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Nov 2, 2020 · 12 min
How do we exit Lockdown 2? And Johnny Depp loses "wife beater" libel case
After another warning from the Speaker about the number of leaks coming out of the government, Boris Johnson told MPs why England has to go back into lockdown. The Prime Minister insisted the plans are “time limited” and he hopes to lift the l...
Oct 30, 2020 · 14 min
Councils could face ‘unprecedented rise’ in London’s rough sleepers, and, could Donald Trump be the first big political casualty of the pandemic?
Councils and charities today warned they could be facing an "unprecedented rise" in rough sleeping numbers over the winter as furlough ends and town halls struggle with funding. Councils, who housed thousands of people during the first wave, ...
Oct 29, 2020 · 13 min
Jeremy Corbyn suspended pending anti-Semitism report comments, Meghan Markle wins bid to delay privacy action trial
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been suspended from the party after refusing to accept the findings of a bombshell report into anti-Semitism during his tenure. The Equality and Human Rights Commission found the party was responsible for unlawful...
Oct 28, 2020 · 13 min
Why a second lockdown in Britain is looking increasingly likely; & Comic Relief drop celebrity trips to Africa
Environment Secretary George Eustice has called the current approach to coronavirus lockdowns in the UK right ‘for now’. As senior scientists warned of hospitals being overwhelmed with 25,000 coronavirus patients by the end of November, expectations ar...
Oct 27, 2020 · 9 min
US Election: How Donald Trump’s appeal is being tested in traditionally Republican Georgia
President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are heading into their final days of an historic election campaign. Trailing Biden in national opinion polls, Trump will hold rallies in three states key to his relation hopes: Michigan, Wisconsin and Nebra...
Oct 26, 2020 · 14 min
Marcus Rashford & Raheem Sterling become stars off the pitch; & Nasa discovers ‘water traps’ on the moon
While it used to be that when a footballer’s name was strewn across the front pages, it made for grim reading, now English footballers are dominating the headlines for all the right reasons. Manchester United forward 22-year-old Marcus Rashford is taki...
Oct 23, 2020 · 15 min
Pandemic 'could create educational underclass in London'; & how women are changing the face of horror
The founder of revolutionary charity Teach First has warned the coronavirus pandemic risks undoing years of work spent improving education for poorer children in London and could create an “educational underclass”. Our education editor Anna Davis tells...
Oct 22, 2020 · 16 min
Charities call for the government to u-turn on free school meals; & Rishi Sunak delivers another lifeline
More than 300 Tory MPs have been accused of “cruelty” after they voted against footballer Marcus Rashford’s bid to extend free school meals through the school holidays. Opposition figures branded the outcome ‘disgusting’ with many accusing the Governme...
Oct 21, 2020 · 22 min
US Election: George Osborne analyses Donald Trump and Joe Biden's battle for the Presidency
Every US election is billed as one of the most important of our times, but 2020 really will shape the globe as it either consigns the Trump presidency to history or validates his time as the head of the world's most powerful nation. In the first o...
Oct 20, 2020 · 14 min
Why 90 volunteers are set to be deliberately infected with Coronavirus in London; Plus Covid testing out of Heathrow begins
In January, up to 90 volunteers could be deliberately infected with Covid-19 in a bid to speed up development of vaccines and learn more about the virus. The group will be kept at the Royal Free hospital for two-and-a-half weeks in the world’s first ‘h...
Oct 19, 2020 · 15 min
West End wipeout: London’s restaurants issue dire warning after ‘horrendous’ weekend
Leading West End bar and restaurant operators warn they won’t survive the winter after a ‘horrendous’ first weekend of Tier-2 Covid-19 restrictions in the capital. Normally heaving streets were left desolate and ‘no mixing’ laws triggered tens of thous...
Oct 16, 2020 · 10 min
Prepare for a no deal Brexit; and the true cost of the tier system emerges
Boris Johnson has dramatically told Britain to prepare for a No Deal Brexit after a bust-up with Brussels on trade talks. The Prime Minister put the country on notice that its EU departure at the end of the transition period on December 31st c...
Oct 15, 2020 · 16 min
How a coronavirus circuit breaker would damage schools; and Hunter Biden's October Surprise
Tighter Tier 2 restrictions are being imposed in London to stop the Covid-19 epidemic worsening. But the government announcement hasn't stopped speculation that a much tougher 'circuit breaker' is still around the corne...
Oct 14, 2020 · 12 min
What is a coronavirus "circuit breaker" and is it really inevitable? & Mi5 reveals role in Covid fight
Boris Johnson's insisting his three-tier approach to tackling coronavirus just needs time to prove it works, but told the Commons earlier that he's "ruling nothing out" as pressure bears down on him to impose a "circuit breaker...
Oct 13, 2020 · 12 min
Why can't supermarkets make people wear face masks in-store? & the CPS's first black male chief prosecutor gets to work
Despite the law making it mandatory, it's not uncommon to find people wandering around supermarkets without wearing a face mask. Now the big store bosses are being summoned to a meeting with government officials and the police to...
Oct 12, 2020 · 14 min
Three tier lockdown explained: does it create a north/south divide? And why #Fatima's causing a storm in arts
The government's describing how the new lockdown system will work, with areas being placed under three different types of restrictions. Our deputy political editor, Nicholas Cecil, tells us how the rules will operate and why some leaders in the no...
Oct 9, 2020 · 15 min
'Furlough 2.0': What is it, how will it work, and who benefits? Also, is it time to let crowds back into football?
A new furlough scheme for areas affected by local lockdowns, paying two thirds of workers’ wages in businesses forced to close, is expected from Chancellor Rishi Sunak. But the Evening Standard's Jonathan Prynn says "son of furlough" wil...
Oct 8, 2020 · 13 min
Donald Trump's refusing to do a second 'virtual' presidential debate; and Easyjet posts its first ever loss
The Commission on Presidential Debates says the next round between Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be held 'virtually;' but Mr Trump's refusing to have anything to do with it. He told Fox News the idea of the candidates being in separate...
Oct 7, 2020 · 13 min
Why a staggered approach to curfew would be better for the economy and our health
London’s hospitality industry has lashed out at Boris Johnson’s ‘misguided’ 10pm curfew, saying it's causing huge damage to the economy without the scientific evidence to back up the health benefits. The industry’s most influential leaders say tha...
Oct 6, 2020 · 13 min
Boris Johnson tries to raise hopes of Tory MPs amid pandemic and economic crisis
Boris Johnson promised to rebuild the nation from the ‘darkest moments’ of the Covid-19 pandemic as he addressed the Conservative Party conference. Following his huge election in, his speech should been the equivalent of a Roman triumph - instead the P...