Derby County are one of England’s most famous football clubs but they have not won a league championship since 1975. The club’s wealthy owner Mel Morris made his money from the hugely popular Candy Crush mobile phone game. Derby County manager Phillip Cocu could be out of a job if The Rams lose their next match – against Watford – on Friday, 16 October and player-coach Wayne Rooney is being lined up as their next boss. The club’s mercurial owner Mel Morris has a reputation for hiring and firing managers in quick succession but he played down talk of Cocu […]
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As new coronavirus cases begin to resurge throughout the United Kingdom, Westminister and the devolved administrations are looking to introduce new lockdown measures to curb the rising localised outbreaks. The Scottish government announced on Monday that it will be introducing a three-tier framework of coronavirus restrictions later in October, following a similar system being imposed in England. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon pledged to “align as closely as possible with other UK nations” on a strategic level as more stringent measures were brought in for Scotland’s central belt on Friday. Sturgeon clarified that the 2-week “reset” restrictions, which have seen pubs and restaurants […]
Earlier reports said northern UK mayors were riled up over the proposed new lockdown measures, which they believe would see their areas, which are currently experiencing a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases, automatically falling under the strictest protocols, entailing the shutting down of pubs, restaurants and other hospitality businesses. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to launch the implementation of a new three-tier system of local lockdowns today that has already alienated leaders in North England, amid a surge in coronavirus cases across the country, writes The Times. Johnson, who briefed cabinet ministers on the issue last night, is expected […]
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On Wednesday, First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon announced that pubs and restaurants would close in five areas in the central belt of the country for 16 days from 9 October to stop the number of COVID-19-infected people from rising. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a full-blown Tory war as he considers closing hospitality venues in northern England to tackle the spread of COVID-19, following Scotland’s 16-day ban on drinking indoors in pubs, The Sun reports. The newspaper cited former Northern Powerhouse minister Jake Berry as claiming during an address in the Commons that Johnson is falling into the […]
Without naming names, editors of the longest-running US medical journal have outright adopted the platform of Democratic candidate Joe Biden, urging Americans to vote out their “political leaders” over their Covid-19 response. Titled ‘Dying in a Leadership Vacuum,’ the editorial – dated October 8 but made public Wednesday – says the US leadership “failed” the Covid-19 test, turning a crisis into a tragedy. While it does not mention the names “Trump” or “Biden” once, its political implications are crystal clear. When it comes to the response to the largest public health crisis of our time, our current political leaders have demonstrated […]
Church of England forgave pedophiles en masse, allowed them to continue working with children, inquiry finds [ Editor’s Note: This is a doubly sickening story. First, we have the continuing epidemic of the ‘unholy’ church leadership allowing this to go for so long, and then the failure of the British legal and political systems to hold them to account. By all I mean from the Bishops on down to the priests who should have been sent of to some horrid windswept island as a cold hell on earth, leaving them to experience the warmer version post death. Even this current report […]
The UK authorities on Tuesday reported an abrupt increase in infection rates – over 14,500 new coronavirus cases, roughly 2,000 up from Monday, with the worrisome statistics making the resolution of the health crisis an even more burning issue. Senior politicians from four major northern councils have directed a letter to the government warning that the current coronavirus restrictions are “not working”, calling some of them confusing and others counterproductive. In the letter by Leeds City Council leader Judith Blake, Manchester City Council leader Sir Richard Leese, Newcastle City Council head Nick Forbes, and Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson expressed their “extreme […]
A shocking new inquiry has found that, not only did the Church of England forgive some 400 pedophiles, but it allowed them to continue working with children. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) found that between 1940 and 2018, some 390 people employed by the church, as clergymen or in trusted positions, were convicted of child sex abuse. They were ‘forgiven’ for their crimes by the church and allowed to continue their duties, often in close proximity to children, the IICSA found. “The culture of the Church of England facilitated it becoming a place where abusers could hide,” the […]
Cinema’s in the United Kingdom and Ireland have suffered amid the coronavirus pandemic has restrictions have led to a sharp drop in moviegoers as well as release delays for major titles. Cineworld will be shutting all 128 of its cinemas in the UK and Ireland, it has been reported by the Sunday Times. The UK’s biggest cinema chain will be issuing a letter to Boris Johnson and culture minister Oliver Dowden warning that the industry has become “unviable” due to film release delays, threatening almost 5,500 jobs. The chain warned last month that increased restrictions or film delays as a result […]
England’s ban on single-use plastic straws and other disposable plastic items went into effect Thursday. The policy, initially set to go into force in April, was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the ban, businesses cannot legally sell or supply plastic straws, stirrers or cotton buds, the BBC reported. However, people with medical conditions or disabilities may still be provided plastic straws by bars, restaurants and hospitals, if necessary. According to the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the UK uses an estimated 4.7 billion plastic straws, 316 million plastic stirrers and 1.8 billion plastic-stemmed cotton buds every […]
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey wants coordinated global regulation around stablecoins as the payment method picks up steam. Source link
Search terms such as “what is crippling anxiety” increased by 800 per cent via Google amid the exam results fiasco in the UK, according to research conducted by a health management firm. If left unchecked, anxiety and stress can have a serious impact on the mental and physical health of students, a long-time health access advocate tells Sputnik. Google search witnessed an explosion in terms centred around ‘coping with rejection’ and ‘crippling anxiety’ amid the UK’s A-level fiasco whereby 40 per cent of students saw their grades significantly downgraded by an algorithm, at a time when COVID-19 prevented them from sitting […]
Elizabeth Dalziel’s son Joe, 7, lays next to his favorite objects, toys and books as part of a homeschooling assignment — to create a time capsule — from his school in Berkhamsted, England. Elizabeth Dalziel hide caption toggle caption Elizabeth Dalziel Elizabeth Dalziel’s son Joe, 7, lays next to his favorite objects, toys and books as part of a homeschooling assignment — to create a time capsule — from his school in Berkhamsted, England. Elizabeth Dalziel A friend posted a picture on Instagram of her 11-year-old daughter wearing a school uniform, sitting attentively in front of a laptop and waving to […]
New official data has revealed that knife crime in England and Wales hit a record high before strict lockdown measures were introduced – up six percent on the previous year, with fatal stabbings in London up by over a quarter. A report published on Friday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that in the year to March 2020, there were over 46,000 knife offences – the most since records began. Overall crime has dropped in recent months, but police warn offences are on the rise again with the relaxation of Covid-19 lockdown measures. In pre-lockdown London, fatal stabbings rose by a […]
The results from a study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine show that the only reason children are being kept from school due to the China coronavirus is politics. The New England Journal of Medicine released the results of a study on the China coronavirus that are shocking. Children have a very low risk of catching the China coronavirus. Advertisement – story continues below Based on the study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, the senior author concluded that: “[E]ven if children do get infected, they are less likely to transmit the disease to others than adults. […]
The United Kingdom has started to wind down many of the measures introduced to give people a stable income amid the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly a quarter of a million private renters in England are at risk of losing their homes following the end of eviction bans in August, according to estimates from a leading UK housing charity on Monday. A survey by Shelter discovered that 3% of adults in the private rented sector have fallen into arrears since the start of coronavirus pandemic. Based on YouGov polling of over 1,000 private renters across England from 4 to 11 June, the study estimated that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107979/26/1079792631_0:98:3073:1826_1200x675_80_0_0_3293c95fe36b2ef82cf5293a79558cee.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202007041079792588-uk-public-places-reopen-as-covid-19-restrictions-lifted/ The UK government has published guidlines for businesses on measures that should be implemented to reduce COVID-19 transmission, including reducing the number of people in enclosed spaces, providing sanitisers, and improving ventilation. A broadcast shows people on the streets of London as restaurants, pubs, cafes, restaurants, museums, and hotels are provisionally allowed to reopen in England on 4 July. Meanwhile, nightclubs, beauty salons, and gyms will remain closed. The UK government has employed a four-nation approach, which gives the devolved governments in each constituent country the power to oversee lockdown measures. Follow Sputnik’s Live Feed to […]
The UK’s central bank has recently improved its assessment of the cumulative GDP loss in 2020 from 17 percent to 8 percent, as the easing of lockdown restrictions have driven up demand and economic activity. The Bank of England’s chief economist Andy Haldane has said that Britain is on track for a V-shaped economic recovery after a faster-than-expected rebound from the coronavirus slump. The UK economy was already two months into the recovery amid pent-up demand and consumer spending, Haldane said in a Bank webinar on Tuesday. “It is early, but my reading of the evidence is so far, so V,” […]
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Mike Padgham, chair of the Independent Care Homes Group (ICG), explains why many care and nursing homes in England and Wales were already on shaky ground, financially speaking, even before the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Padgham runs four separate care homes as well as provides voluntary support and representation to other providers via the ICG. Sputnik: You have been warning of care and nursing homes “closing in the wake” of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why do you think that’s a real possibility? Michael Padgham: We have been warning for many years that due to chronic Government under-funding, the social care sector […]
Bank of England governor gives downbeat economic assessment in rare interview …from PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: There is no big surprise here. Notice the dearth of British coverage on how leaving the EU was always going to be a double whammy with the virus crises. EU reporting on working out of a Brexit deal describes Britain’s attitude as that of a conqueror talking to its vanquished enemies. Everyone will be losers now as they will experience to a degree what Iran has been through with having to go full bore import substitution to keep as much of its work force […]
What was a typical withdrawal request from a customer to a depository bank has turned into a political controversy, given that the government that owns the bank does not recognise the customer. London’s High Court is scheduled to hear an unprecedented case on Monday regarding Venezuela’s attempts to extract its gold bullion from the Bank of England. Venezuela’s central bank (BCV), controlled by the government of Nicolas Maduro, has around $1.8 billion worth of gold at the Bank of England. BCV has recently demanded that €930 million ($1.04bn) in gold be released to help Caracas fight the coronavirus outbreak. The heavily-sanctioned […]
The United States, as well as many major cities around the world, are witnessing an ongoing wave of demonstrations against racism and police brutality in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and many other African-Americans who have died at the hands of white police. Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex and spouse of the UK’s Prince Harry, feels that her “gnawing urgency to uproot from England” and move to the United States now makes sense, as the former royal believes she is “’destined” to assist in ending systemic racism in the US, the Daily Mail reported on Friday, citing […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Bank of England and the Church of England have issued apologies after an academic database uncovered that their former leaders and clergymen had links to the slave trade in the 19th century, The Telegraph reported, citing a fresh analysis of a database held by University College London. According to the data, nearly 100 clergymen, including a bishop, as well as at least six governors and four directors of the Bank of England were named as claimants or beneficiaries from slavery. The database provides details on about 47,000 people across the United Kingdom, who received some $3 billion, […]
A “system failure”, throughout the process in providing medication, at hospitals, primary care facilities and care homes, is unnecessarily costing people’s health and well-being, according to Professor Rachel Elliot who co-author a new study on medication error in England. Tens of millions of mistakes throughout the process of providing medication in England result in avoidable costs to the NHS of upwards of £98 million and at least 1700 lost lives, every year, according to a new peer-reviewed study, published in the British Medical Journal. Rachel Elliot, Professor of Health Economics at the University of Manchester, who co-authored the report Economic analysis of […]
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads throughout Venezuela, the Latin American nation is looking to access gold reserves which are being held by the UK’s central bank. Due to Westminister not recognising the government of Venezuela as legitimate, the country’s legal representatives are looking to justify their claim to its national assets. The Bank of England (BoE) has been accused of “putting lives at risk” after denying a request from Venezuela to release more than £800m from the South American country’s gold reserves currently withheld by the UK. Legal representatives of the Central Bank of Venezuela (CBV) have claimed that the BoE is holding the nation’s […]
Covid-19 mortality rates among BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) people in England are higher than for the white population, with black people most likely to contract the deadly disease, according to an official report. A review of “Disparities in the risk and outcomes of Covid-19” was finally released by Public Health England (PHE) on Tuesday after widespread criticism of its delay. The government-led inquiry found that black people were most likely to be diagnosed with Covid-19, during a pandemic that has claimed almost 40,000 lives in Britain since February, according to the latest official figures. Also on rt.com ‘It’s on […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107940/91/1079409173_0:0:1921:1080_1200x675_80_0_0_89edf9e7c511381e5d9f199e450f0d52.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202005251079409151-geography-issues-woman-who-breaks-lockdown-travelling-to-welsh-beach-thinks-wales-is-in-england/ Despite the UK government advising to ease the pandemic restrictions, Wales is still urging people to stay at home. England, however, has started lifting the quarantine measures which might cause confusion for those who don’t know the difference. A woman from England, who was caught at Gwynedd beach by Welsh police, went on an epic rant, criticising the regulations without realising Wales is not a part of England, so it has different policies on coronavirus restrictions. The woman reportedly travelled 100 miles from the West Midlands to Barmouth to enjoy the hottest day of the year […]
There has never been a greater scam in the history of the world. Advertisement – story continues below The American “experts” and “elites” destroyed the greatest economy in history over a virus that leaves children and those healthy Americans of working age virtually untouched. The experts closed the schools and churches and businesses. And now know from a new report in the UK a child under 15-years-old has a greater chance being struck by lightning that dying from coronavirus. TRENDING: BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Deep State FBI Asked George Papadopoulos’s Wife, Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos, to Spy On Her Husband! Dr. Andrew Bostom reported: […]
UK 04:48 GMT 21.05.2020Get short URL The lockdown and stay-at-home orders implemented to tackle the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the United Kingdom are expected to leave a deeper and longer impact on the nation’s economy than projected. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has paved the way for negative interest rates after Britain began the sale of government bonds with an average yield of -0.003 percent on Wednesday, a move that reveals the true extent of the economic crisis awaiting the UK on its way out of the coronavirus lockdown, according to The Guardian. In financial terms, a […]
The Bank of England (BoE) has dug its heels in and said it won’t be told what to do by any tech providers about what is and isn’t possible when designing a future central bank digital currency (CBDC). Speaking briefly during Consensus: Distributed’s Future of Fiat Workshop, the BoE’s senior fintech specialist, Simon Scorer, underlined the U.K. central bank will not negotiate on its design principles with tech providers, should BoE ever move forward with developing a digital pound. “We’re clear that any choice of technology around a CBDC should be led by a set of requirements and not the other […]