Covid: London Mosque donates hot meals to local hospital staff as ‘token of thanks’
East London Mosque is sending the Royal London Hospital hot meals in a show of gratitude for staff.
Weather forecast, alerts and UVB index for London, Saturday 16 January 2021
This is the weather forecast for London today.
Minister blames human error and ‘defective code’ causing 150,000 police records to vanish
Labour’s shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said: “It’s not good enough for the Home Secretary to hide behind her junior minister on this when there has been such a major security breach on her watch.”
Patients feel they cannot afford to miss work despite Covid fears, doctor says
Dr Nishant Joshi said society has ‘a chronic problem with presenteeism’ in the workplace.
Man charged after 92-year-old woman ‘tricked into paying £160 for fake vaccine’
He is alleged to have charged her £160 before returning on January 4 to ask for another £100.
‘Brexit reality’ trends as industry group warns stockpiling has masked reality of border chaos
The Freight Transport Association of Ireland said stockpiling prior to Christmas had masked some of the effect of Brexit so far.
Holyrood candidate quits Scottish Tories after labelling food bank users ‘fat’
"People have no idea how fat they are."
After years investing in life sciences and biotech, founder and CEO of Lio Capital Francesco Marini sees a bright, technological post-Covid future ahead
Born in Italy, but currently based in London, Francesco Marini holds a degree from Bocconi. His idea of entrepreneurship is inseparably linked to improving the quality of people’s lives
Covid: Rejection of jab by ethnic minorities ‘could fan flames of Islamophobia’
“I think it’s extremely concerning that even during this pandemic there are people that are exploiting opportunities and also spreading misinformation online and scapegoating communities.”