Stephanie has been a writer for more than 20 years, with a career that has taken her from Los Angeles to New York and finally to Europe. In addition to news, she has also written for television, advertising and radio.
		
		Stephanie has been a writer for more than 20 years, with a career that has taken her from Los Angeles to New York and finally to Europe. In addition to news, she has also written for television, advertising and radio.
              
              After weeks of waffling and contradictory information, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that the UK will be going into a national lockdown.
              
              Monaco has started winter sales just one day after the New Year in an effort to pump up the flailing retail sector, and in some cases, to keep business afloat.
              
              Monaco has announced the country’s fourth Covid-related death of a patient at Princess Grace Hospital, the first since mid-November.
              
              Since 2nd January, the French Riviera has been under a strict new curfew, with all shops ordered to close and people told to head home by 6pm the latest.
              
              Weather forecaster Météo France has announced that 2020 was the hottest year in France since record taking began in 1900.
              
              People will have to prove they are either a Monaco resident, or are working or staying in the Principality, in order to dine at local restaurants from Saturday.
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