Hazardous kiss

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock apologised yesterday for breaching social distancing guidelines after pictures appeared of him embracing and kissing his top aide, and the prime minister said he believed the matter was now closed. Photographs published on the front page of the Sun showed Hancock kissing the woman - a friend hired for a taxpayer-funded role - in his office. A spokesman for Boris Johnson said the prime minister had accepted Hancock's apology and had full confidence in him. The opposition Labour Party has called on Johnson to sack Hancock.