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LONDON, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) Alastair Fraser-Uruquhart, an 18-year-old from Stoke-On-Trent in northern England, is having to make a difficult decision this year not to see friends and his partner. I don t have plans to meet with friends, I have the opposite. I have to have an instant conversation with my partner who lives in London at the moment. We had planned to meet around New Year and now I have to have a conversation for not doing that anymore, he told Xinhua.
Stoke-on-Trent has escaped the toughest Tier Four coronavirus restrictions announced by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday and remains in Tier Three. From Sunday morning, London, the South East and East of England moved into Tier Four restrictions.
2020-12-21 15:05:22 GMT2020-12-21 23:05:22(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LONDON, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) Alastair Fraser-Uruquhart, an 18-year-old from Stoke-On-Trent in northern England, is having to make a difficult decision this year not to see friends and his partner. I don t have plans to meet with friends, I have the opposite. I have to have an instant conversation with my partner who lives in London at the moment. We had planned to meet around New Year and now I have to have a conversation for not doing that anymore, he told Xinhua.
Stoke-on-Trent has escaped the toughest Tier Four coronavirus restrictions announced by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday and remains in Tier Three. From Sunday morning, London, the South East and East of England moved into Tier Four restrictions.
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Many European nations halt UK flights over mutant Covid-19 fears
Many European nations halt UK flights over mutant Covid-19 fears
Last Updated: Mon, Dec 21st, 2020, 08:33:03hrs
London, Dec 21 (IANS) A number of European countries have started to ban flights to and fro from the UK following the emergence of a highly infectious mutant strain of the novel coronavirus.
The development has led to chaos and confusion among people who were planning to spend the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays with families and friends on either side of the English Channel, reports Xinhua news agency.
The Covid-19 mutant strain has effectively plunged London and other parts of the UK into the new Tier Four restrictions over Christmas, the London-based Evening Standard newspaper said in a report on Sunday.
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