The BBC‘s new Director-General has told staff if they want to be opinionated columnists or a partisan campaigners on social media they ‘should not be working at the BBC’. Tim Davie, who took over this week, said the broadcaster needed to ‘urgently champion and recommit to impartiality’. He insisted his drive was ‘about being free … Read more
BUSINESS LIVE: FTSE 100 on the rise; Melrose warns of GKN job cuts; SSE fined £2m; Jet2 to add more flights Melrose says GKN Aerospace on track for ‘better performance’ in 2021 FTSE 100-listed firm Melrose said it plans to cut a ‘significant’ number of jobs By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: 08:27 BST, 3 … Read more
National Grid boss warns Britain risks power blackouts due to a decaying electricity network as he asks Ofgem for right to raise customers’ bills Sheffield is at heightened risk of blackouts, as it is served by just two power lines Should one fail, the city could only rely on the other to provide all of … Read more
Boris Johnson today warned there is going to be ‘more of this wretched Covid still to come’ as he convened his Cabinet and told ministers ‘bit by bit’ the UK is ‘getting back on its feet’. The Prime Minister told his top team that ‘we know there will be more outbreaks’ but he is ‘absolutely … Read more
Britain’s first black chief constable warns George Floyd-style killing could happen in UK and says there is ‘no evidence’ that stop and search tactics reduce crime Ex-Kent Police chief constable Michael Fuller warns of George Floyd-style killing Also says there is no evidence to prove that stop and search is preventing crime Comes as Black Lives … Read more
Civil servants ‘may go on strike’ if they’re forced to go back into the office, union head warns More than 95 per cent of civil servants worked from home during the lockdown Mr Johnson is expected to tell ministers to accelerate the process this week But Mark Serwotka said they would be ‘prepared to consider … Read more
More pandemic-causing diseases are likely to jump from animals to humans in the near future because of modern lifestyles, a top professor warned today. Sarah Gilbert, the brains behind Oxford University’s Covid vaccine, said rising world travel and growing populations drove up the risk of outbreaks of zootonic infections. Animal-borne diseases have become more common … Read more
Students taking GCSE and A-level exams next summer are facing 50/50 chance they could be scrapped AGAIN with marks awarded on teacher assessments instead, Tory MP warns By Katie Feehan For Mailonline Published: 11:53 BST, 30 August 2020 | Updated: 11:54 BST, 30 August 2020 Students taking GCSE and A-Level exams next summer are facing … Read more
Ministers must block attempts by Home Office lawyers to ‘censor’ mainstream news publications, warns Tory committee chairman Julian Knight wrote to Culture Minister John Whittingdale over proposed laws He also called for ‘tech levy’ on companies such as Facebook to pay news outlets The Home Office has said a ‘publishers’ exemption’ would create ‘loopholes’ By Glen … Read more
France has seen its highest number of coronavirus cases in five months as Emmanuel Macron insisted the country was doing ‘everything to avoid another lockdown’. Some 7,379 people were found to have been infected with the virus across the Channel on Friday – just shy of the record 7,578 high set on March 31. The … Read more