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Banning care home visits in second lockdown would violate ‘fundamental human rights’ of residents and their families, bosses warn Care leaders have asked to allow limited numbers of relatives to visit homes Government guidelines currently tell care homes to ‘follow existing guidance’ France is allowing care home visits despite going into national lockdown By Stephen … Read more
Tougher restrictions banning people from mixing between households in any setting will be introduced in large parts of north-east England, the Health Secretary has said. Speaking in the House of Commons, Matt Hancock said the existing measures – for Northumberland, Newcastle, North and South Tyneside, Gateshead, Sunderland and County Durham – were being tightened at … Read more
Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury leads chanting protesters on a march through Morecambe claiming ‘racist’ local pubs are banning travellers… and demands the Prime Minister visit his home town to see for himself Tyson Fury filmed himself and travellers marching at protest in Morecambe Heavyweight champion demanded Prime Minister Boris Johnson see for himself ‘You … Read more
A coroner has called for a Home Office review into the sale of a ‘lethal compound’ marketed as diet pills that killed a 21-year-old man who consumed them. An inquest heard Vaidotas Gerbutavicius told his father he feared he would be ‘dead within an hour’ and that he felt a ‘burning sensation’ after ingesting several … Read more
Dental surgery is accused of ‘disgraceful profiteering’ by charging patients £5 for a face mask while BANNING them from using their own Patient Kevin Seggie, 58, branded the move by Guildhall Dental in Bury St Edmunds ‘disgraceful’ He says he was told he could not bring his own face mask to the appointment The Suffolk … Read more
A so-called coronavirus ‘denier’ who believes the pandemic which has cost the UK more than 45,000 lives so far is a hoax has been investigated by police after he put up a sign banning customers from wearing face masks inside his shop. Michael Schneider, 57, placed a sign on the window of his J.Voke Vintage Tearoom … Read more
TikTok is reportedly planning to sue the Trump administration over the president’s executive order banning the Chinese app from the US. The video-sharing service is prepared to file a federal lawsuit as early as Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of California, NPR reported Saturday, citing an unnamed source who was … Read more
International travel bans can be three times as effective at controlling the spread of coronavirus than quarantining incoming travellers, a study suggests. US, UK and Canadian researchers found crude blanket bans were easier to enforce, despite being unpopular and economically damaging. Asking arrivals to self-isolate, however, is hard to police and would inevitably lead to … Read more
Microsoft is ‘in talks’ to buy Chinese-owned TikTok after Trump said he is considering banning the video app in the US Sources told The New York Times that Microsoft could take over TikTok The tech firm is in talks with the Chinese-owned app to purchase the service The news comes as President Donald Trump is wrestling … Read more
President Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. is considering banning the social media app TikTok amid fears that it could be used by China to spy on Americans. ‘We’re looking at TikTok, we’re thinking about making a decision,’ he told reporters in the South Lawn before departing the White House for a day trip to … Read more