Speaking to the country ahead of the UK’s 100th day in lockdown, Mr Johnson said the failures in dealing with the pandemic had made it feel like being in a ‘recurring bad dream’. Via: Public Health England could be axed as Boris Johnson admits coronavirus response 'sluggish'
Carrie Lam toasts ‘success and affluence of our motherland’ at flag-raising ceremony as city awakes under shadow of new security laws As Hong Kong awoke to the first day of life under new national security laws imposed by Beijing, activists have called on residents to defy a ban on protests Read more
A study undertaken at Keele University suggests that employees who turn 50 can expect only an average of nine more years in good shape. Yet the pension age is now 65 and will soon rise to 66. Via: Workers will see their health start to fail at 59 – long Read more
Police not looking for anyone else following incident in south London Via: Mitcham death: Girl, four, dies and woman in hospital with life-threatening injures
Aaron McKenzie stabbed Kelly Fauvrelle to death as she slept, jurors told Via: Kelly Fauvrelle: 'Jealous' man killed heavily-pregnant ex-girlfriend, court hears
Lawmakers have seen increasing pressure to change the flag amid a nationwide reckoning with systematic racismMississippi has officially retired the last state flag in the US with the Confederate battle emblem, a racist symbol that has served as a source of division for generations.Republican governor Tate Reeves signed a historic Read more
Gas leak at Sina At’har clinic in northern Tehran kills 15 women and four men, say fire officialsAn explosion from a gas leak in a medical clinic in northern Tehran has killed 19 people, Iranian state TV has reported.Video posted online appeared to show more than one explosion and thick Read more
Government says trials will assess safety and effect on transport network Via: Rental electric scooters to be legal on roads for 15mph trials
Indefinite detention ‘flies in the face of centuries of British justice’, former Tory minister David Davis says Via: Senior Tories fail in bid to force government to introduce a 28-day maximum for immigration detention
The British low cost airline is proposing to close bases at London’s Stansted and Southend airports and at Newcastle in north east England. Via: Easyjet to sack up to 5k staff and close bases at three airports