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BBC blasted for Black Lives Matter protests ‘largely peaceful’ headline despite 27 officers injured

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The BBC were last night blasted for labelling Black Lives Matter protests in London as ‘largely peaceful’ after 27 police officers were injured – including one officer who was pictured bleeding from the head.   Violent scenes showed police officers injured on the streets and others being pelted by objects as they ran for safety as … Read more

Rural America is facing higher coronavirus death rates than major US cities largely due to age

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Rural America is seeing higher death rates from the novel coronavirus than its urban counterparts because of an aging population, a new report suggests. The research examined the impact of age on the potential death rate in each US county. A demographer found that more than half of the country’s rural counties would have significantly … Read more

Hubei officials say they have largely contained coronavirus outbreak

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The Chinese province of Hubei has largely contained the coronavirus outbreak, according to the local government. Officials today changed the risk level of the former epicentre Wuhan from ‘high’ to ‘medium’. A government spokesperson said ‘main battlefield’ Wuhan and the rest of Hubei had achieved ‘important periodical result’ in stemming the epidemic, but warned of … Read more