The health secretary has criticised Apple over the roll-out of the government’s coronavirus app, accusing it of “intransigence”. Matt Hancock told Sky News the tech firm would not make a change required to make the COVID-19 contact-tracing app work. Sky News has contacted the company for comment. In a major U-turn, the government confirmed earlier […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Negotiations between Britain and the EU have been hindered by the coronavirus pandemic sweeping through the continent, triggering strict lockdowns that have prevented the respective leaders thrashing out a deal face-to-face. The […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The BBC presenter, who usually hosts the Andrew Marr Show every Sunday morning, announced the sad news on Twitter this evening. He said his colleague Nick Robinson will be standing in for […]
SINGAPORE – Workers’ Party MP Low Thia Khiang is recovering steadily, said party chief Pritam Singh on Friday (June 19). In a Facebook post, Mr Singh said he visited Mr Low at his home in the evening, to see how the former WP secretary-general was after his fall on April 30. Mr Low, 63, had […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. UBI which has been backed by Nicola Sturgeon would see every citizen provided with guaranteed payments no matter what their circumstances are. A study commissioned by the First Minister recommended that Scots […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Labour had seen the election as a huge opportunity to take advantage of a Conservative Government in crisis, during a six month period that saw Theresa May resign and replaced as Prime […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Alex Bell said John Swinney was a “weak” and “hapless” Education Secretary who urgently needed to be replaced. Mr Bell, the former SNP head of policy and speechwriter to Alex Salmond claimed […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump “pleaded” with China’s Xi Jinping during a 2019 summit to help his reelection prospects, according to a scathing new book by former Trump adviser John Bolton that accuses the president of being driven by political calculations when making national security decisions. The White House worked furiously to block the book, […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Scotland Rural Affairs minister Maira Gougeon announced the Scottish Government would back a Green amendment that will give year-round legal protection to the creatures. MSPs passed by 60 votes to 19 an […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Express.co.uk readers can vote in our poll on whether the plundering supertrawlers should be banned from fishing in the UK’s waters. The huge boats are over 100 metres long and catch hundreds […]