Eyewitness says he saw him 30 miles from family home in Durham Via: Dominic Cummings: Aide to Boris Johnson also took sightseeing trip during lockdown, new reports claim
Labour have called for an urgent inquiry after the prime minister’s chief adviser apparently flouted lockdown rules. Via: Labour demands urgent inquiry into Dominic Cummings' cross-country trip during lockdown
Yu Kung, a former London advertising executive, used his camera to record his neighbours dealing with unprecedented life changes in Shanghai after the killer infection erupted in the Far East. Via: Briton films rare COVID-19 documentary showing ordinary Chinese people under draconian lockdown
Chancellor Rishi Sunak last week extended the furlough scheme but said firms must cover a proportion of wages. He is expected to announce that governments must pay 25 per cent. Via: Employers will have to pay a quarter of the wages of furloughed staff from August
Labour leader Keir Starmer said the only focus now was ‘what sort of a deal we have with the EU and what sort of deals we have with the rest of the world’. Via: Labour leader Keir Starmer says he will NOT try to rejoin the EU
University College London researchers analysed 6,000 studies looking into the link between the viral disease and children. They found kids’ risk of catching Covid was 56% lower compared to adults. Via: Coronavirus UK: Children are 56% less likely to get infected
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President presses governors to open places of worshipSummer is here – but are we inviting a disastrous second wave?Hydroxychloroquine: Trump ‘cure’ increases deaths, global study findsCoronavirus – latest global updatesGet a fresh perspective on America – sign up to our First Thing newsletter 2.50pm BST The Associated Press, helpful as Read more
Pressure for prime minister’s top adviser to go follows report he breached lockdown rules in March. Follow the latest developments as they happenPressure on Dominic Cummings to quit over lockdown breachCoronavirus – latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 2.18pm BST Here is the moment Dominic Cummings told reporters he Read more
Four men and a woman charged with murder of student killed in drive-by shooting in BlackburnFour men and a woman have appeared in court charged with the murder of a “remarkable and inspirational” law student who was killed in a drive-by shooting.Aya Hachem, 19, was fatally shot from a passing Read more