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Cummings blasts PM and France tightens restrictions for UK visitors

Government
Rob Gill
27 May 2021

Thursday’s headlines are dominated by the prime minister’s former chief adviser Dominic Cummings’ evidence before MPs, while rising Covid cases in the UK continue to cause concern for neighbouring countries.

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Away from the Westminster drama, new cases of Covid-19 in the UK on Wednesday (26 May) hit more than 3,000 for the first time in six weeks raising further worries about the spread of the Indian variant of the disease.

Concerns about this variant has also led France to introduce tighter restrictions on UK arrivals from next week after Germany and Austria also took steps to limit travel from the UK.

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