The dashing lawyer, who lost the top job after just 79 days in 1988, caused a stir when he danced with the British royalJohn Turner, a Liberal party politician who served stints as Canada’s justice and finance ministers before a very brief turn as prime minister, has died at age Read more
<p>‘We need to do all we can to control the spread of this virus, to prevent the most vulnerable people from becoming infected, and to protect the NHS and save lives’</p> Via: Coronavirus: New fines of up to £10,000 for those who fail to self-isolate
Iran’s foreign minister says there is no mechanism for snapback and calls on other countries to resist US ‘bullying’Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif, has said that the imminent reimposition of UN sanctions against Tehran is a “false claim” by Washington that it knows will not happen.Speaking on state television on Read more
<p>‘There is now no justification for minister ruling by emergency powers’, prominent backbench Tory says</p> Via: Backbench Tories plot to reign in government’s coronavirus powers in Commons showdown
Protesters dragged into police vans at rally to demand removal of Alexander LukashenkoRiot police detained hundreds of women as opposition protesters marched through the Belarusian capital, Minsk, demanding an end to President Alexander Lukashenko’s rule.About 2,000 women took part in the “Sparkly March”, wearing shiny accessories and carrying the red-and-white Read more
<p>The party’s new strapline shifts the focus towards the future, rather than merely differentiating Keir Starmer from the Corbyn era, writes Kate Devlin</p> Via: Will the slogan ‘A New Leadership’ really deliver for Labour?
<p>Crowd cheers as speaker claims that coronavirus is ‘made up’ as cases rise</p> Via: Trafalgar Square protest: Conspiracy theorists clash with police at anti-lockdown demonstration
Premier League news from Elland Road, and the 3pm BST gamesLive scoreboard: follow all of today’s latest scores and resultsAnd you can contact Will by email or on Twitter 3.04pm BST The pitch at Elland Road looks good, as it should for its first league game of the season. I Read more
Meghan Bhari founded Believe in Magic, backed by One Direction star Louis Tomlinson, to help ‘other’ terminally ill children in 2012 before she died in 2018 at age 23. Via: Schoolgirl, 17, FAKED brain tumour to con pop stars and their fans out of up to £400,000
Gary Lineker, 59, has denied ever being told to stop political tweeting by BBC chief Tim Davie – who is planning a radical shake-up of the UK’s broadcaster. Via: 'The BBC trust me': Gary Lineker denies being told to censor his social media