France reports more than 30,000 cases in 24 hours, taking total over 800,000; WHO warning comes as Europe records highest ever weekly cases. Europe’s daily Covid deaths ‘could reach five times April peak’Tennis player accused of fleeing Russia by private jet after positive testFrench police search officials’ homes as part Read more…
Former-deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is Facebook’s vice-president of global affairs and communications. He will see the most-sensitive moderation cases as they pass up a chain. Via: Nick Clegg 'was involved in Facebook's decision to hush-up story about Joe Biden's son'
Britain endured its wettest day on record on October 3, when enough rain fell to fill Loch Ness. Scientists are predicting extreme downpours could become more regular as a result of global warming. Via: UK has its wettest day EVER: Enough water to fill Loch Ness fell during our rainiest Read more…
Hans Kluge said it was time to ‘step up’ measures against the virus but that lockdowns are ‘a very last resort’, adding: ‘Decisions must consider both the direct risks, and the collateral damage.’ Via: National lockdowns should only be a last resort says WHO boss
PM’s management of pandemic and ‘politics of kindness’ place her well ahead for Saturday’s voteIt’s been called the Covid election, with stability the order of the day.But it has turned into the weirdest general election campaign New Zealanders have ever seen, with most of the country desperate for it to Read more…
Millions of users left unable to tweet or share stories for more than an hourTwitter has suffered multiple outages in many countries across the world, leaving millions of users unable to post to its platform.The company confirmed that an “inadvertent change” made to its internal systems had caused the crashes Read more…
The colt’s Derby win is seen by some as a fluke but he could write himself into the history books again on SaturdayIs this year’s Derby winner good, bad or indifferent? Three-and-a-half months after a Classic at Epsom – which was every bit as strange as the times – no-one Read more…
<p>David Henderson, 66, accused of acting in ‘reckless/negligent’ manner</p> Via: British man charged in connection with plane crash that killed footballer Emiliano Sala
<p>Measures including extending congestion charge area ‘totally unacceptable to the mayor’, source says</p> Via: TfL told to hike fares and strip elderly of free travel to access new £1bn bailout
<p>Force announces planned ‘increase in efforts to deal with most deliberate, harmful and flagrant breaches of regulations’</p> Via: Coronavirus: Met Police to target pubs and bars in crackdown as London prepares for tougher restrictions