Democratic presidential candidate Biden selects Kamala Harris as running mate August 11, 2020 Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for the upcoming US presidential election, has chosen US senator Kamala Harris as his running mate for the ballot. Harris will be Biden’s pick for vice president at the 3 November election. Earlier today Biden informed his close advisers of his decision, and began telling other contenders they had not [...]
UK and France working ‘at pace’ to block Channel asylum seekers August 11, 2020 The UK and France are working “at pace” to stop asylum seekers from illegally entering the UK by boat, according to immigration minister Chris Philp. Philp was in Paris today to meet his French counterparts, telling reporters afterward that Emmanuel Macron agreed that something had to be done to stop migrants crossing the English Channel [...]
Could London be put into a second coronavirus lockdown? August 11, 2020 As London residents make use of the summer sunshine, the question of whether there will be a second coronavirus lockdown is never far out of mind for locals. The number of English towns and cities that have been plunged into local lockdown has grown steadily over the past two months, while the capital has begun [...]
Russia names new vaccine after iconic satellite Sputnik August 11, 2020 Russia has named its first approved coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, in reference to the world’s first satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. The choice in name was selected as a way of comparing the vaccine to what Russia views as its success in becoming the first country to approve a treatment, according to [...]
Russia becomes first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine August 11, 2020 Russia has become the first country to deem a coronavirus vaccine as safe for widespread use after less than two months of human testing , according to President Vladimir Putin. Putin said the vaccine has “passed all the needed checks” and that he had even given the vaccine to one of his daughters. The vaccine [...]
UK-Japan trade deal talks stall over Stilton cheese August 11, 2020 Trade deal talks between the UK and Japan have been held up, after trade secretary Liz Truss tried to sneak Stilton cheese into negotiations. It was reported just two weeks ago that a trade deal between the two nations was on the verge of being completed, however Truss has reportedly held things up by looking [...]
We should never have to choose between pubs and schools — but if we do, schools must come first August 11, 2020 It is a “moral duty: and a “national priority” to return all children to the classroom in September. So wrote the Prime Minister in an op-ed at the weekend, in which he pinned his colours to the mast of the schools debate in no uncertain terms. Boris Johnson’s intervention comes in response to mounting concerns [...]
Trump escorted from briefing after shooting near White House August 11, 2020 Secret Service officers abruptly escorted President Donald Trump out of a live press briefing after a shooting occurred outside the White House yesterday. The President had started a statement to the media when the Secret Service rushed him from the room and into the Oval Office before the White House entered lockdown. When Trump returned [...]
London to receive £50m of extra winter NHS funding August 10, 2020 Boris Johnson has confirmed £300m in extra winter NHS funding for England, with London hospitals in line for £49.6m, as the government prepares for a potential second coronavirus wave. The extra funding was announced last month for hospitals to prepare for a potential second wave and the government has today how it has allocated the [...]
NHS Test and Trace to cut 6,000 staff August 10, 2020 The government plans to cut 6,000 staff from the NHS Test and Trace scheme by the end of August, it said today. Those who are left — approximately 12,000 employees — will work alongside local public health teams to reach more people who could be infected and increase their contacts in communities. The tactic is [...]