Go to any hospital in the southern French city of Marseille and you will see the impact a second wave of COVID-19 is having. Intensive care units are either full or about to reach saturation. More bed capacity is desperately needed but staffing is an issue. Hospitals here have issued an urgent appeal for doctors,
Month: September 2020
Grandparents and others who provide informal childcare will be exempt from coronavirus rules in local lockdown areas in England, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced. Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, Mr Hancock acknowledged the “concerns” about the impact of local lockdowns on families’ childcare arrangements. A series of new COVID-19 restrictions are
Labour has launched an attack on the government’s “financial mismanagement” during the coronavirus pandemic, accusing the Conservatives of wasting billions of pounds of public money. In a speech to the party’s annual conference later, shadow chancellor Annelise Dodds will attack Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s “cavalier” approach to public cash, accusing him of handing over large sums
A humpback whale that made a wrong turn and entered a crocodile-infested river in Australia has managed to escape back to sea. The whale was first spotted in the East Alligator River in the Northern Territory’s Kakadu National Park last week. Feach Moyle, Kakadu National Park manager, said: “It made its way out on the
Joe Biden has accused Donald Trump of an “abuse of power” over his plans to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the presidential election. Mr Trump has said he will nominate a woman next week to fill the seat of the liberal justice and women’s rights champion in the country’s highest
Schitt’s Creek swept the board in the comedy categories at this year’s “Pandemmys” – with Succession and Watchmen the other big winners of the night. The Emmys 2020 ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel from a largely empty venue in Los Angeles, as the majority of winners accepted their prizes virtually due to the coronavirus
Britons are being fined for breaches of coronavirus lockdown regulations that are “unclear and ambiguous”, a parliamentary committee has warned. The Joint Committee on Human Rights said it was “unacceptable” that “many thousands” were receiving fixed penalty notices (FPNs) despite evidence the police did not fully understand their powers. It added that the way regulations
Some of the biggest banks in the world have been accused of allowing criminals to launder dirty money, according to an investigation based on leaked internal reports. Over 2,100 suspicious activity reports (SARs) covering more than $2 trillion (£1.5tn) in transactions were leaked to BuzzFeed News and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Donald Trump’s plan to block downloads of the Chinese messaging and payment app WeChat has been blocked by a federal judge in California on first amendment grounds. The ruling put a temporary block on the president’s executive order which would have effectively banned the app on Sunday, despite Mr Trump and his administration describing it
England’s chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, has warned the rate of COVID-19 infections in the UK is “heading in the wrong direction”. On Monday, Professor Whitty and chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance will deliver a televised briefing on the latest coronavirus data. According to Downing Street, they will explain how the coronavirus is
Lee Kerslake, who was the drummer for rock band Uriah Heep and also played on two Ozzy Osbourne albums, has died aged 73 after a battle with prostate cancer. Former Uriah Heep keyboardist Ken Hensley announced his death through a message shared with fans on Facebook. Osbourne was among those who also paid tribute, saying:
Ministers are in talks to extend a moratorium aimed at preventing a deluge of company insolvencies amid fears that renewed trading restrictions will tip thousands of businesses beyond the brink of collapse. Sky News has learnt that officials are discussing an extension of the ban on statutory demands being used as the basis for winding-up
Tens of thousands of people marched through the Belarusian capital Minsk on Sunday, calling for the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko in the sixth straight weekend of protests. It comes as hackers leaked the personal details of more than 2,000 senior police officers in two batches, pledging that “no one will remain anonymous, even under
The inventor of breathable but waterproof fabric Gore-tex has died at the age of 83. in 1969, Bob Gore developed a new polymer that had billions of tiny holes that let vapour escape from underneath a garment but did not let water penetrate. The fabric revolutionised the outdoor and rain wear industry, earning a fortune
The UK faces a “tipping point” where “more restrictive measures” could be brought in to slow the spread of coronavirus, the health secretary has told Sky News. Matt Hancock said “people have got more relaxed over the summer” but “now is the moment when everybody needs to get back” to following the rules. He told
The government is changing the rules around self-isolation in a move to force more people to stay at home if they have coronavirus. The new rules apply in England, but the government says it is “engaging” with devolved authorities to develop a system which is aligned across the UK. New Fines From 28 September, people
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