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Lockdown critic Tory MP says mental health being downplayed
The senior Conservative MP Sir Charles Walker has become an outspoken critic of the government’s restrictions in England.
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Myanmar pro-democracy activist from army family demands end to military rule
Demonstrators in Myanmar have staged their biggest protest yet against the military’s seizure of power.
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Johnson to follow ‘data, not dates’ for England’s lockdown easing
The Prime Minister said he wants a “cautious and prudent” approach to lifting lockdown in England and one which will be “irreversible” as the vaccine rollout continues.
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A drugs trip: the United States of Cannabis
Kiran Moodley visits Montana to find out more about the political and social factors behind cannabis legalisation. And asks whether what’s allowed in Montana – could soon be the law across all 50 states?
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First travellers from high-risk countries quarantined in hotels
The first travellers have been checking into quarantine hotels as part of tougher restrictions to curb the spread of new Covid variants.
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Johnson says he wants ‘this lockdown to be the last’
There’s just a week until the prime minister has promised to set out a “road-map” to chart the end of lockdown in England, but Boris Johnson said he still didn’t have “sufficient clarity on the data” to be sure what he’s going to say.
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Boris Johnson ‘optimistic’ about plans to ease lockdown restrictions in England
Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes to set out plans for easing lockdown restrictions in England later this month.
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Hero to zero: the NHS staff abused online
Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Andy Davies, has met the brave NHS staff speaking out about the online abuse and why they want big tech to do more to stop it.
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London Fire Brigade’s ability to deal with another Grenfell-type fire cast into doubt
The London Fire Brigade’s ability to deal with another Grenfell Tower-style incident has been cast into doubt by government fire inspectors
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Trump’s lawyers launch impeachment defence
Donald Trump’s legal team have been setting out their defence at his Senate impeachment trial
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Rishi Sunak: ‘Not everyone feels they have got help in exactly the way they would have liked’
We caught up with the Chancellor Rishi Sunak and asked him whether he shared the optimism of people like Andy Haldane of the Bank of England.
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UK economy shrinks by record 9.9% in 2020 pandemic
The Bank of England’s chief economist believes the economy is a “coiled spring” ready to bounce back.
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Israel and Saudi leaders still waiting for call from President Biden
While Israel’s prime minister is still waiting for a phone call from President Biden, so are the King and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. The Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released from jail yesterday, in what may have been a token offering to Washington. Her family thanked Mr Biden, who has placed human…
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Advocates for Palestinian Bedouin villagers are ‘putting lives in danger for a political game’, says London Israeli Embassy spokesman
We spoke to Ohad Zemet, who is a spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in London. We asked him – given that international law prohibits moving people in occupied territory against their will – why Israel is carrying out these removals?
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Trump impeachment: Democrats release incredible footage of Capitol attack
Donald Trump’s impeachment trial has resumed again in the US Senate, after the Democrats released disturbing new footage last night showing the mob rampaging through the Capitol, searching for top politicians. Vice-President Mike Pence and his family are seen being evacuated from a room near the chamber, while other footage shows a police officer leading…