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The Government's coronavirus rules are telling some parents it is safe to send their children to school while closing schools located just yards away and attended by their neighbours' children, it emerged today.  Gavin Williamson announced all secondary schools reopening would be delayed by at least a week and released a list of primary schools in coronavirus 'hotspots' that would also stay shut.  But there are growing questions over the criteria for the selection of the primaries after some parents complained that the closures make no sense.  Jenny Batt, Lib Dem councillor for Worcester Park in Sutton, south-west London, said local people were 'confused and worried' about what was going on and did not understand how officials were reaching their decisions.  'They don't understand what the criteria is,' she told BBC London. 'I've got residents who live in Sutton whose children go to a Kingston school and are told that it is safe.  'And th

A mutant variant of the coronavirus has been found in both California and Colorado this week sparking fears the more contagious strain will wreak the same havoc in the United States as it has the United Kingdom.  Britain is seeing infections soar and hospitalizations climb to their highest levels on record. London and southeast England were placed under strict lockdown measures earlier this month and dozens of countries banned flights from the country. France also briefly barred trucks from Britain.  The UK on Wednesday recorded its deadliest day since April with 981 COVID fatalities and  50,000 more cases, as another 20million people were plunged into the toughest restrictions in a desperate attempt to control the spiralling second wave.   The percentage of people testing positive for the new variant is increasing in every region across England, data shows, while other variants of the virus either fall or remain steady. There has been a 40 per cent increase in cases in England in the

Britain today struck a last-gasp deal with Spain to keep Gibraltar's vital border open after Brexit takes place tonight.   The Rock's status was not covered in the trade agreement reached by Boris Johnson on Christmas Eve, prompting concerns about what would happen when the transition period ends at 11pm. The British Overseas Territory, whose sovereignty is disputed by Madrid, will remain subject to the rules of the free-travel Schengen area, Spain's foreign minister said. Arancha Gonzalez Laya announced that the 'agreement in principle' means people in Gibraltar 'can breathe a sigh of relief'.  A lot was riding on the outcome for Gibraltar, which needs access to the EU market for its economy. The territory is home to around 34,000 people Arancha Gonzalez Laya announced that the 'agreement in principle' means people in Gibraltar 'can breathe a sigh of relief'. The British Overseas Territory, whose sovereignty is disputed by Madrid, will rem

The public are to blame for the record number of Covid cases in Britain and have 'blood on their hands' if they don't wear masks as patients wait 24 hours for hospital beds to stop coronavirus 'spreading like wildfire' through wards, a top doctor claimed today. Professor Hugh Montgomery, a consultant at University College Hospital in London, said he is 'angry' with people for 'behaving badly' and failing to follow the rules as infections hit 50,000-plus again and deaths approached 1,000 yesterday. 'We can't blame the Government, we can't blame the Tier system. This is people behaving badly. I'm just very angry about this. If we were wearing masks, washing hands, this virus would not be as it is', he told Times Radio.  He added: 'Anyone who doesn't wear their mask – they have blood on their hands. T hey are spreading this virus, then other people will spread it and people will die. They won't know they've killed peo