A protester who helped roll the statue of Edward Colston to Bristol Harbour and throw it in the water has said he was staging a symbolic “sentencing” of the slave trader. The memorial to the 17th century merchant was toppled during a Black Lives Matter march in June 2020, before being dragged and rolled 500m and dumped in the harbour. It...
Boris Johnson ‘facing cabinet revolt’ over Covid restrictions
Boris Johnson is reportedly facing a revolt within his own cabinet against the possible further tightening of Covid-19 restrictions as a wage of omicron variant infections looms. A report in the Sunday Telegraph claimed a number of senior ministers are planning to “resist” the imposition of potential “plan C” measures due to the lack of comprehensive data surrounding hospitalisation and death...
New Brexit ultimatum to PM over bid to break international law
Ireland is warning that no post-Brexit trade deal will be struck if the UK pushes on with a plan to ..
Police find body of woman after reports of person on fire in woodland
Police have found the body of a woman in Manchester after reports of a person on fire in woodland.
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NHS boss calls for tighter lockdown and school closures in COVID-19 hotspot
The UK's COVID-19 hotspot should have a tighter lockdown and school closures to reduce spiralli..
Boris Johnson self-isolating after meeting MP who tested positive for COVID-19
Boris Johnson is self-isolating after an MP he had a meeting with later tested positive for COVID-19..
Baptism halted for breaking lockdown as pastor says he was serving ‘greater good’
A church's baptism service that broke lockdown rules has been stopped by police.
About 30 peo..
Testing ‘mega labs’ among ‘critical announcements’ PM will make in wake of power struggle
Two new "mega labs" to turnaround 600,000 coronavirus tests a day are planned for next year, as Bori..
Castillo Copper hits broad copper oxide and sulphide mineralisation at Big One
Castillo Copper Ltd (ASX:CCZ) (LON:CCZ) (FRA:7OR) has observed broad copper oxide and sulphide miner..
More UK clinical trials to begin in the race for a COVID-19 vaccine
Global pharmaceutical company Janssen is beginning clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine i..