Day: October 29, 2020
‘Jeremy Corbyn’s suspension is symbolic justice for Jewish victims of Labour’s anti-Semitism scandal’
October 29, 2020J eremy Corbyn is “yesterday’s man, he’s absolutely irrelevant,” said Jewish MP Dame Margaret Hodge just minutes before the former leader was suspended from the Labour Party. The bombshell move against the left-winger is a symbolic slice of justice for the Jewish victims of Labour’s anti-Semitism scandal. But the party has much more to do […]
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Jeremy Corbyn urges his Labour supporters to ‘stay in the party’ after his suspension
October 29, 2020J eremy Corbyn has urged his Labour supporters to “stay in the party” to fight for left-wing principles after his suspension. Mr Corbyn was suspended from the party on Thursday after the human rights watchdog found it broke equality law in its handling of anti-Semitism. The Labour leader of five years rejected some of the […]
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Brothers who were stopped and searched after fist bump sue Metropolitan Police
October 29, 2020T wo brothers who were stopped and searched after they bumped fists in the street to say hello to each other, are suing the Metropolitan Police. Dijon Joseph, 30, and his brother Liam, 29, who are black, said they were wrongly targeted because of their race. The brothers told the Guardian that they have been […]
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Police release image of suspect who ‘fled the country’ after ‘road rage’ killing of delivery driver in Finsbury Park
October 29, 2020D etectives investigating the road rage killing of a delivery driver have named a suspect who fled the UK the following day. Nathan Smith, 27, is being sought by officers over the fatal stabbing of Takieddine Boudhane – known as Taki – in Finsbury Park, north London. Mr Boudhane, 30, was riding his motorbike when […]
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Typhoon Molave: Vietnam’s worst typhoon in 20 years kills at least 35 and leaves 1.7m without power
October 29, 2020T yphoon Molave, the most powerful typhoon to hit Vietnam in 20 years, has killed at least 35 and left 1.7 million people without power. Rescue efforts have focused on three villages in the country’s central region, where landslides killed at least 19 people and are suspected of burying more than 40 others in thick […]
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London on verge of tier 3 as R rate jumps to 2.9
October 29, 2020London could be on the verge of being placed under the harshest coronavirus lockdown restrictions after the R rate skyrocketed to as high as 2.9. The rate of infection in the capital, thought to be the highest in the country, is believed to be doubling every three days. Researchers at Imperial College London estimate R […]
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Secret London nightclub shut down after people found partying in the basement
October 29, 2020To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A secret nightclub in London had its licence taken away after people were caught partying in the basement. Police were called to the Afrikiko Restaurant and Club in Peckham on multiple occasions after reports of a breach […]
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What is the R rate in London?
October 29, 2020Reports have suggested that nearly 100,000 people in England are catching Covid every day – with experts saying the second wave has reached a ‘critical’ stage. The interim data from round six of the React study, which uses data and swab results from 86,000 people between October 16 and October 25, estimates there are around […]
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How I Save: The ‘typical millennial’ that loves clothes shopping and buying experiences
October 29, 2020Our weekly series How I Save invites people to take an honest look at how they handle their personal finances. Each week we ask a different person to talk us through their approach to saving, then get them to track a week of spending, including what they bought and what they paid for each purchase. […]
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Nearly 100,000 catching Covid every day as second wave turns ‘critical’
October 29, 2020Medical experts say the second wave of coronavirus has reached a ‘critical stage’, with infections doubling about every nine days. Scientists warn there needs to be a change before Christmas and claim current measures are ‘not sufficient’. They estimate there are nearly 100,000 new infections each day in England, meaning the pandemic is still ‘growing […]
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