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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.
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.
Holyrood candidate quits Scottish Tories after labelling food bank users ‘fat’
"People have no idea how fat they are."
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.”
Brexit: ‘Embarrassment’ as Lorry drivers spend days waiting to get paperwork to leave UK
“The French were ready for this, the Dutch were ready for this. It’s an embarrassment that we never were.”
Free school meals: Labour demands Gavin Williamson resigns as he ‘plainly isn’t up to the job”
“Our children’s future, our children’s education, our children’s well-being, is too important to be left in the hands of someone who plainly isn’t up to the job and I think it’s time for him to go.”
Daily Mail warns of Brexit food crisis as mountains of fish rots and fresh food is held up
The paper promised a "great future outside a broken, dying Europe" just days ahead of the referendum in 2016.