Day: November 7, 2020
Queen wears face mask in public for the first time
November 7, 2020The Queen has worn a face mask in public for the first time as she visited the grave of the Unknown Warrior to mark 100 years since his burial. The visit to Westminster Abbey was her first public engagement in London since March. A royal aide said Wednesday’s service was “deeply personal” for the Queen, […]
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Brits flock to parks on sunny first weekend of second lockdown
November 7, 2020Parks and open spaces were busy across the country as people enjoyed an unseasonably warm first Saturday of the second lockdown. Under new coronavirus rules in England people are only allowed to meet one other person from outside their household in public spaces. They can still socialise outdoors with people they live with and picnics […]
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‘World knows Trump won #MAGA’ banner flown over Goodison Park ahead of Everton v Manchester match
November 7, 2020The banner grabbed the attention of club staff and journalists inside the 39,000-capacity stadium before the Saturday lunch-time kick-off. It appeared to call into question the result of the US election which was leaning heavily towards Mr Trump’s Democratic rival Joe Biden as votes continued to be counted in a handful of battleground states. […]
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Boris Johnson lays wreath in west London as country prepares for low-key Remembrance Sunday
November 7, 2020The Prime Minister paid his respects to the war dead at Uxbridge War Memorial in west London at a low-key event on Saturday. With social distancing restrictions in place across the UK and a full lockdown in England, the UK Government has encouraged councils to ensure remembrance services are short, entirely outdoors and held in […]
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Whitney Houston and T Rex singer Marc Bolan inducted the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame years after their death
November 7, 2020W hitney Houston and T Rex’s Marc Bolan will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame years after their deaths. Houston, who died in 2012 aged 48, released her debut album in 1985 and became one of the greatest singers in music history. The death of Bolan in 1977 ended British band […]
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Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe tests positive for coronavirus in prison
November 7, 2020Y orkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe has tested positive for coronavirus and been put in isolation in a high security prison. The notorious serial killer was in hospital with suspected heart problems but returned to HMP Frankland on Tuesday after five nights away. He developed symptoms on Thursday and medics at the top security jail in […]
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Little Mix star Jesy Nelson will not appear on final of The Search after becoming ‘unwell’
November 7, 2020Publicist Simon Jones confirmed the Little Mix star’s absence from Saturday night’s TV talent show final on Twitter. “Jesy is unwell and will not be appearing on tonight’s final of Little Mix The Search,” he wrote on social media. “She will also not be hosting or performing at tomorrow’s MTV EMAs.” It is not known […]
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Lockdown: Met apologises for arrest threats to journalists covering protest
November 7, 2020Police showed ‘disregard of the the principles of a free media’, says Society of Editors Police block off Oxford Street, London, to contain protesters on the march on Thursday. Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty Images Scotland Yard has apologised after journalists and photographers covering an anti-lockdown protest were told to leave and threatened with arrest. Journalists at […]
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