Category: England

Travellers to England Will Need to Test Negative Before Departure

International travellers arriving in England, including UK nationals, will have to provide proof of a negative test for the CCP virus before boarding their planes, trains, or boats. This new measure, announced by the Transport Secretary on Friday, aims to stem the influx of new strains of the virus. On top of the new measures,…


More Pupils At School Than During Last Shutdown, Say Teachers

Teachers say England’s lockdown is at risk of being watered down, with more pupils still attending school than expected after the government said that those without laptops are exempt from obligatory home learning. Alongside other rules, England’s third national lockdown stipulates that children cannot attend school unless their parents are classified as keyworkers or they…


‘Teachers, Not Algorithms’ to Settle Grades As Exams Axed in England

The education secretary has confirmed that there will be no GCSE, AS, or A-Level exams this summer in England and that grades will be awarded by teacher assessment. “This year we’re going to put our trust in teachers, rather than algorithms,” UK education secretary Gavin Williamson told the House of Commons on Jan. 6 in…


England’s Third National Lockdown Comes Into Force

England’s third national lockdown, enacted to try to stem the spread of the CCP virus, has legally come into force. Members of Parliament will later today vote retroactively on primary legislation that will carry the new rules—which have been temporarily enacted under secondary powers by the government—until the end of March. Under the new curbs,…


Boris Johnson Announces Full England Lockdown Amid New CCP Virus Variant Fears

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced England will be put into a new national lockdown from the early hours of Wednesday, ditching the local tiered system, which he says has failed to hold back a surge of the new CCP virus variant. Johnson’s announcement came on the day that the rollout of the Oxford/AstraZeneca…


Government Expands Lockdown Across Southeast England to Stem New CCP Virus Strain

More parts of England will join London in the toughest tier of CCP virus restrictions from Boxing Day with the new strain “spreading at a dangerous rate,” the UK health secretary announced on Wednesday. Nearly all of the southeast corner of the country will be in tier four one minute after Christmas Day ends, as…


UK Government Expands Southeast England Lockdown to Stem New CCP Virus Strain

More parts of England will join London in the toughest tier of CCP virus restrictions from Boxing Day with the new strain “spreading at a dangerous rate,” the UK health secretary announced on Wednesday. Nearly all of the southeast corner of the country will be in tier four one minute after Christmas Day ends, as…