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Heckler who Prof Whitty hopes becomes ‘model citizen’ like Sir Tom has Playstation confiscated by mum
"I have not grounded him because he is already suffering enough from the lockdown and does not go out as much as he used to."
Piers Corbyn arrested over leaflets comparing vaccines to Auschwitz
The leaflets featured a sketch of the entrance to Auschwitz, in which the gates’ slogan – ‘Arbeit macht frei’ (‘Work sets you free’) – was changed to read: “Vaccines are safe path to freedom”.
‘Lifeline’ as fifth of UC claimants ‘very likely to need food banks if uplift is scrapped’
“This isn’t right. No-one should have to suffer the indignity of relying on emergency food."
This clip from 1978 about metric system could have been filmed today
"This is where Brexit began."
Johnson risks “humiliation” as coal mine green-lighted just months before UK holds climate summit
The mine is projected to increase UK emissions by 0.4Mt (megatonnes) of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) per year.
John Cleese says: “I’ve never felt quite so ashamed of my country” following media shake-up
Appointments at Ofcom, BBC and the launch of a new TV channel are cause for concern for the British actor.
International travel had ‘biggest impact’ on countries hardest hit by pandemic
The government has said it is going ahead with its plan for quarantine hotels - but it is still not clear when the scheme will start.
Large chunks of White Cliffs of Dover collapse into the sea
It is suspected to have been caused by a combination of high winds and rain freezing after being absorbed into the chalk and then expanding.
Covid: ‘Very frightened and very sick’ Barracks housing migrants must be ‘evacuated immediately’
Doctors and lawyers from organisations including the Helen Bamber Foundation, Doctors of the World and Freedom from Torture, wrote to Home Secretary Priti Patel and Health Secretary Matt Hancock in November setting out “grave concerns about the possibility, in fact the inevitability, of a covid-19 outbreak in one of these sites”, Ms O’Leary said, adding: “Sadly we were ignored and our worst fears have come true now.”