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Anti-vaccine protesters occupy ITV News and Channel 4 headquarters
Anti-vaccine protesters occupied the headquarters of ITV News and Channel 4 News in London on Monday afternoon, the latest in a series of actions aimed at the media. Jon Snow, the Channel 4 News presenter, was chased into one of the building’s side ent ...[Read more]
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Protesters claim to seize Edinburgh Castle citing Magna Carta
A group of about 20 protesters entered Edinburgh Castle on Tuesday evening, claiming to have “seized” the landmark under article 61 of Magna Carta. Members of the public were evacuated as the demonstrators entered the grounds of the castle without a ...[Read more]
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Family ‘devastated’ after night club owner who railed against vaccines dies of COVID-19
A British nightclub owner who had a history of sharing an anti-vaccine message social media and who mocked people for getting an "experimental vaccine" has died from COVID-19, The Daily Mail reports. David Parker, 56, passed away at Darlington Memorial Ho ...[Read more]
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The UK now has the highest daily rate of Covid-19 cases in the world
The rate of daily infections is the highest it has been since mid-January, with 55,000 new cases recorded on Thursday July 15, which is the most recent full day available. Thanks to the fact nearly 70 per cent of UK adults have received two shots of a vac ...[Read more]
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Shell issues £60 penalty after woman stops to breastfeed baby
I have been sent a £60 parking penalty for spending more than 15 minutes in a Shell petrol station while I breastfed my 12-week-old baby. At the beginning of June I was stuck in heavy traffic on the way to Kent. I came off the motorway and found a random ...[Read more]
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100 days on, what impact has Brexit had on UK-EU trade?
Official UK figures in March showed the UK recorded a record fall in trade with the EU in January, as the economy struggled with post-Brexit rules and the pandemic. Goods exports plunged by 41% and imports by 29% as the UK's departure from the EU's single ...[Read more]
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Boy, 11, referred to Prevent for wanting to give “alms to the oppressed”
An 11-year-old primary school pupil was referred to the government’s controversial counter-radicalisation Prevent programme after a teacher mistook the word “alms” for “arms” during a classroom discussion. The boy’s teacher asked what pupils ...[Read more]
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Ex-mercenary claims South African group tried to spread Aids
A South Africa-based mercenary group has been accused by one of its former members of trying to intentionally spread Aids in southern Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. The claims are made by Alexander Jones in a documentary that premieres this weekend at th ...[Read more]
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Boris Johnson’s Lies Don’t Harm Him Because the UK’s Political System is More Corrupt Than He Is – CounterPunch.org
Britain’s corporate media are suddenly awash with stories wondering whether, or to what extent, the UK’s prime minister is dishonest. Predictably in the midst of this, the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg is still doing her determined best to act as media b ...[Read more]
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Cracks in Northern Ireland?
The political situation in NI remains febrile, despite a pause in the rioting. Arlene Foster, the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) leader and Northern Ireland’s first minister, resigned after 6 turbulent years in that position. Foster would probably have ...[Read more]
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‘Extreme right wing’ terrorism on the rise as the Home Office focuses on Muslims | The Canary
Counter-terrorism statistics from 2020 show a number of 'extreme right wing' terrorism cases - why doesn't Home Office policy reflect that? ...[Read more]
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