Day: August 17, 2020

Baroness Dido Harding to lead new health agency amid reports Public Health England will be axed thumbnail

Baroness Dido Harding to lead new health agency amid reports Public Health England will be axed

August 17, 2020

The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Baroness Dido Harding is set to be appointed as the interim chief of the Government’s new Health Protection Institute. Health Secretary Matt Hancock will reportedly announce on Tuesday that Baroness Harding will head the Government’s new Institute for Health […]

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Craig Small death: Three arrested in connection with fatal shooting in north London thumbnail

Craig Small death: Three arrested in connection with fatal shooting in north London

August 17, 2020

Three men have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a man in north London last year. Craig Small, 32, from Wembley, was shot outside a Harrow Road shop in Monks Park on July 5, 2019 and died in hospital a short time later. The Metropolitan Police said on Monday that a 28-year-old […]

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Coronavirus outbreak at Nottinghamshire dessert factory Bakkavor as 72 workers test positive thumbnail

Coronavirus outbreak at Nottinghamshire dessert factory Bakkavor as 72 workers test positive

August 17, 2020

The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates More than 70 workers have tested positive for coronavirus at a dessert factory in Nottinghamshire. It was announced on August 7 that all 1,600 employees at the Bakkavor site in Newark would be tested for Covid-19 after 39 workers […]

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Outcry after authorities suggest wild boar that was chased by naked sunbather in Germany 'could be killed' thumbnail

Outcry after authorities suggest wild boar that was chased by naked sunbather in Germany 'could be killed'

August 17, 2020

The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Thousands have signed a petition calling for the protection of a wild boar and its piglets after authorities in Germany suggested it poses a threat and might have to be “removed”. The wild boar, nicknamed Elsa, gained national attention […]

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Former senior Donald Trump official endorses Joe Biden and calls the President 'terrifying' thumbnail

Former senior Donald Trump official endorses Joe Biden and calls the President 'terrifying'

August 17, 2020

The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates A former senior official in Donald Trump’s administration has endorsed Joe Biden‘s bid to become US president and called his former boss “terrifying”. Miles Taylor, former chief of staff of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), claimed that Mr […]

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Barrie Cook: Abstract artist who saw painting as 'a way of thinking' thumbnail

Barrie Cook: Abstract artist who saw painting as 'a way of thinking'

August 17, 2020

Barrie Cook was one of Britain’s most distinctive artists, renowned for his use of spray painting in a fine art context to produce bold and intriguing works that combined beauty with technical prowess. Cook, who has died aged 91, said of his artistic approach: “Painting is a way of thinking. Each picture requires its own […]

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Poor housing linked to high Covid-19 death rate in London borough thumbnail

Poor housing linked to high Covid-19 death rate in London borough

August 17, 2020

Appalling housing conditions and crippling rents in one of the UK’s poorest boroughs helped turn it into a hotspot of Covid-19 deaths, according to a poverty inquiry that examined links between local inequalities and the pandemic. The Brent Poverty Commission, which had been running for two months when Covid-19 struck, said chronic overcrowding and widespread […]

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Number of elderly women without children rising - and 'we risk sleepwalking into a crisis' thumbnail

Number of elderly women without children rising – and ‘we risk sleepwalking into a crisis’

August 17, 2020

The number of elderly women without children is set to triple in 25 years, meaning there will be a greater need for formal social care, official analysis suggests. There are currently 20,892 women aged 80 without children in England and Wales, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported. By 2045, the figure is expected to […]

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A-levels row: Government announcement expected later today thumbnail

A-levels row: Government announcement expected later today

August 17, 2020

The UK government is due to make an announcement on A-level and GCSE results today, as Downing Street said Boris Johnson has “confidence” in his education secretary and the English exams regulator. Number 10 said the prime minister spoke to Gavin Williamson and other officials on the phone from his holiday in Scotland on Monday […]

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PwC and Schroders will allow staff to work from home after Covid crisis thumbnail

PwC and Schroders will allow staff to work from home after Covid crisis

August 17, 2020

PricewaterhouseCoopers and Schroders are to allow the majority of staff to continue to work from home after the Covid-19 pandemic as the health emergency prompts a major shift in the office-based culture that has been a hallmark of City firms for generations. The accounting company PwC, which employs 22,000 staff in the UK, is predicting […]

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