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Second man charged over assault of Professor Chris Whitty
"I don't think we did anything wrong. We just saw him and thought 'That's the guy from the TV. He's famous,” Jonathan Chew told The Sun last Friday.
More deaths than births in UK for first time in nearly 50 years
A greater number of deaths were registered in the UK in 2020 than in any year since the First World War.
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.