NEWS
Pubs and restaurants likely to stay shut until July
Pubs and restaurants could stay closed until July after Government chiefs chose to extend the lockdown powers given to councils. The specially created powers, which give local authorities in England the ability to close venues and tape off public areas due to coronavirus, were due to expire next week. But in a blow to millions of Britons hoping for a summer of reduced restrictions, Government chiefs have now extended the laws until mid-summer — Mail
MPs working from home during lockdown charge taxpayers for the extra gas and electricity they use — Mail
Ministers won’t commit to reopening schools in England after Easter holidays — Guardian
Californian dies hours after receiving Covid vaccine as investigation into cause of death starts — Mail
Vaccine passports supported by majority of public despite ‘dystopian’ consequences — Telegraph
Officers are criticised for threatening snowball fighters with £200 Covid fines — Mail
Residents in China’s virus hotspots taken to unknown locations for mass quarantine — Epoch Times
COMMENT
Joe Biden’s call for unity is a sham — Nick Timothy, Telegraph
Even with vaccines, we’ll still have to learn to live with Covid — Tim Stanley, Telegraph
This battle over Scottish independence will make Brexit look genteel — Stephen Glover, Mail
