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John Lewis, civil rights titan, dies aged 80
He was best known for leading some 600 protesters in the Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma
Captain Tom knighted by the Queen
In a special open air ceremony at Windsor Castle, the Queen capped off an astonishing year for the WW2 veteran
Increasing number of nurses thinking of leaving the profession
More than one in three (36%) are thinking of leaving their job, up from 27% in a similar poll at the end of last year.
Daily Mail readers react to news Shamima Begum is to face justice in UK
London mayor Sadiq Khan said Shamima Begum should return to the UK to face justice in the criminal courts.
Top tweets as Dido Harding appears at the Daily Briefing
Baroness Harding, who was formerly the CEO of TalkTalk and is married to a Tory MP, has attracted significant criticism for failing to get the UK's contact tracing system up and running
Trump’s press secretary said science “should not stand in the way” of opening schools
More than 76,500 new coronavirus cases were recorded across the US yesterday, shattering the country’s single-day record
Sadiq Khan has ‘no confidence’ in plans for local lockdowns
The London mayor said that councils were unprepared for the possibility of a local lockdown.
‘Disastrous’: More than 4,000 elderly discharged from hospital into care homes without a test
Family members of people who lost their lives in care homes lashed out at the Government for leaving Britain’s most vulnerable people “exposed” to the virus
Man denies stalking and racially harassing Tommy Robinson
Muhammad Abdul Basir is accused of racially harassing the former EDL leader via a series of YouTube videos.