The government has turned to dating apps to encourage young people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. From Monday, Tinder, Hinge, Match, Badoo, Plenty of Fish, OurTime, Muzmatch and Bumble will allow users to show their support for the vaccine on their dating profiles. They will also give in-app bonuses to those who say they have
Month: June 2021
An NHS system set to extract patient data from doctors’ surgeries in England should be paused from doing so until people are told what information will be made available, Labour says. The opposition is calling for a public consultation and information campaign to allay privacy fears among medical professionals. The scheme is expected to collect
Michaela Coel picked up two gongs at the BAFTA TV Awards for her show I May Destroy You, and urged the industry to do more to keep people safe on set. The BBC Three show, which is themed around consent and sexual assault, won best mini-series, with Coel herself picking up the leading actress award.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have said they are “delighted” after the Sussexes announced the birth of their baby daughter – Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. Prince Harry and Meghan announced that the infant, a first sibling for Archie, was born on Friday in California. Lili is named after her great-grandmother the Queen – who
El Salvador could become the first country in the world to make Bitcoin legal tender under proposals by its president. The move will “generate jobs and help provide financial inclusion to thousands outside the formal economy”, President Nayib Bukele said in a recorded message to the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida. The cryptocurrency could
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have welcomed their second child – a baby daughter named Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. Harry and Meghan announced that the infant, a first sibling for Archie, was born on Friday in California. Lili is named after her great-grandmother the Queen – who was affectionately nicknamed Lilibet by her family
The Week, one of Britain’s biggest-selling news and current affairs magazines, has been put up for sale in a move that is likely to attract interest from major newspaper publishers. Sky News has learnt that Dennis Publishing, the magazines and online media group owned by Exponent Private Equity, has hired investment bankers to gauge interest
Turkey’s environment minister has promised to defeat a plague of “sea snot” threatening the Sea of Marmara – but warns the disaster management plan could take up to three years. Marine biologists and environmentalists have been alarmed by a huge mass of marine mucilage – a thick, slimy substance which has bloomed in Turkey‘s Marmara,
Prince Charles has praised the ‘personal courage and sacrifice’ of those who died in the D-Day landings as a new memorial was opened on the 77th anniversary of the operation. In a recorded message he said: “I particularly wanted to address my first remarks directly to those whose presence today, either in person or online,
The Indian (Delta) variant of COVID-19 is 40% more transmissible than previous variants, Matt Hancock has told Sky News. The health secretary said the new variant had made decisions behind the 21 June unlocking of restrictions “more difficult”. Speaking on the Trevor Phillips On Sunday show, Mr Hancock said: “That figure, around 40% more transmissible,
Donald Trump has again teased supporters about the prospect of another run for the US presidency, just days after some backers pushed a theory that he could be back in the White House by August. He also used a speech at a convention to support candidates loyal to him ahead of next year’s mid-term elections
The US Department of Justice has said it will no longer secretly obtain reporters’ records during investigations of leaks of classified information. Last month, President Joe Biden called the policy, which has been criticised by news organisations and press freedom groups, “simply, simply wrong” and pledged not to continue allowing it. Though Mr Biden’s comments
Tony Blair has said it is “time to distinguish” between people who have and haven’t had a coronavirus vaccine. The former prime minister has warned it “makes no sense at all to treat those who have had vaccination the same as those who haven’t” – and said relaxing measures for those who have had both
Labour is planning to force a parliamentary vote on the government’s “totally insufficient” education catch-up plan. The Opposition has described the £1.4bn scheme as “inadequate” – days after Sir Kevan Collins, who was advising the government on how to support children affected by school closures during the pandemic, resigned. Sir Kevan claimed that the government
Social media companies must do better in removing posts that are “glamourising” dangerous migrant crossings, the home secretary says. Priti Patel wrote to the companies on Saturday to say they must deal with the “totally unacceptable” posts promoting the “lethal crossings”. Among them is a video on TikTok which has been watched more than 800,000
The prime minister will call on G7 leaders to pledge to vaccinate the world’s population against COVID-19 by the end of 2022. Boris Johnson is planning to use the UK’s presidency of the group to push for global vaccination coverage within the next 18 months. When he meets fellow G7 leaders face-to-face on Friday –
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