twitter reacts
"You know how you show the North that you're serious about it as a place and want to 'level it up'? Announce chaotic changes in the middle of the night with almost no notice."
"You know how you show the North that you're serious about it as a place and want to 'level it up'? Announce chaotic changes in the middle of the night with almost no notice."
Matt Hancock made the announcement on Twitter, giving people just hours to prepare.
“We haven’t got a clue what’s going on, we really haven’t. We’ve been messed about all day."
The country experienced the longest continuous period of excess deaths as well as the highest levels, a comparison of 23 European countries found.
Brazil has the second highest toll with over 88,000 deaths, followed by the UK at 46,000.
One local leader said vulnerable people have not been shielding because they cannot read English.
Impeccable timing from Boris Johnson's former boss.
Despite enduring chronic shortages, Britain accounted for 30 per cent of the overall EU-UK spending on PPE.
On a personal and professional level, it has been a remarkable year for the man who is probably the most polarising person to occupy Downing Street since Thatcher.
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