Local authorities across the country are believed to be in desperate need of people capable of driving the huge salt spreading lorries to keep highways open in bad weather.

Lord Heseltine today warned the UK economy is facing a ‘very nasty situation’ this winter as he accused the Government of ‘lurching from crisis to crisis’.

Discussions are being held in Government to scale back the initiative that allows everyone to get a free lateral flow test, and some people a free PCR test, according to a report.

Experts fear a massive surge in flu cases this winter because social distancing measures kept infections low last year, reducing population immunity.

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Experts said a return to working from home in Britain would cripple the economy and would come at the worst possible time when companies are getting back on their feet.

The Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows Ski Resort in Northern California dropped the ‘racist’ and ‘sexist’ term squaw and renamed the resort to Palisades Tahoe.

As he prepares to unveil his winter plan tomorrow, Boris Johnson insisted he is ‘confident’ that lockdown can be avoided even though drastic action cannot be ruled out.

The Prime Minister is due to set out his proposals at a press conference later this week when, according to reports, he will make that he is ‘dead set’ against another national shut down.