Day: August 6, 2020
Hybrid BMW can now auto-swap to battery power in London and Birmingham
August 6, 2020German carmaker puts pressure on UK government over proposed ban on hybrids A BMW M plug-in hybrid car. Photograph: Jorge Silva/Reuters More than 10,000 BMW plug-in hybrid cars on British roads will be able to automatically swap to battery power when entering low emissions zones in London or Birmingham city centres from Friday. Newer BMW […]
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'Personally, I'm drawn to stuff that baffles me'
August 6, 2020The artist Heather Phillipson’s latest work is a 31ft statue of a dollop of whipped cream, with a fly on it. This one hasn’t been easy. In March, the work was meant to be installed on an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square, the latest in a series of commissions that brings contemporary art to the […]
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London Marathon cancelled for 2020 after being postponed during pandemic
August 6, 2020The mass participation London Marathon has been cancelled this year for good after being postponed due to the pandemic. Organisers had previously delayed the event from April 26 to October 4 as the country was placed into lockdown. Now it looks likely that an elite athlete race around one of London’s Royal Parks will replace […]
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Arsenal’s choice to put players before staff shows how unequal football has become
August 6, 2020A year ago, on the club’s official YouTube channel, Arsenal released a great little video. It featured the club’s star players in distinctive north London settings, talking in distinctive north London dialect. ‘Looks fresh bruv,’ says Mesut Ozil, born in Gelsenkirchen, to his Turkish barber. ‘The game today is ours for the taking mate,’ says Pierre-Emerick […]
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UK coronavirus LIVE: Local lockdowns 'could hit other cities in days' as Britons named most reluctant to return to office
August 6, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates A city in northern England could be the latest to see lockdown restrictions imposed after the town’s coronavirus cases doubled in a week. Preston could join Greater Manchester and other nearby regions in having tough new rules introduced, with […]
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Quaden Bayles: Bullied Australian boy sues columnist over 'scam' suggestion
August 6, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates An Australian boy has launched legal action against a newspaper columnist who alleged he had faked distress after being bullied for his dwarfism. Quaden Bayles, who was born with achondroplasia, was filmed by his mother earlier this year saying […]
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Beirut explosion LATEST: International rescue teams flown to Lebanon as death toll hits 135
August 6, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates International rescue workers have arrived in Beirut to help with the search for missing people after a massive explosion ripped through Lebanon‘s capital. The blast at the port on Tuesday evening killed at least 135 people, injured more than […]
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More than eight in 10 people who tested positive for coronavirus in England had no symptoms at time of illness, study shows
August 6, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates More than eight in 10 people who tested positive for coronavirus in England had no symptoms of the illness at the time, the latest monthly study for the Government revealed today. The research, by Imperial College London, its sister […]
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Anger at Beirut officials over missed warnings of 'floating bomb' as international rescue workers fly in to continue search
August 6, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Anger has erupted in Beirut over the massive port explosion as a paper trail emerges suggesting a store of highly explosive material had been the subject of repeated warnings and had been described as a “floating bomb”. The blast […]
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Second wave in London is likely ‘in almost all cases’, simulation finds
August 6, 2020Scientists modelling the coronavirus outbreak using detailed simulations of London boroughs say a second wave of cases is likely in ‘almost all cases’. The simulation software used predicts how local measures such as closing certain shops or quarantining residents in particular buildings affects the virus’ spread. It has been released to the public as an […]
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