No new Covid rules ‘today or tomorrow’
Reuters The home secretary has said the government will not announce new Covid restrictions on Thursday or Friday, but did not rule out further measures being announced next week. Priti Patel told ITV her focus was on enforcing the current lockdown rules. It is thought ministers are considering measures like requiring masks outside or allowing […]
Suffolk BME Business Awards celebrate ‘excellence and diversity’
Jon Wright/BBC Clem Turner, Veronica Akrofi, Beverley Uter, Lydia Forrester and Angelina Quamina MBE, from the Caribbean and African Community Health Support Forum, said the charity sees what needs doing, and gets on with it A charity that supports Caribbean and African communities says receiving a business award shows “you can make a lot of […]
Environment prize goes to Flint water activist
Goldman Prize Lead levels in Ms Walters’ home were found to be seven times acceptable limits The founder of a citizens’ movement that helped expose the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is one of the recipients of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. Nearly 100,000 residents of Flint were left without safe tap water after lead […]
The Guatemalan god that ‘gets people out of jail’
Gavin Haines The hard-drinking, heavy-smoking deity, San Simón, brings hope to impoverished citizens and criminal gangs in Central America. The temple’s car park appeared to be on fire, but it was alright because the shamans had it under control. In fact, they’d lit the fires in the first place, for the pilgrims, who were taking […]
UK tanker seizures dominate front pages
AFP/Getty Images Chancellor Philip Hammond’s indication that he could back moves to bring down a Conservative government to stop a no-deal Brexit draw criticism in some papers Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged ship in the Gulf is the lead for most of Saturday’s newspapers. For the Times, it raises the stakes in the highly charged […]
Barack and Michelle Obama announce details of series
Getty Images The former first couple signed the production deal last year Barack and Michelle Obama have unveiled their first batch of projects in development with Netflix. The diverse seven-title run from the Obamas Higher Grounds Production company addresses social and political activism. It includes a film on early slavery abolitionist Frederick Douglass, adapted from […]
The German clinics for burnt-out parents
Getty Images The German seaside is a popular spot for family health retreats (Credit: Getty Images) Germany has a long tradition of health retreats for struggling parents. Do they make a difference? Sebastian Schwerk lay awake at night, his mind racing. His father had recently died of leukaemia. Schwerk had been caring for him for […]
UKIP ‘burka ban’ policy ‘got in way’ of other issues
BBC UKIP should be anti-Islamic extremism, not anti-Islam, says Neil Hamilton UKIP’s election manifesto pledge to ban full-face veils worn by some Muslim women “got in the way” of other issues, Neil Hamilton has said. He said it would now be part of a post-election “policy review”. Former leader Nigel Farage has warned UKIP against […]
India police arrest journalists over China funding claims
Getty Images NewsClick’s founder Prabir Purkayastha was arrested on Tuesday evening Police in the Indian capital, Delhi, have raided the homes of prominent journalists and authors in connection with an investigation into the funding of news website NewsClick. NewsClick’s founder Prabir Purkayastha and a colleague were arrested. Police also seized laptops and mobile phones. Officials […]
Is there such a thing as the ‘friend-zone’?
Alamy Misreading signs of sexual interest is to be expected when we make friends with people we find attractive. “Men and women can’t be friends because the sex part always gets in the way,” says Harry Burns in When Harry Met Sally, having been told moments earlier that friendship is all that he is getting. […]