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Parler, the far-right social network, goes offline after Amazon pulls support
Amazon took action after finding dozens of posts on the service which it said encouraged or incited violence, just days after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol.
Gammon out in force as Cadbury reveal new Creme Egg ad
“I’m not homophobic but...” was doing some hard yards on social tonight.
Ambulances waiting up to nine hours to hand over patients
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said “the pressure on the NHS is very, very bad” as a result of coronavirus.
Petition launched to stop EU banned bee-killing pesticide being reintroduced in UK
Sue Parkins said she is "so sick of the endless, endless lies" following environmental pledges made in 2017.
NHS is facing ‘the most dangerous situation anyone can remember’, Chris Whitty says
“If the virus continues on this trajectory, hospitals will be in real difficulties, and soon."
UK Covid death toll rises to more than 80,000
Government figures showed a further 1,035 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Saturday, bringing the UK total to 80,868.
Met Police arrest anti-lockdown protesters as Covid cases spiral out of control in London
Yesterday mayor Sadiq Khan declared a ‘major incident’ with at least 1 in 30 people now carrying the virus in the capital.
Vulnerable pensioners forced to queue around the block for vaccinations
“My parents have been isolating since February 20. On arrival for dad’s Covid-19 vaccine time slot met this circus! They left without it!”
UK farmers given go-ahead to use bee-killing pesticide banned by EU
A third of the UK bee population is thought to have vanished in the last decade.