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Homelessness in London hit 15-year high before pandemic struck
"It shows just how dire the underlying situation was even before the coronavirus outbreak.”
40 second clip “enough to justify 10 years of The One Show”
"The government has responsibilities as well, and they're meeting them a lot less than the general public are meeting theirs."
‘Superspreader’ motorcycle rally could have led to 250k new coronavirus cases in US – at a cost of $12.2bn
The researchers estimate it would have been worth paying each of the 462,182 rally attendees $26,553.64 not to attend.
Patel slams ‘so-called eco-crusaders turned criminals’ Extinction rebellion
She said she refuses to allow the “guerrilla tactics” and “anarchy” of the climate protesters on the streets of the UK.
Church leader who blamed pandemic on gay marriage contracts Covid-19
In a TV interview in March, Filaret said that Covid-19 was “God’s punishment for the sins of men, the sinfulness of humanity. First of all, I mean same-sex marriage.”
Warning of second peak as Birmingham “very, very likely” to suffer further restrictions
It came after a senior official at NHS Test and Trace issued an apology to people unable to get a Covid-19 test.
Former G4S Care & Justice Services executives charged with fraud
The company, a subsidiary of G4S, was accused of misleading the MoJ over the extent of its profits.
‘Concerned about her welfare’ as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘faces new charge’
The new charges come as Britain and Iran negotiate the release of some £400 million held by London, a payment the late Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi made for Chieftain tanks that were never delivered.
Thousands complain to Ofcom over BLM dance on Britain’s Got Talent
The performance by former winners Diversity showed dancer Ashley Banjo acting out being arrested by a white police officer who, in a reenactment of the death of George Floyd earlier this year, kneeled on his neck while bandmates cried out, “I can’t breathe”.