Day: September 3, 2020
Government must do more to get public back into shops, say retailers
September 3, 2020Retailers have told Boris Johnson that his government must do more to persuade the public that it is safe to travel to work and shop or risk needless job losses and store closures, as data showed city centres suffering from a lack of office workers. The British Retail Consortium said its monthly survey of footfall […]
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Seventeen injured as Waverley Steamer crashes into Scottish pier weeks after resuming sailings
September 3, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Seventeen people have been injured after the Waverley Steamer crashed into a pier, just weeks after resuming sailings. Emergency services were called to the scene at Brodick Pier, on the island of Arran off the west coast of Scotland, […]
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Novichok survivor says latest chemical attack gives Russia 'strength to carry on and get away with it'
September 3, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates A Novichok poisoning survivor has said that the latest chemical attack has made him feel Russia could “get away with almost anything”. Charlie Rowley was exposed to the substance in the 2018 attack targeting former double agent Sergei Skripal […]
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Daniel Prude death: Police officers involved in suffocation of black man in New York suspended
September 3, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates US police officers involved in the suffocation of Daniel Prude, a black man who had a “spit hood” put over his head, have been suspended. His death in Rochester, New York, in March received no public attention at the […]
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More than 300 arrests made on third day of Extinction Rebellion climate change protests in London
September 3, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Hundreds of people have been arrested as Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters descended on central London for the third day of their two-week action. The Metropolitan Police said more than 200 arrests were linked to a demonstration on Lambeth Bridge […]
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Priti Patel slammed for comments over 'activist lawyers' frustrating removal of migrants
September 3, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Priti Patel has been condemned for her comments about “activist lawyers” frustrating the removal of migrants. The Home Secretary on Thursday posted on Twitter that the Government had removed people who had arrived to the UK in small boats […]
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Paramedics couldn’t get to patient because of covid-bollards blocking road
September 3, 2020Paramedics were delayed from treating a patient by 20 minutes because the road they wanted to take was blocked by newly installed bollards. The man was found unconscious by people living in Leighton Road in Ealing, London, at around 2.15pm on Saturday. Emergency services were called but the medics could not get past new bollards […]
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