Visually impaired Paralympic champion Lord Christopher Holmes denied one charge of sexual assault at a five star hotel’s spa at London’s Southwark Crown Court. Via: Blind Paralympian Lord Holmes grabbed a masseuse's bottom in spa of five star hotel, trial hears
Global death toll passes one million; Angela Merkel says new action is needed in Germany; New York test positivity rate climbsGlobal coronavirus deaths pass 1m with no sign rate is slowingInteractive: how did we get to one million deaths?France struggles to push Covid app as neighbours race aheadBoris Johnson apologises Read more…
The app sends warnings of new infections to local authorities, allowing them to rapidly spot outbreaks and move to curb the spread of the virus. It has been downloaded by 12.4million Britons. Via: Local lockdowns could pop up across the nation within 24 hours
Researchers have drawn up a blueprint of areas that need additional conservation to stem biodiversity and climate crisesWorld leaders are preparing to join a key summit on biodiversity being hosted in New York amid mounting evidence that governments are failing to halt the unprecedented loss of species around the world.Earlier Read more…
Creativity does not offer any magic protection from the economic consequences of the pandemic – but we have to put health firstI know artists are meant to suffer for their art and die alone in a garret, but this is ridiculous. Cinemas are open, but numbers are drastically down. Theatres Read more…
PM had struggled to explain new restrictions; Williamson says students can go home for Christmas – but might have to self-isolate firstBoris Johnson apologises for getting lockdown rules wrongCovid lockdowns in north-east England: new rules explainedIs Boris Johnson really ‘fit as a butcher’s dog’?UK economy faltering before second Covid-19 waveCoronavirus Read more…
<p>Chris Philp adopts language of Nigel Farage’s notorious Brexit poster to defend refusal to be more generous</p> Via: Minister claims UK at ‘breaking point’ as he rebuffs pleas to accept more refugee children
<p>Insufficient evidence to charge any of 15 veterans over the killings, say prosecutors</p> Via: No further soldiers to be charged over Bloody Sunday
<p>After days of confusion, Gavin Williamson says students will ‘spend Christmas with their loved ones if they choose to do so’</p> Via: Students warned they may need to self-isolate first if they want to go home for Christmas
<p>Philip Davies accuses Sir David Clementi of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ over Gary Lineker’s tweets</p> Via: ‘I think you’ve got a wasp down your trousers’: Tory MP rounds on BBC chairman in fiery clash over impartiality