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Sajid Javid: Cases could hit 100k a day as restrictions scrapped
There were a further 27,334 cases recorded yesterday, with the new health secretary saying we could soon hit the 100,000 mark.
Boris rolls the dice: Newspapers respond to PM’s ‘gamble’ on Covid restrictions
Is it 'Free Lions' or into the lions den?
RNLI hits back after Farage calls it a ‘taxi service for illegal immigrants’
The charity said its mission is to “save lives at sea . . . without judgment of how they came to be in the water”.
Mandatory masks to be scrapped from July 19th, Johnson announces
The so-called “freedom day” is expected on July 19, with a decision on whether or not to go ahead being taken a week earlier.
Marcus Rashford sends boy, 9, surprise gift for ‘being kind’
"We are not kind to be noticed. We are kind because it is the right thing to do," Rashford wrote.
Unease over leaving face masks up to personal choice
“We wouldn’t make obeying speed limits a personal choice. The whole point of a face mask is that you are protecting other people, not just yourself."
Jewish man receives antisemitic abuse on public transport twice in an hour
“Where’s the social media outrage for anti-semitism like there is for other racial attacks?," one Twitter user asked.
Casts of faces of 850 transgender people to be displayed on Fourth Plinth
The ‘life masks’ will be arranged around the plinth in the form of a skull rack from Mesoamerican civilisations.
Johnson told Cummings it would be ‘ludicrous’ for him to become PM
The prime minister’s former chief aide reignited his war of words with Number 10 in his latest pay-to-view blog post.