From food banks to youth clubs, the C of E hosts 35,000 projects. Now a price has been put on its contributionSixteen years ago, St Stephen’s church in Bradford was on the verge of closure. Its congregation had dwindled to half a dozen, and the building – a “big old Read more…
<p>‘There has never been a better time to create a faster, more dependable and environmentally friendly method of transporting medical supplies’</p> Via: Coronavirus: NHS drones to be deployed in battle against Covid after space agency backing
<p><strong>Exclusive: </strong>Quarter of Britons say household income has dropped due to outbreak and lockdown</p> Via: Coronavirus: Poll shows lack of trust in Boris Johnson as Britons feel the financial pinch from pandemic
<p>Change sparks concern that sharing data will discourage some people from testing</p> Via: Coronavirus: Police to be given test-and-trace data to help enforce isolation rules
The French teacher who was beheaded by a suspected Islamist terrorist for showing his class cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed has been identified as Samuel Paty. Via: Paris attack: Islamist terrorist asked pupils to point out teacher before beheading him
Jeremy Corbyn was embroiled in another Covid row last night after it emerged he was at a memorial service which exceeded the maximum 30 people allowed to attend. Via: Coronavirus UK: Jeremy Corbyn breaks rules AGAIN at memorial
The regius professor of medicine at the University of Oxford told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme called for a shutdown of society and economy to suppress coronavirus. Via: Coronavirus UK: Senior Government advisor Sir John Bell says UK needs national lockdown
The Prime Minister said he wanted ‘maximum local enforcement’ which could only be achieved with ‘maximum local buy-in’. But Greater Manchester Police currently answers to the city’s Labour mayor. Via: Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson backed down from imposing Tier 3 on Manchester amid policing fears
A Bank of England survey has found that banks and building societies expect to clamp down on lending for all borrowers. It has lead to higher mortgage rates, with buyers having to compete for deals. Via: Home buyers to stump up 40 per cent deposits as TSB and Barclays stop Read more…
Updates from Ascot’s six-race card, first off at 1.20pm BSTTalking Horses: tips, plus Wright on music-racing parallelsAnd feel free to email Tony or tweet him @tonypaley 2.49pm BST 2.41pm BST The best of the day’s favourites should be Palace Pier, a classy and unbeaten colt who seems at ease on Read more…