Coalition of BAME activists demands strategy to address health and economic consequences of virus Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A Covid-19 race equality strategy must be launched across Whitehall in the wake of growing evidence of inequalities amid the pandemic, a coalition of BAME campaigners, peers, academics and religious leaders has […]
Labour leader challenges PM over extent of UK death toll; Matt Hancock ‘speechless’ at Neil Ferguson breaking lockdown rules he advocated; Rory Stewart ends London mayoral campaign
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Britain’s construction PMI slumps to a record low
About 35% of RNLI staff have been furloughed and work on boats and stations has been halted Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is planning to provide lifeguard cover on about a third of the beaches it normally patrols if the lockdown is eased. Usually 1,600 […]
Asian otters’ playfulness with rocks a mystery but Exeter study links juggling to hunger Whether tossing pebbles between their paws or rolling stones on their chest and even into their mouth, otters are experts at rock juggling. Now researchers say the behaviour largely appears to be linked to a rumbling tummy. Many species of otters […]
Charts are regular feature of daily press briefing but there is little scrutiny of data
Boy left with possibly life-changing injuries in incident in Upminster, east London A man has been charged with aggravated burglary over an incident in Upminster, east London, in which an 11-year-old boy was shot and left with possibly life-changing injuries. Christopher Sargent, 26, of East Ham, east London, has also been charged with possession of […]
Two men and woman were attacked by the animal in Monmouthshire, say police A 57-year-old man has died and two people have been injured after being attacked by a water buffalo in Monmouthshire in south-east Wales, police have said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene on a farm near the town of Usk, […]
Mohammed Zahir Khan claims early release legislation discriminates against Muslims A prisoner convicted of stirring up religious hatred has won the first round in his legal challenge to emergency legislation preventing early automatic release of terrorism offenders. Lawyers for Mohammed Zahir Khan, who is serving four-and-a-half years, are arguing that the Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of […]