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Main story: Staggered restrictions loom over the north
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Scientists advising the government have warned that Covid’s additional restrictions do not go far enough and “fringe” anti-lockdown epidemiologists are gaining too much attention. Closing pubs and restaurants in the North and Midlands next week is unlikely to reduce cases enough, Sage committee members have told The Guardian, and the “circuit breaker” imposed in Scotland from today should have been. enacted in England two or three weeks ago.
The Guardian understands that most of the north of England, from Barrow in Cumbria to Merseyside, Greater Manchester, much of Lancashire and Yorkshire and most of the North East, as well as Nottinghamshire in the Midlands, will undergo a new warning system of three levels. . It will be announced on Monday and will go into effect on Wednesday, a government source said.
Writing in the Telegraph, Labor leader Keir Starmer has accused the government of having a “Whitehall know better” attitude and failing to consult local leaders on coronavirus measures. Northern England leaders have openly rebelled over the impending closure plans. But some scientists believe that more should have already been done. There is concern about the influence of a relatively small number of public health scholars and their Great Barrington statement promoting a “herd immunity” strategy to protect the vulnerable and allow the virus to spread among the healthy. “I don’t see where the evidence is to back it up,” said a Sage scientist. The UK recorded more than 17,500 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday, nearly 25% more than the day before. Get the latest from around the world on our live blog.
Pelosi: Trump’s ‘dissociation from reality’ – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democrats will meet to consider whether the president should be removed from office for inability to perform his duties under the 25th amendment to the constitution. Pelosi said that Donald Trump’s ramblings after contracting Covid-19 indicated a “dissociation from reality.” But removal would require the approval of Vice President Mike Pence and members of the Cabinet, which seems impossible. Trump’s doctors cleared him to return to public events starting Saturday, but there has been no indication that he has yet tested negative: He said on Fox News overnight that he would get tested on Friday and “I think I’m going to try to do a rally on Saturday night ”in Florida. Organizers of the presidential debates have ruled that the next one must be virtual for Covid security reasons, but Trump refuses to participate, claiming they could cut off his microphone. Joe Biden has said that he will comply with whatever the independent commission decides.
Boris Johnson’s new face – Former ITV, Guardian and BBC journalist Allegra Stratton is expected to be announced as the talking head at the newly televised Downing Street daily press conferences. The 39-year-old former broadcaster was most recently an advisor to Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
Heather Stewart and Simon Murphy write this morning: “Westminster insiders on both sides of the aisle were in a rare unanimity Thursday: Allegra Stratton is taking on one of the most difficult roles in government.” There are currently two daily lobby briefings for political journalists, which are official but take place behind closed doors. One of them will be replaced by the new televised report.
Bianca Williams Case Comes to IOPC – Five police officers are under disciplinary investigation after they arrested and handcuffed British athlete Bianca Williams and her partner, the Independent Office of Police Conduct announced. Williams, 26, and Ricardo dos Santos, a Portuguese sprinter, were stopped by Met agents on July 4 as they were driving home in their Mercedes. It was one of a series of cases posted on social media that raised concerns about police treatment of blacks. The IOPC said the five officers were being investigated for misconduct, but this did not mean they would pursue disciplinary charges. The video showed Williams, apparently distraught, telling officers, “My son is in the car.”
Governor’s Kidnapping Plan – Joe Biden has convicted Donald Trump for failing to convict the alleged kidnapping conspirators who allegedly conspired to kidnap the Governor of Michigan and subject her to a sham trial. Seven men, all now in custody and facing possible life sentences, are linked to the Wolverine Watchmen militia group. Gretchen Whitmer, the governor, said the president had “rallied” groups like those who planned his abduction when he called during the first presidential debate to the armed extremist group Proud Boys to “back off and stay out of it.” Whitmer said: “The hate groups heard the president’s words not as a reprimand, but as a rallying cry, as a call to action.”
Call to arms – A senior adviser to the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has said the UK is willing to award a large lethal weapons contract to Ukraine and a £ 1 billion loan to build new Navy ships for use at Sea. Black. When Zelensky met with Boris Johnson to sign a post-Brext trade, political and security agreement, Andriy Yermak warned that suppressing the post-election unrest in neighboring Belarus posed a potential direct threat to Ukraine and needed guarantees from the EU and the UK on their support. to safeguard your safety. An EU or NATO center to combat Russian disinformation and Ukraine-based counterpropaganda was also being proposed, Yermak said in a speech. Ukraine has been fighting Russian-backed rebels in the east of the country since 2014 in a war that has killed 13,000 people.
Podcast Today in Focus: The Fight for Trans Rights, Part 2
In September, the Minister of Equality, Liz Truss, announced that some reforms would be carried out to the Gender Recognition Law, but that a key aspect would not be approved: allowing trans people to self-identify without a medical diagnosis. The issue has divided “gender critical” feminists from those who are more inclusive of trans people. Is there a route to reconciliation?
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Lunchtime Reading: New Ways with Well Aged Bacon
He made his way onto Broadway with Sean Penn and Val Kilmer; Now in his 60s but using it well, Kevin Bacon still struggles to put being a teenage idol behind. “I am drawn to dark things,” he tells Ryan Gilbey, when his latest adventure, the horror movie You Should Have Left, opens.
Sport
Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored on his international debut to prepare for England’s 3-0 win over Wales in a low-key friendly. In the Euro 2020 play-offs, Scotland enjoyed the penalty shoot-out against Israel and Northern Ireland against Bosnia-Herzegovina, but agony for the Republic of Ireland as they lost in the dreaded tiebreakers after a 0- draw. 0 with Slovakia. England rugby fans will not be banned from singing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot when allowed to return to Twickenham, but it is understood that the lyrics will no longer be stamped around the stadium. Polish teenager Iga Swiatek has reached the French Open final against Sofia Kenin with the familiar ease of reserving a table at the Ritz – she knows she belongs. Former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman admitted to abusing his position by persuading an office worker to cover his tracks after he ordered a testosterone ban. Lewis Hamilton has insisted that Covid-19 precautions cannot be relaxed after one of his Mercedes team tested positive ahead of this weekend’s Eifel Grand Prix.
Deal
Labor has criticized Rishi Sunak’s job support scheme as inadequate and a throwback to the Thatcher era. It comes amid speculation that the chancellor will announce another support package for businesses affected by the new coronavirus restrictions that will take effect next week across much of England. The FTSE100 is expected to rise around a quarter of a percentage point this morning, while the pound is at $ 1,296 and € 1,010.
The papers
Allegra Stratton smiles from the pages of the Guardian, the Times and the Telegraph this morning ahead of her anticipated announcement as the prime minister’s spokesperson at newly televised daily press conferences. the guardian splashes with “New Covid-19 rules don’t go far enough, experts say” while Telegraph reports on the “NHS push to ensure that non-Covid patients receive help,” addressing the long-rehearsed topic of what happens to everyone else who is not coronavirus patient. the Times He says armor is making a comeback and that “the vulnerable face months of having to stay indoors.”
the Mirror expresses “Northern fury” before closure restrictions that “angry bar and restaurant bosses” fear will wipe out their businesses. “Everything ends in levels,” says the Subway playing with the staggered restrictions that will come into play. the Sun says north is heading toward “Locky horror,” though a relevant hook for the Rocky Horror reference eludes detection.
the me highlights the “warning from the chief doctor to the north” that ICUs could flood in three weeks. the Mail regrets the “crippling cost of Covid rules” as “figures show that more than 110,000 people have been waiting more than a year for treatment.” But Quick he pulls out his hair: “Listen to us! Most support a stricter lockdown ”as it reports the results of its own reader poll. And we will conclude as we usually do with it FOOT: “EasyJet asks for help to cope with the first annual loss in 25 years of history”, our own Nils Pratley says that the airline should not bet on it.
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