Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox These are all the coronavirus lockdown rules that are changing from tommorow in England just in time for the Easter holidays.

Limits on social gatherings and sports outdoors are being relaxed as part of Step One in Boris Johnson's lockdown roadmap - 12 weeks after the national lockdown was first introduced in January, and people were ordered to 'Stay Home' with limited contact.

Slight easing began on March 8 as schools and some universities resumed face-to-face teaching. Meeting with one other person outdoors for recreation, such as a picnic, has also been allowed since March 8, along with care home visits from one regular visitor, who

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Windsor asks for help to end protest

The city of Windsor is asking for federal and provincial aid to deal with a protest that has stopped incoming truck shipments across the Ambassador Bridge. Seán O’Shea reports.

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Almost all restrictions affecting Alberta children gone soon

There was a ton of information to unpack from Tuesday’s COVID-19 announcement by Premier Jason Kenney, including the end of the mask mandates for students.

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Oscars 2022: Surprising COVID-19 Vaccine Info Revealed

You might be surprised by this decision that was just made for the 2022 Oscars ceremony on March 27.

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Valentine’s Day deals to get back at your ex

Topo Chico Hard Seltzer announced it is selling prickly valentines to send to a special ex-someone. "Bolder (and sharper) than your typical bouquet of flowers, each Prickly Valentine comes with a mini-cactus and commemorative card," the seltzer brand revealed in a press release.There is currently a limit of one cactus per customer, and an alcohol purchase is required. You can make a "point" to that lousy person and order here.With a $10 donation this Valentine's Day, The Florida Aquarium will also let you name a roach after an ex.Those who participate will receive a certificate commemorating the occasion and a photo of the roach. Participants will also be able to send a message with "words you wish you had said" or a "funny revenge confession." The aquarium said amusing, family-friendly confessions will be posted with anonymity on The Florida Aquarium’s social media. An, don't worry – they'll never "Hiss & Tell" who sent them! You can get started here.Meanwhile, the San Antonio Zoo will also host its Cry Me a Cockroach Fundraiser for its third year, where funds raised support the zoo’s vision of securing a future for wildlife. The Madagascar Hissing Cockroach.

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What is the consumer price index and how is it used to measure inflation?

Sale stickers on a store shelf. A seven percent increase in the consumer price index (CPI) over the 12 months to December was the highest since 1982.

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COVID-19 hospitalizations decrease slightly as Alberta’s vaccine passport program officially expires

COVID-19 decreased slightly on Wednesday as Alberta’s vaccine passport program officially expired.Premier Jason Kenney announced Tuesday that the restrictions exemption program would be lifted at midnight. The REP came into effect in September, and required Albertans to show proof of double vaccination or a negative rapid test result to obtain entry to businesses operating under the program.

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B.C. bringing in vaccine mandate for all remaining health-care workers

COVID-19, the province is finally implementing the policy.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced on Wednesday family doctors, dentists, chiropractors, physiotherapists and pharmacists will be required to be vaccinated by March 24, 2022.Henry said there is a process in place for medical exemptions, which can be submitted to her office.“We have been working with the colleges to sort through the details on the notice we put forward in October.

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Rapid tests to be made available for free at Ontario grocery stores, pharmacies

Whether you’re heading to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription or doing your groceries, you’ll now be able to pick up a kit of rapid antigen tests for free. It comes as COVID-19 cases across Ontario are on the decline and the province prepares to lift additional public health measures of the coming weeks.

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Road closures put in place around Queen’s Park ahead of possible protest

Toronto Police has put in place a number of road closures over rumblings on social media that a protest connected to the Ottawa convoy could come to the city. Erica Vella has more.

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Smithsonian Museum is asking for pictures from Disney vacations

FILE - Crowds fill Main Street USA in front of Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom on the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World. Vacation photos have a new use.The Smithsonian National Museum of American History is asking for vacation photos from Disneyland in California or Disney World in Florida.

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2 men charged in string of New Castle County residential burglaries

NEW CASTLE, Del. - Police in New Castle County arrested two men they say are behind a string of home burglaries. Police say the men chose their victims because of their ethnicity.They say crimes similar to these have been reported to multiple police agencies from outside the state, including as far south as Georgia.Watches, jewelry, designer bags and sneakers.

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Govt. program does not pay for crack pipes, White House says

Man holding a crack pipe. WASHINGTON (AP) - Following outrage on the political right, the Biden administration said Wednesday that a grant program to help prevent additional harm to people who use illicit drugs will not pay for safer pipes to smoke crack or meth."No federal funding will be used directly or through subsequent reimbursement of grantees to put pipes in safe smoking kits," Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and White House drug policy adviser Rahul Gupta said in a statement.White House press secretary Jen Psaki said separately that was never the intention, complaining that impression was created by "inaccurate reporting."Monday was the deadline for service organizations and state and local governments to apply for a share of $30 million in federal money for "harm reduction" efforts intended to prevent disease, injury and other collateral trauma to people addicted to illicit drugs.RELATED: 93,000 Americans died of overdoses last year, a new recordThe original request for funding proposals from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration had listed "safe smoking kits/supplies" among the items that could be purchased with taxpayer money.

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COVID-19: Ontario health minister says ‘not in the clear’ yet to end proof of vaccination, masking

As Alberta and Saskatchewan drop most COVID-19 restrictions, Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said on Wednesday there was no plan to drop the proof of vaccination or masking requirements yet as the province is “not in the clear” to do so.

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The Healing: Black men yoga takes shape to combat mental health

CHICAGO - When friends Tristan Lewis and Andrew Smith invited a few Black men to take part in a yoga class in Chicago in 2020, they didn’t know it would spur a nationwide movement.The two men created The Healing, a nonprofit aimed at promoting mental health for Black men and offering resources for improvement. Services include events where participants can share with each other about various struggles or sessions with mental health professionals.Most notably, the organization offers virtual yoga classes for Black men with the next one scheduled to place on Feb.

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Camden officials distribute KN95 masks, as slow rollout of free masks nationwide begins

CAMDEN, N.J. - Thousands of KN95 masks, recently donated by Cooper University Hospital, were given out in Camden County Wednesday, by city officials, in an effort to help halt the spread of COVID-19.Last month, the U.S. Government announced it would be handing out 400 million N95 masks to everyone in the country and those masks have started to appear in some stores.

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Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong's stolen classic car recovered in OC

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 24: Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs onstage during the 2019 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for dcp) ORANGE, Calif. - The Costa Mesa Police Department announced Wednesday the cherished classic car belonging to Green Day’s lead vocalist, Billie Joe Armstrong, has been recovered days after it was reported stolen.Green Day, formed in San Francisco's East Bay Area, is a Grammy award-winning rock band whose biggest hits include "Wake Me Up When September Ends," "When I Come Around," and "Holiday." The band's music is also featured in the musical "American Idiot." On the morning of Feb.

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Lanarkshire locals encouraged to beat winter blues with health walks

Lanarkshire locals are being encouraged to shake off the winter blues with free health walks throughout the area.

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‘It’s a lot’: At least 2M Quebecers infected during fifth wave of COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19: Quebec announces staggered reopening plan through to mid-March Nearly one million infections have occurred since Dec. 31, Boileau said.The government on Tuesday presented a road map to gradually lifting restrictions over the coming weeks, with most expected to be gone by March 14 — except mask mandates and the vaccine passport system.

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Global COVID cases top 400 million as levels decline again

The global COVID-19 total has passed the 400 million mark early into the third year of the pandemic, with cases last week declining in the world's fourth and biggest surge, fueled by the more transmissible Omicron variant.

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Three big Covid announcements expected in Boris Johnson's speech on Easter Monday

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Mourners start drawing almost 150,000 hearts in London to remember COVID victims

COVID-19 pandemic.The mural is expected to stretch for hundreds of metres along the southern bank of the River Thames outside St Thomas’ hospital, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson was put in an intensive care unit after he contracted the virus and fell seriously ill last year.It has been organised by the group Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK, which has called for a public inquiry into the government’s handling of the pandemic."Each heart is individually hand-painted (and) utterly unique, just like the loved ones we’ve lost," said Matt Fowler, co-founder of the group.

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U.K. eases some COVID-19 restrictions, but nervously eyes surge in European cases

Britain is taking another small step out of lockdown as it looks nervously at a new COVID-19 surge inundating its European neighbours.With U.K. coronavirus vaccination rates outstripping those of European Union nations, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is easing the stark “stay at home” message that has curtailed everyday life — and kept the virus in check — for almost three months.

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Some hauliers arriving in England to face COVID-19 tests

England from outside Britain and Ireland for more than two days will need to take COVID-19 tests in a bid to tackle the spread of any future variants, transport minister Grant Shapps said on Sunday.Affected hauliers will need to take a test within 48 hours and one every 72 hours thereafter as part of the new rules."This is to ensure we keep track of any future coronavirus variants of concern," Shapps wrote on Twitter.Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested earlier this week that Britain might need to tighten restrictions on arrivals from France, including truck drivers.A similar move by France in December caused chaos in southern England when it was introduced at short notice but the industry believes there is now enough rapid testing

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Some hauliers arriving in England to face Covid tests

Lorry drivers arriving in England from outside Britain and Ireland for more than two days will need to take Covid-19 tests in a bid to tackle the spread of any future variants, transport minister Grant Shapps has said.

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UK's Boris Johnson says no reason to change COVID-19 unlocking plans

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Pub landlords might ask drinkers for COVID-19 vaccine certification, U.K.’s Johnson says

Boris Johnson suggested on Wednesday that some pubs might require customers to produce COVID-19 vaccine certificates, an idea that he had previously deemed unlikely.Almost 29 million people have received their first vaccine dose in Britain already in the fastest rollout in Europe, and there have been calls to open up the economy faster because of the success of the vaccination programme.Appearing before a committee of senior lawmakers, Johnson said the “basic concept of a vaccine certification should not be totally alien to us”, citing how surgeons were required to have a Hepatitis B shot. U.K.

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Boris Johnson refuses to rule out adding France to the UK's red travel list as Covid cases rise

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MP who lost mum and dad 'within days of one another' joins calls on Boris Johnson to hold covid public inquiry

public inquiry into the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Labour MP Afzal Khan told the Prime Minister he had lost “an entire generation”, including his mother, father and mother-in-law “within days of one another”.At Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons the Manchester Gorton MP urged for the inquiry to begin “as soon as current restrictions are lifted”.He told Johnson: “Grieving families like mine want and deserve to understand what happened and if anything could have been done to prevent this tragedy.”Keir Starmer joined the calls for public inquiry in is PMQs slot.

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Boris Johnson hammered over claims he praised 'greed' in covid vaccine rollout

vaccine success was down to ‘greed’ and ‘capitalism’, according to a report.

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Boris Johnson admits 'many things we could have done differently' on Covid

Boris Johnson has admitted there are "many things we wished we had done differently" on the anniversary of lockdown.The Prime Minister said there are also "many things we wished we had known" about coronavirus.He made the remarks at a Downing Street briefing a year after the country first entered a national lockdown on March 23.Since then, the UK’s grim Covid-19 death toll has passed more than 125,000.Mr Johnson said: “I think in retrospect there are probably many things we wished we had known and many things we wished we had done differently at the time in retrospect.”The country was “fighting a novel disease in very different circumstances” than any previous government could have imagined, he added.He said the biggest “single false

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Timeline: One year of lockdown - every key moment in the UK’s fight against coronavirus from the last 12 months

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When is the minute's silence and vigil to mark the coronavirus lockdown anniversary?

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Chris Evans tells Matt Hancock to ‘wind his neck in’ as he explains Covid jab delay

Matt Hancock, 42, joined Chris Evans, 54, on his Virgin Radio Breakfast Show this morning to discuss the current coronavirus restrictions and the vaccine roll-out.The pair began by discussing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 56, receiving his jab on the same day the DJ did last Friday.He went on to tell listeners that the Government is “focused” on “getting the country safely out of this”.Chris went on to acknowledge the record-breaking news that 844,000 people were vaccinated in one day last week.Following this news he asked if vaccinating a million people in a day was possible.“I’m sure that the NHS could deliver over a million in a day if they needed to,” Matt confidently replied.

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Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard fight back tears as they read out tributes to loved ones lost to Covid

SUSANNA Reid and Ben Shephard fought back tears as they read out tributes to loved ones lost to Covid.

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Covid third wave 'will wash up on UK shores' and ruin summer holiday plans, PM warns

Boris Johnson has warned that a third wave of coronavirus currently spreading across Europe will "wash up on our shores".

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Sikh leaders celebrate upcoming holiday with vaccine clinic

LONDON – Sikh leader Balwinder Singh Basra rolled up his sleeve to get a COVID-19 vaccine Sunday at the Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Luton, north of London. And he wanted everyone to know about it.

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NHS gave out covid jab every 27 seconds in another record-breaking day

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Festival bosses say fans “aren’t really concerned about line-ups” this year – as COVID questions hang over artists’ ability to travel

NME about the likelihood of artists from overseas being able to perform at events this summer, and how COVID could impact on line-ups.With many festivals cautiously going ahead after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s roadmap to normality stating that full capacity live events and mass gatherings should be able to resume from June 21 in England provided that vaccination targets are met and new COVID variants don’t take hold, much speculation now surrounds what a summer of live music might look like.Many fear that each country’s differing vaccination success and rules around quarantining might make it unviable for artists to tour internationally, while others are hopeful that the coronavirus situation will have vastly improved across the UK, US

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U.K. reaches milestone as half of all adults receive 1st COVID-19 vaccine dose

Britain have now had at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, making the country the world’s first major economy to hit that milestone, health minister Matt Hancock said on Saturday.Britain reached that figure after administering a record 660,276 shots a day earlier, Hancock said. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had AstraZeneca’s vaccination on Friday, tweeted “Let’s keep going.”Israel is the leader in vaccinating its population, followed by the United Arab Emirates, Chile, then the United Kingdom — and investors are watching closely to see which economies show the first signs of recovery.

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UK PM Boris Johnson gets his first dose of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

Boris Johnson has received his first dose of AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine at the London hospital on Friday and urged the public to do the same, saying "he did not feel a thing."While speaking to reporters at St Thomas' Hospital in central London, 56-year-old UK PM assured the public that the jab is safe. "I literally did not feel a thing.

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Susanna Reid breaks Instagram silence with pic receiving Covid jab in same place as Boris

Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid, 50, received her first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid jab today in the same place Boris Johnson, 56, had his done.The journalist shared a picture of herself with the jab in her arm at St Thomas’ Hospital, in view of her 565,000 followers.She wrote: "JABBED! Thanks Kamilah & everyone at St Thomas’ Hospital vaccination centre. Didn’t see Boris.

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Boris Johnson receives Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine jab

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Oxford COVID-19 vaccine is safe, getting it tomorrow, says UK PM Boris Johnson

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Everything you can and can't do from tomorrow in England as the Covid lockdown restrictions are eased

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