Coronavirus (COVID-19) Latest Updates

Coronavirus

This page has been designed to provide up-to-date information, guidance and advice with regards to Coronavirus (COVID-19).

 

National Lockdown from Tuesday 5th January 2021

From this (5th Jan) morning, you must once again stay home:

  • You may only leave home for limited reasons permitted in law, such as to shop for essentials.
  • You should work from home unless you absolutely cannot. 
  • If you are clinically extremely vulnerable, we are advising you to begin shielding again. 

Primary schools, secondary schools and colleges across England are closed except for children of critical workers and the most vulnerable, as one of our latest measures to slow the spread of the virus.

In response, the Chancellor has announced £4.6 billion in new lockdown grants to support business and protect jobs as the nation stays at home to control the virus, protect the NHS and save lives.

Full details of what you can and cannot do under these tighter restrictions can be found here.

If you need medical help, please use the 111 online coronavirus service.

You can find the answers to frequently asked questions about what you can do and can’t do during this pandemic here.

Keep up-to-date with government information about coronavirus (COVID-19) here

Keep up-to-date with government information about the national restrictions here

For up-to-date information regarding support which is available, please click here.

 

News

Schools Prepare for Pupils' Return

As a parent of two young children I am fully aware of the challenges of combining childcare, home-schooling and working from home.

St Paul's Cathedral launches Online Book of Remembrance

St Paul’s Cathedral has created an online book of remembrance for all those who have been living in the UK who have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. People of all faiths, beliefs or none are invited to contribute to Remember Me.   
 

Stay Alert - What You Can Do From Wednesday 13th May

The government has set out its plan to return life to as near normal as we can, for as many people as we can, as quickly and fairly as possible in order to safeguard livelihoods, but in a way that is safe and continues to protect our NHS.

NHS Is Open For Business

In the midst of a global pandemic, the birth of a baby is a joyful sign of life continuing as usual.

The Prime Minister's Update: Tackling the Coronavirus

I want to thank everybody who has been doing such a good job in my absence and I want to thank the NHS for so much.

Including getting me back here and I might add for a much happier hospital visit yesterday.

Update from Sainsburys on Home Deliveries for Vulnerable Customers

Sainsbury's Head Office have been in touch with an update on what the supermarket chain is doing to support its vulnerable customers who find themselves in need of home deliveries due to shielding or self-isolating during the coronavirus pandemic:

SUPPORTING VULNERABLE CUSTOMERS

Guidance: Student number controls

The measures to protect students and universities during the coronavirus outbreak, including temporary student number controls and additi