Exclusive: former minister urges caution about lifting lockdown until intensive contact tracing is viable Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers should take a cautious approach to lifting lockdown in England so that new coronavirus cases can be driven down to a manageable level of 1,000 a […]
Year: 2021
Lockdown lifted after Crosshouse hospital stabbing, another incident in town centre and a serious road crash A lockdown at an Ayrshire hospital has been lifted after police were called to a “serious incident” following reports of a stabbing at the site and another two “potentially linked” incidents in the area. […]
Vote largely along party lines serves as rebuke over congresswoman’s incendiary and racist statements The US House of Representatives has voted to strip the extremist Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia from the committees she was assigned to, in a stark rebuke of her incendiary and racist statements. Related: […]
Former South Sydney Rabbitohs captain has been found guilty after saying ‘I’m going to get you’ centimetres from his then father-in-law’s face Former South Sydney NRL captain and English rugby star Sam Burgess has been found guilty of intimidating his then wife’s father, former mining lobbyist Mitchell Hooke. The 32-year-old […]
Party stalwart Win Htein detained at his daughter’s house in Yangon days after military coup A key aide of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been arrested on Friday, days after a coup that has sparked outrage and calls by US President Joe Biden for the generals to […]
Exclusive: Health service urged to rethink safety for frontline staff and provide better PPE and ventilation Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The NHS has been urged to rethink safety for thousands of frontline staff after new research suggested that Covid patients’ coughing is putting them at […]
Anne Sacoolas was ‘employed by an intelligence agency in the US’ at time of fatal road crash, a court has heard Harry Dunn’s alleged killer was “employed by an intelligence agency in the US” at the time of the fatal road crash, which was “especially a factor” in her departure […]
Leftwing MPs say plan risks alienating young and BAME voters and lacks ambition and authenticity Labour has defended its renewed focus on British values and the union jack after a leaked strategy document was criticised by some within the party, saying Keir Starmer sees patriotism as wanting to improve the […]
Bipartisan nomination praises protesters’ ‘bravery and determination that have inspired the world’ US lawmakers have nominated Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement for the Nobel peace prize, calling the campaigners a global inspiration in the face of a crackdown by Beijing. In a letter to the Nobel committee released on Wednesday, nine […]
State department says ‘atrocities’ against detained Uighur and Muslim women in region must be ‘met with serious consequences’ The United States is “deeply disturbed” by reports of systematic rape and sexual abuse against women in internment camps for ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region and there must […]