‘I ask you to remember Aimee and Areema. Please stay at home for them’- two nurses among 684 daily UK COVID deaths
Chief Nurse pays tribute to two frontline nurses who died after testing positive for coronavirus. Ruth May made an impassioned plea for the public to stay at home this weekend despite the […]
Health Secretary Matt Hancock pledges improved testing programme on day death toll rises to another 569
After suffering from COVID-19 himself, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock emerged to lead a Ten Downing Street media conference in which he promised to deliver 100,000 tests a day by the end […]
Britain wakes up to its largest COVID-19 daily death toll- but the real figure will be higher
On April 2nd 2020 Britain woke up to the media reporting the country’s highest daily death toll of 563 people from COVID-19, but the real figure will be higher. The country is […]
NFL – The Show must go on
With sport ground to a halt globally and little to nothing for sports journalists to report, the NFL has found a way of filling the vacuum. The American Football season ended at […]
ARIAS 2020- recognising the best in UK radio
This year’s radio equivalent of the ‘The Oscars’ has given recognition for broadcasters and programming encouraging positive attitudes and support for people with mental health issues and the importance of local radio […]
Investigate, expose and change at the London Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Investigate, expose, change. These three words are at the core of Human Rights Watch and the heart of the 24th edition of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival (HRWFF) running from 12th […]
Prejudice and COVID-19
The impact of the global coronavirus crisis in generating panic and fear has prompted comparisons with the prejudice arising from the media’s coverage of AIDS and the HIV virus four decades […]
Coronavirus: Media sensationalism?
A number of serious questions are being raised about British media coverage of the COVID-19 crisis. Has media exaggeration of the risks been responsible for generating social panic and anxiety? There has […]
Home Secretary faces more claims of bullying by civil servants
Priti Patel is facing more claims of bullying, following the resignation of former Home Office permanent secretary Sir Philip Rutnam on Saturday. On Monday it was alleged that an official at the […]
Coronavirus renamed as COVID-19 and other news
The World Health Organization has given a new name to the Coronavirus and warns that the desease is a global threat greater than terrorism. The virus will now be officially called ‘COVID-19’ […]
UK Universities ask students to sign NDAs over sexual assault claims and other stories
UK Universities NDAs over sexual assault claims It has been revealed that several UK Universities have been using Non-Disclosure Agreements to cover up sexual assault claims, bullying and poor teaching. Several students […]
BP or not BP: Activists occupy the British Museum
Environmental activist group protest BP’s sponsorship of exhibition at the British Museum This past weekend the environmental performance group, BP or not BP, protested the British Museum’s exhibition, Troy: myth and reality. The […]
Liverpool’s FA Cup win
Liverpool qualify for the fifth round of the FA Cup Liverpool beat Shrewsbury Town 1-0 at Anfield on Tuesday night. Jurgen Klopp, 52, was absent as his young side edged past the […]
Labour MP hits back claiming ‘I’m not a slapper’ and other stories
Labour MP faces critism over dress attire in Parliament Labour MP, Tracy Brabin, hits back following criticism of her off the shoulder dress, which she wore in the House of Commons. Many […]
UK Scientists make major ‘breakthrough’ with Coronavirus vaccine and other stories
UK scientists seek coronavirus vaccine A team of scientists have been working around the clock to find a vaccine to cure the Coronavirus outbreak. They have managed to reduce the average […]
Ten people infected with coronavirus on Japanese cruise ship and other stories
Coronavirus outbreak on a cruise ship Ten people have been found confirmed as having coronavirus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in the Japanese port of Yokohama. Of the 3,700 people […]
Quarantine for British nationals returning from Wuhan and other stories
Britons flying back from Wuhan on Thursday will be isolated for two weeks possibly at a military base. Wuhan city in China is sealed-off and countries such as Britain, EU, Japan, Australia […]
Rafael Nadal out of Australian Open and other sports news
Nadal out of Australian Open The former champion and number 1 seed Rafael Nadal has been knocked out of the Australian Open by 26 year old Austrian Dominic Thiem. He will […]
China opens up quarantine hospital for coronavirus patients and other stories
China opens quarantine hospital for coronavirus patients The building of a hospital in Wuhan China has been completed four months early to cope with the growing coronavirus crisis. It was planned to […]
Praise for new Duchess of Malfi
A new production of the classic play has just opened in north London, directed by the former Goldsmiths student and Olivier Award Winner, Rebecca Frecknall. WhatsOnStage said : It’s exciting to see […]
Battle for ‘X’ passports before Court of Appeal
The UK appeals court is hearing a case on behalf of human rights campaigner, Christie Elan-Cane, in regards to gender neutral passports. Christie Elan-Cane has been campaigning for non-gendered passports for over […]
University strike: pensions, pay and casualisation
Across the UK, members of the University and College Union are striking. The UCU is a British trade union which represents over 120,000 people who work in further and higher education. The […]
39 dead bodies found in Essex lorry container
The lorry travelled from Bulgaria, arriving in the UK via Holyhead on Saturday. The lorry driver, a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland, has been taken into custody on suspicion of murder. Early […]
London school shortens the working week by ten per cent
Later in the afternoon today, students at secondary schools around the country shut their books after the first week back from half-term. It’s the weekend, finally. However, the Summer term will be […]
Scunthorpe threatened by British Steel announcement and other stories
Scunthorpe threatened by British Steel announcement Scunthorpe residents fear for steelworks future as the British Steel insolvency puts 5000 jobs at risk. Firm’s owners Greybull Capital failed to secure financial support form […]
British Steel insolvency: 5000 jobs at risk and other stories
British Steel insolvency endangers 5,000 jobs British Steel has been placed in compulsory liquidation endangering thousands of jobs. The insolvency is the result of a breakdown in rescue talks between the company’s […]
Theresa May under fire over Brexit plan and other stories
Theresa May under fire new Brexit plan The Prime minister will present her new Brexit plan to Parliament later today outlining the changes to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill. Several senior Tories are […]
Jamie Oliver restaurant chain collapse and other stories
Jamie Oliver restaurant chains collapse Jamie’s Italian in London Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s restaurant group has gone into administration, putting up to 1,300 jobs at risk. The group, which includes the Jamie’s […]
Man charged after throwing milkshake at Farage and other stories
Man charged with assault after throwing a milkshake at Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage responding to the EU Referendum Thirty-Two-year-old Paul Crowther, has been charged on the account of common assault as […]
Tommy Robinson being sued and other stories
Tommy Robinson sued for £100,000 damages The anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson is being sued for allegedly defaming a Syrian refugee boy who was filmed being assaulted at his school in Huddersfield. It’s […]
London Bridge attack inquest and other stories
London Bridge attack inquest Coroner Mark Lucraft QC arrives for the opening day of the inquest A police officer said she waited for back-up for what ‘felt like forever’ during the London […]
Neasden warehouse fire and other stories
Warehouse fire causes rush-hour delays in North London At around 02:00 this morning, a fire broke out at a large warehouse in Neasden, North London. Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters […]
Tommy Robinson at the Old Bailey and other stories
Tommy Robinson takes stand as trial begins Two high court judges have ruled that fresh proceedings can be brought against Tommy Robinson for alleged contempt of court over the filming of people […]
Former JLS star rape trial and other stories
Jury sworn in for former JLS star rape trial A jury of eight women and four men have been sworn in to try Ortise Williams on a rape charge. Today is the […]
Bed bugs found in Kings College Hospital and other stories
Bed bugs found in Kings College Hospital maternity ward Staff at the hospital in Denmark Hill, South London, said a number of beds were being treated for the bugs. A spokesperson says […]
Labour launch European election campaign and other stories
Labour launch European election campaign Jeremy Corbyn has launched the Labour Party’s campaign for the upcoming European elections, vowing to unite the country and heal the divisions caused by Brexit. During a […]
Government to pay for safer cladding and other stories
Government to cover cladding costs to avoid Grenfell style disasters The Housing Secretary James Brokenshire has confirmed that the government will spend £200m on replacing Grenfell style cladding on approximately 150 private […]
Essex burial site stuns archeologists and other stories
Essex burial site stuns archeologists A site near an Aldi in Southend, Essex has been described as the oldest example of a Christian Anglo-Saxon burial, following a 16 year investigation. Workmen first […]
Joseph McCann charged and other stories
Joseph McCann charged with kidnap and sexual assault Joseph McCann has been charged with kidnap and sexual assault in Watford. Mr McCann was accused of an attack on a 21-year-old woman who […]
More than half of UK GPs ‘dangerously overworked’ and other stories
More than half of UK GPs dangerously overworked The medical publication Pulse has published survey results indicating that UK GPs are being heavily overworked. GPs are seeing up to 60 patients a […]
70 years of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four- more comedy than Dystopian nightmare?
In 1949 a largely bedridden 46 year old writer, coughing blood from tuberculosis, whose father had been an Imperial civil servant being paid to profit from the Opium trade to China, had […]
London Bridge inquest and other stories
Inquest into 2017 terror attacks begin CCTV footage from the 2017 London Bridge attack was shown at the Old Bailey today. The inquest, which began on Tuesday, included footage from the Black […]
Julian Assange sentenced for skipping bail
Protesters gathered outside Southwark Crown Court today where Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange received a 50-week prison sentence for jumping bail. He was arrested earlier this month after being expelled from the Ecuadorian […]
Julian Assange sentenced to prison and other stories
Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in prison Julian Assange Appearance Westminster Magistrates Court Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to just short of a year in prison for breaching his […]
Guaidó calls for more protests despite Maduro’s defiance and other stories
Guaidó calls for more protests despite Maduro’s defiance Poster showing support for Nicolas Maduro Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro claims to have defeated what he called a military coup attempt by the opposition […]
US opposition to Huawei’s 5G plan and other stories
‘No safe level’ of involvement with Huawei United States officials have warned that they will re-evaluate intelligence co-operation with other countries if they decide to use Huawei to build their 5G networks. […]
Japanese Emperor abdicates role and other stories
Emperor Akihito confirms historic abdication The Japanese Emperor Akihito has officially declared his abdication today at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. In his closing remarks, he ‘wished Japan and the world peace […]
Evidence collected from NHS scandal and other stories
Evidence to be gathered from blood transfusion scandal A public inquiry has begun taking evidence into the blood transfusion scandal which is said to have cost the lives of more than 2,000 […]
Student anti racism occupation protest passes 50 days
A student occupation of a university building in the southeast London borough of Lewisham has passed its 50th day. The protesters have occupied Goldsmiths’ Deptford Town Hall on New Cross Road since […]
Fatal stabbing in Harlesden and other stories
Man dies after stabbing in Harlesden The 21 year old man was stabbed last night on Harlesden High Street in North West London at around 9pm. After seeking help in a betting […]
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