Unemployment increased by 34,000 in April to reach 1.3 million, according to official data.
The statue of a Black Lives Matter protester has been taken down after it was secretly installed to replace the monument of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol.
Leicester’s mayor has criticised the government for only recently providing data that he claims could have prevented the city’s lockdown “ever being necessary”.
Official data suggests almost two-thirds of a million UK workers have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic amid fears an employment crisis exceeding that of the 1980s is looming.
England cricketer Jofra Archer has been excluded from today’s second Test against the West Indies following a breach of the team’s bio-secure protocols.
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The sculpture of protester has been taken to a museum for artist Marc Quinn to collect, says Bristol city council The sculpture of a Black Lives Matter protester that replaced Edward Colston in Bristol has been removed just 24 hours after it went up. Photographs showed contractors using ropes and […]
Parscale, under pressure after disappointing Tulsa rally, demoted to senior adviser as Trump lags in the polls Donald Trump is replacing his campaign manager Brad Parscale, the contentious figure leading the president’s re-election efforts for the last two years, in a major shakeup of campaign staff. Parscale will be demoted […]
Bowler dropped for second Test against West Indies Archer: ‘I am extremely sorry for what I have done’ England have announced that paceman Jofra Archer has been dropped from the second Test at Emirates Old Trafford “following a breach of the team’s bio-secure protocols”. Archer has apologised to his teammates […]