Lorry drivers lark about on the M6 in Cumbria as they film a video for TikTok. The clip, uploaded on August 6, shows one trucker wearing a fancy dress elephant head while driving. Via: TikTok Trucker films his mate wearing fancy dress ELEPHANT HEAD as they drive HGVs on motorway
Navalny, 44, held a coffee mug in one hand and wrapped his other arm around his wife’s waist as she looked over the skyline of Berlin from the city’s Charite hospital. Via: Smiling Navalny sits on a hospital balcony after Novichok attack
QPR players did not take the knee before their 3-2 defeat by Coventry on Friday night, a sight that has become commonplace since the return of football as a gesture of support for the anti-racism movement. Via: QPR chief Les Ferdinand says taking the knee message has been 'lost'
Two-time Olympic gold medalist James Cracknell is running from Henley-on-Thames to Bristol without consuming a single calorie as part of an initiative to promote healthy and prevent Type 2 diabetes. Via: Olympic rower James Cracknell is running 100 miles in five days while only drinking water
Meghan is accused of ‘collaborating’ with the authors of the book about her royal life, the latest hearing of her High Court action against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday will hear today. Via: Meghan Markle 'co-operated' with Finding Freedom authors, claim lawyers in latest privacy battle
<p>Follow all the latest in UK politics using our live blog</p> Via: Boris Johnson news – live: Senior Tory MP says government ‘ruling by decree’ over new Covid powers
<p>Jane Goodall and nearly 100 other experts call on IMF and other financial giants to halt lending hundreds of billions of pounds to industrial agriculture businesses</p> Via: World’s top banks must stop funding factory farming to prevent future pandemics, say campaigners
<p><strong>Exclusive: </strong>Motion at virtual conference will say rejoining must be by ‘public assent’</p> Via: Brexit: Lib Dems to drop commitment to UK membership of the EU
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Vallance and Whitty spoke reasonably and sincerely in their press conference. But their data was selective, and they seem determined to cause alarmThank goodness for scientists talking about coronavirus rather than politicians. They speak English and sound sincere. Today’s presentation by Whitehall’s Sir Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty was devoid Read more…