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A Sinn Fein proposal to introduce a GB travel ban was voted down by fellow executive ministers.
Hauliers unable to make the crossing to France have been told to go to Manston Airport, near Ramsgate.
Nine areas are now recording rates higher than 1,000 new cases per 100,000 people.
Retail chiefs also warned that halted trucks ‘need to move in the next 24 hours’ if supermarkets are to avoid empty shelves.
The NHS Confederation says the Government ‘should be under no illusion that the NHS will be harmed’ by the potential failure to agree a deal.
Heavy rainfall has left swollen rivers and saturated ground in parts of the country ahead of more bad weather this week.
The money raised is set to go to charity.
The Met Office has issued a yellow rain warning covering all parts of the UK south of Birmingham from Wednesday morning.
The walk is billed on the Sandringham Estate website as a ‘spectacular, illuminated trail, full of wonder and intrigue’.
The Prime Minister has backed Mary Beggs-Reid’s campaign for the UK to ring bells for festive cheer on Thursday.
The change in advice for clinically-vulnerable people was attributed to increasing pressures on health services.
The UK leaves the single market and customs union on December 31 with uncertainty over how it will trade with the EU.
Ed Miliband accused Business Secretary Alok Sharma of being ‘asleep at the wheel’.
The French Government stopped hauliers crossing the Channel after a new variant of Covid-19 was found in the UK.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon made the announcement to the Scottish Parliament.
The PM brushed aside objections from the Appointments Commission to elevate Tory former treasurer Peter Cruddas to the House of Lords.
The eight-week public consultation will hear from vets, owners and members of the public.
Taoiseach Micheal Martin said the Government was acting ‘quickly and aggressively’ to try to suppress the soaring case numbers.
Mental health concerns have been raised about the prospect of a festive period in isolation after new coronavirus restrictions were introduced.
The European Commission said blanket travel bans should not be used.
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