Boris Johnson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson told MPs on Wednesday that he hopes to get fans back into sporting venues "as soon as possible" after reports emerged on Tuesday that the government was exploring having spectators return to venues by Christmas in areas with the lowest COVID-19 infection rates. With the exception of trial events at Doncaster and Warwick in September-with the former having been cut short due to rising infection rates in the area-racing has been staged behind closed doors since its resumption on June 1. Goodwood and Newmarket had also...

Matt Hancock, the UK's health secretary and Newmarket's MP, on Friday tested positive for COVID-19. Hancock was tested after displaying mild symptoms. He tweeted on Friday: "Thank you so much for all the kind messages since I announced I have coronavirus. Thankfully for me it is mild but I'm just so glad the NHS is there in case it were worse. "Thankfully my symptoms are mild and I'm working from home and self-isolating. Vital we follow the advice to protect our NHS and save lives." Hancock is a proponent of...