A cyber criminal group has posted what it claims are documents stolen from Hackney Council in a ransomware attack last year. The council in East London was hit by what it described as a “serious cyber attack” in October. It reported itself to the data watchdog due to the risk criminals accessed staff and residents’
Month: January 2021
US President Donald Trump has turned on his deputy, accusing him of lacking courage after Mike Pence said he would not intervene in the election result. In a tweet, the president wrote: “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a
MPs have approved England’s third coronavirus lockdown – but the government has been urged by leading Conservatives to allow further votes on the measures both this month and next month. Following a four-hour debate in the House of Commons, MPs approved the newest lockdown by 524 votes to 16, a majority of 508. Their approval
The FTSE 100 has hit its highest level in ten months, building on a recovery that has lagged its peers during the coronavirus crisis to date. The blue-chip index added 229 points, or 3.5%, on Wednesday to close at 6,841. When points are converted to pounds, it meant almost £61bn was added to its collective
The education secretary today announced the government was “significantly stepping up the digital support we are providing to schools and parents” as pupils across the country switch to remote learning. Gavin Williamson said the government had purchased more than one million laptops and tablets to enable disadvantaged children to access their education, and said that
Teacher assessments will replace GCSE and A-level exams in England this summer, the education secretary has announced. “This year, we’re going to put our trust in teachers, rather than algorithms,” Gavin Williamson told MPs in the Commons. Setting out his plans for students as MPs prepared to vote on England’s latest lockdown, Mr Williamson said
Scientists are baffled by a missing supermassive black hole which should by normal expectations sit in the centre of a distant galaxy. Instead, according to researchers at a handful of North American universities, there appears to be something highly unusual about the bright cluster galaxy A2261-BCG. They believe it is the first ever example of
Boris Johnson says he had “no choice” but to implement another national lockdown in England as “the facts are changing” on coronavirus infections. The prime minister told MPs that the government will use “every available second” to place an “invisible shield” around elderly and vulnerable people through the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. Follow live updates
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use by the EU’s drug regulator. The decision by the European Medicines Agency came on the same day as the Netherland’s began administering its first doses against coronavirus. EMA executive director Emer Cooke said: “This vaccine provides us with another tool to overcome the current emergency.” The decision,
Renowned French chef and restaurateur Albert Roux has died at the age of 85, his family has announced. The Roux family said he had been unwell for some time before he died on Monday. He was famous for opening Le Gavroche in London with his late brother Michel Roux, who died last year, in 1967.
TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh has criticised The Crown for “playing with people’s lives”. Titchmarsh, who is a friend of Prince Charles, said he had watched the first two series of the big-budget royal drama but decided not to continue. Netflix released the fourth series of The Crown, which covers the first years of the Prince
With just a fortnight remaining before the inauguration of Joe Biden, Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps and their developers. The move hits Alipay, the payment platform and sister business to Alibaba owned by Chinese e-commerce giant Ant Group, whose Jack Ma is currently laying low after clashing
Democrat Raphael Warnock has unseated Kelly Loeffler in the Georgia Senate election, NBC news projects. The final votes are being counted in two key Senate runoff elections that will determine control of the US Senate and the fate of Joe Biden’s presidency. Warnock and fellow Democrat Jon Ossoff need to win both races to seize
Rapper and producer Dr Dre is in hospital in LA being treated for a reported brain aneurysm. The music mogul said he would hopefully be “back home soon” after receiving medical treatment at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He took to Instagram to post a message of thanks from his bed at the
Critics of the National Security Law (NSL) imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong have described its powers as sweeping – and today authorities swept wide. More than 50 pro-democracy figures have been arrested under the law. It is the largest, most high profile, most significant crackdown since the NSL came into force in June last
The UK is on course for a double-dip recession in the first quarter after a “strikingly downbeat” end to 2020 and a new national lockdown, according to a report. A British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) survey found nearly half of all firms (43%) saw sales fall in the final three months of 2020, rising to
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