Websites and apps are helping home workers by recreating the bustle of the office, with visitors enjoying sounds of phones ringing, people chatting and coffee brewing to help them feel less isolated. Via: Lonely staff forced to work from home download 'comforting' background 'soundscapes' of busy offices
Lap-by-lap coverage of the fifth race of the seasonFrom Moss to Button: seven epic races over seven decadesGet in touch with John via email or @JohnBrewin_ 2.50pm BST 24/52 Verstappen is 17 seconds clear. Bottas thinks his rear tyres are jiggered. Mercedes are in an uncomfortable position. If Verstappen pits Read more
More than 500 migrants have crossed the English Channel to the UK in just three days as the Border Force tackles an unprecedented surge in crossings from France. Via: Over 500 Channel migrants land in Britain in just three days
Boris Johnson is said to be drawing up a long list of possible candidates, all of which do not want to ‘blow up’ the broadcaster. The BBC’s chairman, Sir David Clementi, is stepping down early next year. Via: Nicky Morgan and Andrew Neil are in the running to be the Read more
‘This is unstoppable’: midwest braces for a Covid-19 surgeDr Deborah Birx: voice of scientific reason or apologist for Trump?Trump signs order for coronavirus reliefSign up to our First Thing newsletter 2.42pm BST Joe Biden has dismissed part of Donald Trump executive order yesterday as “a reckless war on social security”. Read more
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya appears at polling station in election Lukashenko is expected to winBelarusians have gone to the polls in presidential elections that have prompted the country’s largest opposition political rallies since the fall of the Soviet Union.Alexander Lukashenko, who has consolidated immense power over his 26 years in office, is Read more
Kate’s first official outing in Amaia mask leads to spike in ‘ditsy print’ searchCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt is a truth universally acknowledged that anything the Duchess of Cambridge wears sells out. In the past week the so-called “Kate effect” was put to public health use when Read more
‘We have to acknowledge there are lots of difficult issues in relation to women-only spaces, but shouting at each other doesn’t help anybody,’ says former EHRC chief Via: 'Toxic' debate around transgender rights harming the UK, says human rights expert
Exclusive: Nearly 300 people removed to Eastern Europe, escorted by 374 immigration officers, despite UK government instructing against all non-essential travel Via: Home Office spends more than £1m deporting hundreds of people at height of lockdown, figures show
Prime minister reportedly set to travel with his fiancee and their son next weekend Via: Boris Johnson 'to travel to Scotland' for two-week family staycation