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Jul 3, 2020 17:38
People in England tested for Covid-19 during the height of the pandemic were not being asked to provide address details, it has emerged. Local authorities have hit out at the “poor and incomplete” data they’ve received.
- Piers Morgan slammed for hypocrisy after blasting pubs opening but supporting son’s BLM protest
Broadcaster Piers Morgan is being branded a hypocrite for blasting the reopening of pubs as “insane,” after praising his own son for attending a Black Lives Matter protest, where many flouted social distancing guidelines.Jul 3, 2020 16:53 - More than ONE MILLION young people will be jobless in UK by next year unless government intervenes, new report warnsYoung people in Britain are facing the worst jobs crisis since records began. Over one million will be plunged into unemployment by the end of 2020 if the UK government doesn't intervene, new research has warned.Jul 3, 2020 13:43
- ‘Landmark’ moment as Vodafone showcases UK’s first standalone 5G networkA year after its 5G launch, Vodafone is showcasing the first instance of a ‘standalone’ network. Until now, 5G was only available on mixed 5G/4G networks.Jul 3, 2020 16:56
- PM Johnson says people shouldn’t be ‘bullied’ into ‘taking the knee,’ hints he wouldn’t take part in BLM gestureUK PM Boris Johnson has indicated that he wouldn’t take part in the Black Lives Matter gesture of “taking the knee” if asked, saying that he doesn’t want people being harassed into doing things they don’t necessarily want to do.Jul 3, 2020 10:48
- British MoD taught Saudi troops how to ‘stay popular with the press,’ as 100s trained in UK last year – reportAmid the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen, some of its soldiers were taught in the UK how to look good in front of the world’s media in case of any “potential wrongdoing,” a new report says.Jul 3, 2020 21:06
- People tested for Covid-19 in England NOT asked to give addresses during peak of pandemic, complaints of ‘incomplete’ dataPeople in England tested for Covid-19 during the height of the pandemic were not being asked to provide address details, it has emerged. Local authorities have hit out at the “poor and incomplete” data they’ve received.Jul 3, 2020 17:38
- ‘Landmark’ moment as Vodafone showcases UK’s first standalone 5G networkA year after its 5G launch, Vodafone is showcasing the first instance of a ‘standalone’ network. Until now, 5G was only available on mixed 5G/4G networks.Jul 3, 2020 16:56
- Piers Morgan slammed for hypocrisy after blasting pubs opening but supporting son’s BLM protestBroadcaster Piers Morgan is being branded a hypocrite for blasting the reopening of pubs as “insane,” after praising his own son for attending a Black Lives Matter protest, where many flouted social distancing guidelines.Jul 3, 2020 16:53
- More than ONE MILLION young people will be jobless in UK by next year unless government intervenes, new report warnsYoung people in Britain are facing the worst jobs crisis since records began. Over one million will be plunged into unemployment by the end of 2020 if the UK government doesn't intervene, new research has warned.Jul 3, 2020 13:43
- PM Johnson says people shouldn’t be ‘bullied’ into ‘taking the knee,’ hints he wouldn’t take part in BLM gestureUK PM Boris Johnson has indicated that he wouldn’t take part in the Black Lives Matter gesture of “taking the knee” if asked, saying that he doesn’t want people being harassed into doing things they don’t necessarily want to do.Jul 3, 2020 10:48
- US authorities have not requested to speak to Prince Andrew over friendship with pedophile Epstein, says PM JohnsonBoris Johnson has revealed that US authorities have not made an official approach to the British government seeking permission to talk to Prince Andrew over his friendship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.Jul 3, 2020 08:33
- ‘Good on rhetoric, not on governance’: Labour leader Starmer says coronavirus inquiry into BoJo is ‘inevitable’The UK’s opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer launched a broadside against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, criticizing his coronavirus response as “slow,” adding that “an inquiry is inevitable.”Jul 3, 2020 07:26
- Even after spending months indoors, 8 in 10 Brits would back ANOTHER LOCKDOWN if Covid-19 strikes againA remarkably high number of Britons are open to the idea of another lockdown being imposed if Covid-19 cases surge again, a poll has revealed. Many are even afraid of going out and visiting public places that are about to reopen.Jul 3, 2020 07:12
- Criminal crackdown: Police hack encrypted phone system, arrest 746, and seize £54 million in cashThe decryption of the EncroChat, a phone system thought to be unhackable, and used by criminals to solicit and discuss nefarious dealings, including murders and extortion plots, led to 746 arrests in the UK on Thursday.Jul 2, 2020 18:13
- British historian slammed online for commenting that there are ‘so many damn blacks’ in UK and AfricaControversial British historian David Starkey has been savaged online after arguing in an interview that slavery wasn’t a genocide, because if it was “there wouldn’t be so many damn blacks in Africa or in Britain.”Jul 2, 2020 16:14
- Johnson condemns effort to 'edit history' by removing Cecil Rhodes statue, likens it to politicians 'sneakily' editing WikipediaBritish PM Boris Johnson says a statue of colonialist Cecil Rhodes shouldn't be taken down from Oxford University, as it would be an attempt to "edit our history" like a politician cheekily trying to change their Wikipedia entry.Jul 2, 2020 15:27
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