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Boris Johnson is facing a cabinet row over his tougher coronavirus crackdown plans, according to reports, as Northern city leaders last night pleaded with ministers not to impose lockdown-style measures. Amid growing talk of a Tory back bench rebellion over his 10pm Covid curfew, The Prime Minister is reportedly facing a deepening split between senior ministers … Read more
Two Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters today pleaded guilty to their part in a demonstration that disrupted the distribution of national newspapers. Eleanor McAree, 26, of Brentwood, was also in breach of a nine-month conditional discharge imposed last December for an Extinction Rebellion protest in London. The second defendant, Will Farbrother, 39, of Walthamstow, also pleaded … Read more
Airlines plead for Covid tests at airports for all passengers globally to save industry By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:11 BST, 22 September 2020 | Updated: 23:27 BST, 22 September 2020 Airlines have pleaded for Covid-19 tests to be rolled out at airports so that the industry can begin to recover. The … Read more
Top CEOs tell Bill de Blasio to fix New York: Heads of 160 major corporations including Macy’s, Goldman Sachs and Lyft demand the mayor crack down on crime and improve quality of life so residents who have fled in droves will return Chief executives from companies Lyft, Macy’s, Goldman Sachs and more signed the letter … Read more
Extend emergency measures to end of the year, or risk seeing more UK firms go bust, business leaders plead By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 22:40 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 22:40 BST, 8 September 2020 Business leaders are pleading with ministers to extend emergency measures or risk firms across the country … Read more
Litter pickers battle scourge of plastic toys dumped on beaches as they plead with Britons to ‘leave only footprints’ Volunteers say the cheap toys are being seen as one-use items to be left behind Team collect the items with other litter to prevent them from entering the ocean Buckets, spades and other toys made of … Read more
Airlines BA, Virgin Atlantic, easyJet and TUI plead with Boris Johnson to introduce airport Covid tests to allow arrivals from ‘high risk’ nations like the US to bypass quarantine – as Greece and Croatia ‘are on the brink of being added to the red list’ They urged the Government to adopt a system similar to … Read more
Ministers are facing calls to order an inquiry into a ‘primitive’ treatment for depression that involves passing electric currents through the brain. Electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) has been used for almost a century to treat an array of psychiatric disorders including mania, catatonia and schizophrenia. But critics say evidence supporting its use is poor, while its … Read more
Desperate family plead for help in search for missing pet sitter, 39, who vanished more than two weeks ago Distraught family of missing pet sitter have begged for help finding her Alison Danks, 39, has been missing for more than two weeks Danks, who was last seen wearing a mustard anorak, runs Pet Care Solutions … Read more
The black Democrat mayors for Washington, DC, and Atlanta, Georgia, have both pleaded for an end to violent demonstrations as the shocking extent of the damage to cities across America is laid bare. Mayors pleaded on Sunday that protesters don’t ‘destroy our cities’ as rioters took to the streets in cities across America in the … Read more