THE government faced calls for emergency action to save jobs “caught in the crossfire” of the Covid crisis today as teachers warned against trooping pupils back to school as planned after Christmas.
More than 40 countries have banned British arrivals over concerns about the spread of a new variant of coronavirus.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson attended Cobra crisis talks today after France shut its border with the UK for 48 hours from Sunday, meaning that no lorries or ferries can leave from Dover.
Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s said that fresh food such as lettuce, cauliflowers, broccoli and citrus fruit could soon be missing from its shelves.