MPs urge Rishi Sunak to bring in four-day week in bid to tackle unemployment

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is being urged to consider a four-day working week as part of efforts to overhaul the economy after the coronavirus pandemic. A letter signed by MPs including former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell, Green MP Caroline Lucas and Guardian columnist Owen Jones, argues for reducing working hours so that ‘work is shared … Read more

Dramatic moment police tackle anti-French protester to the ground in London

This is the dramatic moment police tackled a demonstrator to the ground as he appeared to try and run towards Emmanuel Macron‘s motorcade in London this afternoon.  The man is thought to have tried to run after the President’s car convoy during his high-profile visit to the capital today, as part of a protest against … Read more

Unilever giving £900m to projects to tackle climate change

Unilever giving £900m to projects to tackle climate change and other environmental issues By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:21 BST, 15 June 2020 | Updated: 22:21 BST, 15 June 2020 Unilever is giving £900m to projects to tackle climate change and other environmental issues.  The consumer goods giant behind brands from Marmite … Read more

Donald Trump will unveil plan to tackle ‘aggressive policing tactics’ at the White House on Tuesday

Donald Trump will unveil plan to tackle ‘aggressive policing tactics’ at the White House on Tuesday and meet black families who have suffered at cops’ hands – but will NOT use words ‘systemic racism’ in new executive order Donald Trump said Monday that he will unveil a police reform executive order during a Rose Garden … Read more

Boris Johnson says UK needs to tackle inequality rather than trying to ‘rewrite the past’

Boris Johnson said he will resist attempts to tear down Winston Churchill’s statue ‘with every breath in his body’ after the structure was attacked by anti-fascist and Black Lives Matter protesters.  Mr Johnson said it is ‘the height of lunacy’ to accuse the wartime leader – who was Prime Minister twice – of racism after he … Read more

Law & Order: SVU to tackle George Floyd killing and COVID-19 pandemic when it returns for season 22

Law & Order: SVU to tackle George Floyd killing and COVID-19 pandemic when show returns for season 22 By Glenn Garner For Dailymail.com Published: 01:18 BST, 6 June 2020 | Updated: 01:18 BST, 6 June 2020 Hollywood is still on lockdown as productions are halted amid the growing coronavirus pandemic. But several shows are ready … Read more

NHS contact tracing system to tackle coronavirus is STILL not working properly

The Government’s coronavirus test and trace system remains in chaos today with staff battling against a failing operating system and unable to start work.  People working in the system, which was supposed to be fully operational by June 1, say they have not contacted anyone in the two weeks since they started work. And employees … Read more

Former Vogue editor says coronavirus could help tackle ‘overproduction’ in fashion 

Ex British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman says lockdown could HELP the fashion industry because there are ‘too many brands’ – and predicts a ‘boom’ in clothes sales once shops open Long-serving editor of British Vogue Alexandra Shulman, 62, appeared on Good Morning Britain to dicuss the effect coronavirus will have on the fashion industry Told the … Read more

Twenty fire engines and 125 firefighters tackle huge fire on an industrial estate in east London 

Twenty fire engines and 125 firefighters tackle huge fire on an industrial estate in east London Officers were called to a single storey warehouse on Alfreds Way on Friday Fire crews from Barking, East Ham, Dagenham, Plaistow, Ilford at the scene Twenty fire engines and around 125 firefighters are tacking the fire this evening  By … Read more