NEWS
Tier Four ‘may not be enough to contain Covid mutations’, says Government committee
Minutes from the Government committee on the ‘new strain’ of the coronavirus suggest that ‘Tier Four’ restrictions may not be able to hold back the spread of the virus, nor further mutations, given that the national lockdown did not hold them at bay. Research within said minutes also highlights that those with the ‘new strain’ do not appear to be more ill than those infected with the previous strain, but are simply more contagious — Telegraph
Police Scotland will double its presence along English border — Mail
Nightingale hospitals are still lying empty despite rising Covid cases — Mail
European states ban travel from UK — Guardian
BA and Virgin refuse refunds for ‘Tier Four’ passengers because the airlines are not the ones cancelling flights — Mail
More Brits want to move to subscription than keep BBC licence fee — Mail
COMMENT
Beware Boris, the rage of people reaching the end of their tether could end in your tears — Simon Heffer, Telegraph
