[ad_1] The Bank of England voted to buy another £ 150bn in government bonds on Thursday in a bid to boost spending in the economy as England enters a second coronavirus lockdown. After a unanimous vote in the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee, the Bank of England will increase the …
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[ad_1] EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier returns to his Westminster hotel during a hiatus in trade talks. With the deadline for a Brexit trade deal looming and the outcome of the US elections hanging by a thread, the UK has tried to reassure Joe Biden about the future of the …
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[ad_1] As the US elections slowly come to a conclusion, one of the areas of confusion is that different media outlets are showing different results for electoral votes. The president is elected by winning at least 270 electoral college votes, not the result of the popular vote. Because there is …
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[ad_1] “I really don’t know how to exhaust my affirmative vocabulary further,” Boris johnson told a SNP MP in the Commons yesterday, when asked for the umpteenth time if the government would agree to fund a licensing plan beyond November, if Scotland needed a lockdown but England did not. “They …
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[ad_1] Captain Sir Tom Moore has asked the country to stand “shoulder to shoulder” as England enter a second block. The veteran of World War II, who was gentleman after raising more than £ 32 million for the NHS walking 100 laps around his garden before his 100th birthday, he …
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[ad_1] A Outraged Donald Trump supporters have gathered at vote-counting centers in key states on the U.S. electoral battlefield as protests swept across the country. “Stop the count!” they screamed in Detroit when the Trump campaign announced it had filed a lawsuit to stop the counting of votes in the …
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[ad_1] Non-essential pubs, restaurants and shops have been forced to close their doors, while the public is ordered to stay home for the next four weeks. Live updates Show the latest updates 1604570715 Keeping schools open ‘is key for kids at risk of anxiety’ Closing schools would deprive children of …
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[ad_1] To view this video, please enable JavaScript and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A 73-year-old retired nurse was arrested after trying to remove her 97-year-old mother with dementia from a nursing home. Granddaughter and former Coronation Street actress Leandra Ashton, 41, filmed part of …
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[ad_1] CHina has imposed new travel bans on non-Chinese arrivals from Britain and Belgium as it guards against a coronavirus resurgence by denying entry to people from two of Europe’s worst-hit nations. Covid-19 first emerged in central China late last year, but Beijing has largely controlled its own outbreak through …
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[ad_1] Non-essential pubs, restaurants and shops have been forced to close their doors, while the public is ordered to stay home for the next four weeks. But the second national lockdown comes with a number of exceptions, including students continuing to attend school, unlimited outdoor exercise, and “safe visits” for …
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