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Same for us. Current working from home arrangements remain in place until the end of September for those that were able to work from home. It was agreed last month that some of us could go on site one day per week but only 1 person per team could be in the particular office on any specific day...

A friend who books a lot of hotels for walking groups told me that in popular areas such as the Lake District, many have increased their prices by 20% this summer and have also hiked the single supplement for sole use of a double/twin room.

I see that Matt Hancock has said on BBC Breakfast that he wants it to become "social norms" rather than through legislation that people would, for example, chose to wear face masks if they were travelling on public transport. (See the 08:31 entry) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-56166009...

There was an article in the Telegraph yesterday mentioning that the Oxford Vaccine team are currently working on modifying the vaccine to be just as effective against the known variant strains. that modified vaccine will then need to be assessed by the MHRA for approval.

Report in Nature. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00121-z

Several of the checkout staff in our local Morrisons do use sanitizer between every customer. In the Nationwide building society they now also wipe the keypad and screen of the atm inside the branch after each customer.

British Gas are still servicing boilers to comply with gas safety regulations. Our boiler was serviced as usual in the summer - the fitter wore a mask indoors and sanitised before arrival. The only issue may be availability of any parts needed.

I’m not expecting much easement of restrictions for social gatherings until after 14th March (Mothering Sunday). The rise infections caused by Lots of people meeting up that day last year was one of the triggers of the first lockdown. Though education and business activities could be eased...

On Great Northern some of the very early and late night trains are used by a lot of key workers doing shifts in London hospitals or the fire service etc. So many go in 5:30/6am or are returning home just after midnight depending which shift they are on. GTR do recognise that so do consult via...

Grant Shapps stated on the Today programme this morning that the requirement applied to all adult passengers including UK residents. The negative test also did not remove the requirement for all passengers to isolate for 10 days after arrival in the UK

Measles vaccine is given to young infants. The current COVID vaccines are only licensed by MHRA for use in adults. The Pfizer vaccine is licensed for age 16 years and above, The AStraZeneca/Oxford vaccine is licenced for age 18 and above. more clinical trial data is required before a product...

The gov.uk guidance mentions that medical, veterinary and teacher training students are included in those who will still receive teaching in person. Other subjects would be remote learning. All students returning must take COVID tests and quarantine before start of teaching.

The guidance says exercise should be once per day and not travel beyond the local area. It also emphasises 2 metre distancing, though I’m tending to keep to at least that distance anyway where possible.

Latest BBC update now mentions that parliament will be recalled on Wednesday this week to allow MPs to vote on any additional restrictions https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55534999

My cousin in Italy received a document from the local authority back in March stipulating which supermarket had to be used and was also allocated a specific 1 hour time slot each week when she was permitted to enter that store. The document had to be stamped by the supermarket. As result...

It will require a few months of data to establish the effectiveness of the vaccinations on transmission as well as on the number of hospital admissions etc. Though many restrictions are likely to be relaxed at some point in the spring I suspect there will be a requirement for some degree of...

There was a discussion on the radio earlier saying that there is an indication that the majority of the spread of the recent variant strain is amongst children. As schools are closed for 2 weeks over Christmas that should have an effect on slowing the spread but there are suggestions on the...

The article on the front page and continuing on page 2 of today’s Daily Telegraph (21/12) quotes a Whitehall source as saying that the majority of the population aged 50 and over have to be vaccinated before any consideration can be given to relaxing the tiers...

Morrisons at 5pm did not have many customers and no queues at the checkouts. However the fruit &veg aisles were fairly empty. Not much soft fruit or salads available. Not seen so many empty fridges in the same aisle.

BBC reporting that the port of Dover is also closed for outbound travel including freight from midnight for 48 hours as France has banned them entering French soil.