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[ad_1] Media playback is not supported by your device Media titleKeir Starmer says Boris Johnson should expand the job retention plan as it was “desperately needed.” Boris Johnson was accused of “ruling in hindsight” during a series of U-turns, as he appeared before MPs at PMQ for the first time …

[ad_1] British scientists have discovered only the second type of drug to prevent people from dying from the coronavirus. Steroids costing just £ 5 per person were found to save the lives of one in ten treated patients and will now become the standard treatment globally. They were given to …

[ad_1] Image copyright LIGO-VIRGO collaboration Screenshot An artist’s impression of the last moments before the merger of two black holes Imagine the energy of eight suns released in an instant. This is the gravitational “shock wave” that extended from the largest merger ever observed between two black holes. The signal …

[ad_1] Image copyright fake images Cheap steroids can save the lives of patients who are seriously ill with Covid-19, studies show. The findings confirm the results of an earlier trial, which has already led to steroids being widely used in Covid patients in intensive care. The new results, published in …

[ad_1] Donald Trump tours an area affected by civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on September 1, 2020 Joe Biden has announced that his campaign raised $ 364.5 million in August, breaking records for the most amount raised by a presidential campaign in a single month. In breaking down the amount …

[ad_1] A data specialist recruited into the civil service following Dominic Cummings’ call for “weirdos and misfits” to work for the UK government was recently fired after posting on social media that police should use live rounds against Black Lives Matter protesters, The Guardian may reveal. The data architect appointed …

[ad_1] The COVID-19 restrictions will remain in effect in Bolton and Trafford, after another U-turn by the government that was supposed to lift local closures, but faced demands from city councils to keep them in place. Both local councils cited increases in coronavirus infections, and the controlling Labor group at …

[ad_1] The ministers did not take responsibility for decisions made during the initial response to the coronavirus pandemic, a group of experts claimed. A report from the Institute of Government said leaders “lacked a broader sense of strategy” at times and relied too heavily on scientific advice. It concluded that …

[ad_1] Fury at ‘little’ Nicola Sturgeon after she demands ‘Britain’ and ‘UK’ be removed from the £ 120 million national festival mark The national festival is being planned in 2022 to celebrate ‘our precious union’ The Scottish government has called for ‘UK’ and ‘Great Britain’ to be removed from the …

[ad_1] China’s inclusion of new technologies on a list of export restrictions could hamper the sale of TikTok in the US, according to state media reports, in the latest surge in trade tensions between the two countries. China’s Ministry of Commerce revealed late Friday that the government had added items, …