Boris Johnson unveiled latest stage in roadmap out of coronavirus lockdown at Downing St briefing tonight
Health chiefs say infections, hospital admissions and deaths have fallen consistently over the past months
The move means coronavirus is now only in general circulation and transmission is no longer high or rising
Pubs, restaurants and cafes across England will be able to seat customers inside again from Monday, May 17
Hotels, B&Bs, cinemas, theatres and museums are to reopen while limits on funeral mourners are scrapped
Scotland vote sets up new drive for independence
AFP, LONDON
The Scottish National Party (SNP) yesterday said its landslide victory in Edinburgh’s devolved parliament was grounds for a fresh independence referendum, despite opposition from London.
While the SNP campaigned on promises to hold a new vote, the British government which would need to give formal legal permission is opposed, raising fears of a protracted political and legal battle.
The nationalists say their slightly increased share of seats, one short of an overall majority of 65, gives them a mandate for “indyref2,” so called after the “No” vote in Scotland’s first independence vote in 2014.
UK records another 1,770 coronavirus cases, 2 deaths
Xinhua
10 May 2021, 02:44 GMT+10
LONDON, May 9 (Xinhua) Another 1,770 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,434,860, according to official figures released Sunday. The country also reported another two coronavirus-related deaths. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now stands at 127,605. These figures only include the deaths of people who died within 28 days of their first positive test. More than 35.3 million people have been given the first jab of the coronavirus vaccine, according to the latest official figures. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce that the next stage of lifting lockdown will go ahead as planned on May 17, according to British Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove.