Domestic Abuse Calls up are by 25% since lockdown began. A spokesperson for the charity Refuge says calls to National Domestic Abuse Helplines have increased by 25% since lockdown began two weeks […]
Domestic Abuse Calls up 25% and other news
US awaits ‘Pearl Harbour moment’ as President Trump sees ‘light at the end of the tunnel’
President Donald Trump has predicted death rates in the US to surge to a ‘horrific point’ but promises a ‘light at the end of the tunnel.’ His comments come after US Surgeon […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson taken to hospital after suffering from COVID-19 for ten days
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been admitted to hospital after suffering from the coronavirus for ten days. A Downing Street statement says this was on the advice of his doctor because […]
Queen Elizabeth II calls for self-discipline and good-humoured resolve after record daily death rate of 708 including a 5 year-old child
Britain’s coronavirus fatalities figure has reached 4,313 including a five year old child. Queen Elizabeth II will urge people to rise to the challenge posed by the coronavirus outbreak, in a rare […]
‘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 London Court of Appeal 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 […]
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 […]
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