A bill that would give the government greater powers to shut out high-risk vendors from the UK’s telecoms infrastructure will be put before parliament on Tuesday. At the beginning of the year, ministers determined that additional safeguards should be put into place to protect the UK’s 5G and gigabit-capable networks and exclude ‘high risk’ vendors from
Month: November 2020
We stood on the Sudanese side of the Tekeze River and watched them as they clambered down the canyon wall. Some brought beds, others carried children – but most travellers had come with nothing. They climbed into unstable metal boats and their drivers pushed off into the river’s fast flowing current. It marked the final
Boris Johnson has suggested the “vast majority” of people most vulnerable to coronavirus could be vaccinated against the disease by Easter. The prime minister, speaking at a Downing Street news conference, said this “would make a very substantial change” to how the UK is able to manage COVID-19. With Oxford University’s vaccine shown to be
Jeremy Corbyn has been told by Labour’s chief whip to apologise “unequivocally, unambiguously and without reservation” for his reaction to a damning antisemitism report. The ex-Labour leader, who was last month suspended from the party and still cannot officially sit in the House of Commons as a Labour MP, has also been asked to delete
The EU has thanked US president-elect Joe Biden for his “clear support” amid the bloc’s dispute with Britain over Boris Johnson’s controversial Brexit legislation. Brussels launched legal action last month against the prime minister’s Internal Market Bill, which the UK government has admitted could see it breach international law. The legislation seeks to allow ministers
Unsteady on their feet but alive, migrants shuffle onto the dock at the port in Arguineguin, Gran Canaria. They have arrived on Spanish rescue boats after being plucked from the sea. Others are taken away on stretchers to hospital, weakened to the point of collapse by a lack of food and exposure to the elements.
England’s second national lockdown will be lifted on 2 December when a revised three-tiered system of restrictions will allow shops, gyms and hairdressers to reopen across the country. The prime minister’s “stay at home” instruction to the country will end a week on Wednesday, following a month of tougher national instructions. Under his 56-page COVID
Tim Minchin is worried he’s said too much. It’s 8.45pm in Sydney, Australia, and while the day is just starting here in the UK, as night falls on the other side of the world he’s had some wine and is winding down. “Merlot Mondays”, as he calls it on Twitter. There’s a track on his
Taylor Swift has been named artist of the year for the third time in a row at the American Music Awards – but could not make the ceremony as she is re-recording her back catalogue amid a high-profile row over the master recordings. The 30-year-old star delivered her acceptance speech remotely, confirming to fans that
Americans could start receiving a COVID-19 vaccine as early as 11 December, according to the chief scientific adviser for the US government’s vaccine programme. Dr Moncef Slaoui, part of Operation Warp Speed, told NBC: “Within 24 hours from the approval, the vaccine will be moving and located in the areas where each state will have
Boris Johnson was probably right to kick off a much needed conversation about devolution of power last week, even if the manner of doing so – saying it had been a disaster in Scotland – was for many Tories the kind of quip the head-exploding emoji 🤯 was invented for. In fairness to the PM,
Boris Johnson is hoping to lace his latest COVID crackdown with more good cheer, having saved Christmas by allowing families to meet in a festive bubble. He is unveiling a new blueprint to fight the pandemic that he hopes will not only save lives during the winter but also prevent a Commons revolt by rebel
Progress has been made on a UK-wide plan to relax COVID-19 restrictions over Christmas, as national leaders have agreed to allow household mixing “for a small number of days”. Cabinet Minister Michael Gove held talks with the first ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on Saturday, with the government hopeful of agreeing a “four
It is not going to be an easy week for Boris Johnson or Rishi Sunak. Ahead of Wednesday’s spending review, the chancellor has been managing expectations, suggesting that what he is setting out this week will be government departmental plans rather than a full budget. That said, we do expect to hear some sense of
An experimental drug used by Donald Trump when he had COVID-19 has received emergency approval by US health authorities. The antibody drug developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is administered in a single intravenous dose, and can be now used in coronavirus patients in the US even though studies examining how safe and effective it is are
A former chairman of Centrica is being lined up to lead the AA by the consortium which hopes to agree a £3bn takeover of Britain’s biggest roadside recovery service this week. Sky News has learnt that Rick Haythornthwaite has been approached by Towerbrook Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus about chairing the AA if their joint
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