Image caption Grant Shapps announced £2bn funding to make “once in a generation change” to the transport network The transport secretary has announced a £2bn package to improve infrastructure for walking and cycling, Grant Shapps said there was a chance for a “once in a generation change” to the way we travel. Even if the […]
Image copyright Getty Images Up to 2,000 UK seafarers are stranded on ships around the world because of coronavirus lockdowns, the industry’s trade body has told the BBC. The UK Chamber of Shipping wants the UK government to become the first to sign up to a global plan to get crews home. And the Nautilus […]
The first confirmed case of coronavirus in the UK was on 31 January. Since then more than 30,000 people have died with the disease and thousands more have needed hospital treatment. Here’s how the crisis has evolved in the 100 days since the first case, and how the government’s policy has shifted as the situation […]
Image copyright Getty Images UK airlines say they have been told the government will bring in a 14-day quarantine for anyone arriving in the UK from any country apart from the Republic of Ireland in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The new restriction is expected to take effect at the end of this month. Industry […]
Image copyright European Photopress Agency Image caption Garden centres in some European countries have reopened The Welsh government has announced garden centres will be allowed to reopen under the first minor changes it is making to lockdown restrictions. At Westminster, support seems to have been growing on the backbenches for the UK government to do […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption VE Day marked the end of fighting in Europe in World War Two The coronavirus outbreak means people are commemorating the 75th anniversary of VE Day within their own homes. All public gatherings have been cancelled – but a series of events is still going ahead to mark the […]
Image copyright PA The wartime prime minister Winston Churchill’s victorious address to the nation marked the end of the war in Europe, on 8 May 1945. But his speeches through the course of the war galvanised and heartened those fighting and enduring the dangers and privations of World War II. “Winston Churchill’s words inspired a […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A woman wears a flu mask during the Spanish flu epidemic It is dangerous to draw too many parallels between coronavirus and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, that killed at least 50 million people around the world. Covid-19 is an entirely new disease, which disproportionately affects older people. The […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Wales has had strict restrictions on exercise during lockdown People will be able to exercise outside more than once a day in Wales, with some garden centres set to re-open, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said. Councils can plan to reopen libraries and tips, but Mr Drakeford warned it […]
Following the surrender of Germany in World War Two, on 7 May 1945, Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared the following day a public holiday, Victory in Europe (VE) Day. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A Dufaycolor colour transparency of Admiralty Arch, in London And, after nearly six years of conflict, the public took to […]