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Tory Gavin Williamson hosted party as millions of Brits faced Christmas Covid ban miseryThe Mirror can reveal another top Tory broke Covid party rules at Christmas as then Education Secretary Gavin Willamson hosted a 'reckless' bash during the ban on socialisingAs millions of children faced the misery of Christmas under strict Covid rules, ex-Education Secretary Gavin Williamson threw a party.London was in Tier 2 – which banned any social mixing between households – on December 10 last year when up to two dozen of Mr Williamson’s staff gathered in the Department for Education cafe for “drinks and canapes”.The former Cabinet minister delivered a short speech at the evening event before officials and ministers knocked back glasses of wine.One source said: “There were lots of people gathered in the cafe area, mingling and drinking wine. It was just so reckless”.Tonight the DfE did not deny Covid rules had been broken.
Christmas work from home order being drawn up by GovernmentNew work from home plans are being drawn up by the Government as Boris Johnson considers tougher measures to slow the spread of the omicron variant.Officials working on Covid policy have carried out modelling on the economic impact of urging people to work from home over the Christmas and New Year period, The Telegraph understands.Britain has the highest number of confirmed omicron infections in Europe at 440, and experts warned that its true number of cases could be as high as 2,500.
Greece’s travel rules most googled by British holidaymakers in 2021Greece was the most googled destination for the search term “travel restrictions” in 2021 - with more Britons searching for the holiday magnet’s rules than the UK’s own.Data released by Google today shows that “Greece travel restrictions” was the top most searched above “UK travel restrictions”, with rules for the US, Spain and Portugal the next most popular.Italy, Scotland, France, Germany and Croatia made up the rest of the top 10.
Boris Johnson apologises for staff laughing about No10 party but doesn't admit it happenedSpeaking at PMQs, Mr Johnson said he was "furious" to see the leaked recording, which shows senior Downing Street staff laughing about throwing a festive bash in Number 10 four days after the event is alleged to have taken place last December.But added he has been "repeatedly reassured" there was no party.
Allegra Stratton resigns over No 10 Christmas party videoDelivering tearful statement, she said would "regret the remarks for the rest of my days".And she offered her "profound apologies" to the public.
Camels enhanced with Botox barred from Saudi beauty contestDozens of animals disqualified after owners manipulate their looks with hormones, fillers and faceliftsSaudi authorities have carried out their biggest crackdown on camel beauty contestants, disqualifying more than 40 “enhanced” camels from the annual pageant, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency.The camels disqualified in the competition, at the King Abdulaziz camel festival, were judged to have received Botox injections and other artificial touch-ups.
Boris Johnson deploys his favourite ‘dead cat’ strategy, but he is perilously close to the last of his nine livesDowning Street's latest disaster has cut through with the public as unmistakably as the I’m A Celebrity theme tune.After being ridiculed by Ant and Dec on prime time television on Tuesday night, Wednesday was never going to be a good day for Boris Johnson. But even he could not have foreseen more than half the population telling a pollster to “get him out of here” and searches for “cancel Conservative membership” rising by 1,900 per cent.
Majority of Brits want Boris Johnson to resign, polls findTwo new polls have found over half of Brits want the prime minister to resign amid allegations of hypocrisy following the Downing Street Christmas party
What Covid Plan B means for you: working from home, vaccine passports and extended mask mandateBoris Johnson announces the biggest increase in Covid restrictions since January in a bid to limit spread of omicron variant
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