Hospitality venues in ‘tier three’ areas will still be able to serve alcohol, as long as it comes with a ‘substantial meal’, the Prime Minister has confirmed. Boris Johnson suggested pubs and bars in locked-down Liverpool could therefore remain open – if they turn into restaurants. He explained that venues would need to serve ‘substantial […]
A father of two who planted shards of metal in baby food as part of a blackmail plot against Tesco has been jailed for 14 years. Nigel Wright sent dozens of letters and emails to the supermarket giant in a bid to extort £1.4m in Bitcoin. Sentencing the 45-year-old sheep farmer, from Market Rasen in […]
LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union’s securities watchdog said it expects to make a statement soon on where shares listed in the bloc must be traded after Britain’s full departure from the European Union in December.FILE PHOTO: Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Steven Maijoor attends the Euronext stock exchange’s annual conference […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The Scottish MPs claimed the corporation was bias during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. A letter to the broadcaster was signed by Scotland’s former justice secretary Kenny MacAskill, Angus MacNeil, Douglas Chapman […]
Josh Preye Garry is a secondary school teacher and deputy head of history in southwest London. He has been given the chance to shake up what 11 to 14-year-olds learn about Britain’s past in school. Here, he explains that the way teachers tackle Black History Month is an indicator of how far we’ve managed to […]
Young Brits in Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle made the most of what could be their final night of freedom before a new three-tier system plunges millions of people back into lockdown. Many were seen enjoying a night out in the major student cities before the 10pm curfew hit with the threat of pub and bar […]
MOSCOW (REUTERS) – Human trials of Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine, named Sputnik V, will be held in the United Arab Emirates, the second country after Belarus to take part in the programme of which results are expected before the end of November, Moscow said on Monday (Oct 12). The vaccine, first licensed by Russian authorities for […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. This summer many parts of the UK returned to some semblance of normality as some measures were lifted after months of lockdown. However in recent weeks coronavirus cases have started to rise […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Boris Johnson spoke to the House of Commons at 3.30pm on Monday to give an update on the UK’s current coronavirus status. The Prime Minister insisted that the Government was not in […]
‘Fear and embarrassment’ stopped children allegedly abused by Janner from reporting it, inquiry told
“Fear, shame, embarrassment and confusion” prevented children in care homes – allegedly abused by the late Lord Janner – from immediately reporting it to police, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has heard. Janner, a Labour MP from 1970 until 1997 when he was made a peer in the House of Lords, died […]