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Church leaders urge people to join daily ‘prayer for the nation’ and reflect on ‘enormity’ of pandemic after Britain hits ‘terrible milestone’ of 100,000 Covid deaths Archbishops of Canterbury and York call for a ‘prayer for the nation’ in February Justin Welby and Stephen Cottrell urged Britons to remember those who died Their message comes as … Read more
President Joe Biden is set to sign executive orders Tuesday afternoon that deal with ‘equity,’ including one that creates a national policing commission to prevent deaths like that of George Floyd.
Joe Biden will order national policing commission in wake of George Floyd’s death, restrict cops’ access to military equipment and sign order on housing equality as he stakes out agenda on race today By Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com Published: 18:22 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 18:24 GMT, 26 January 2021 … Read more
The offal truth! Scots’ hallowed national symbol the haggis might have been invented by the ENGLISH, writer claims Haggis is a national symbol in Scotland, lauded by the poet Robert Burns But a new claim puts the offal dish’s origins south of the border, with the first recipe reportedly being found in Lancashire in 1430 … Read more
National Grid may lose its role running Britain’s electricity system after 30 years in move that could knock £4.8bn off household bills by 2050 Ofgem said that a completely independent entity should replace National Grid It believes this would be more suited to lead the UK towards its climate targets It estimates this could also … Read more
The National Guard will maintain a presence in Washington, D.C. with a minimum of 5,000 troops remaining in the nation’s capital through at least mid-March, a spokesman revealed over the weekend. ‘As we continue to work to meet the final post-inauguration requirements, the National Guard has been requested to continue supporting federal law enforcement agencies … Read more
More than 15,000 National Guardsmen who have been occupying Washington DC are now being sent home but 7,000 will remain on duty until March because the ‘threat of right-wing extremism’ still lingers – as it’s revealed that troops were ordered out of the Capitol overnight by a single officer who didn’t have authority. Nearly 26,000 … Read more
Thousands of National Guardsmen have now been allowed to return to the US Capitol after images of them sleeping outside and in a nearby parking garage overnight sparked outrage 24 hours after the inauguration. Capitol Police were forced to apologize late on Thursday after it emerged they had asked the troops brought in to protect … Read more
Thousands of National Guardsmen were on Thursday forced to sleep outside and in a parking lot after being told to leave the Capitol building they had successfully protected just 24 hours earlier. Up to 5,000 troops were kept in the garage with just a single power outlet, without internet and with one bathroom with two stalls, … Read more
Thousands of National Guardsmen were on Thursday forced to sleep outside and in a parking lot after being told to leave the Capitol building they had successfully protected just 24 hours earlier. Up to 5,000 troops were kept in the garage with just a single power outlet, without internet and with one bathroom with two stalls, … Read more