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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.
Four people dead as Cyprus battles biggest wildfire in country’s history
The news from Cyprus come as a huge fire erupted on the surface of the ocean last week to the west of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula.
Another Madeley moment: GMB host attributes scientist’s stance on mask-wearing to communist beliefs
He accused her of having a "political bent" by wanting the state to tell people what to do.
Reaction as ‘courageous and dedicated’ NHS awarded George Cross
"Gestures have become insults," one person said, while others said the move was "so utterly unimaginative".
‘Global Britain?’: UK minister for Africa confuses Zambia with Zimbabwe at state funeral
The reaction of Cyril Ramaphosa says it all!
World largest ever trial of four-day working week ‘an overwhelming success’
"The Icelandic shorter working week journey tells us that not only is it possible to work less in modern times, but that progressive change is possible too."