News bulletin 2022/01/13 10:14

The Guardian
For disabled people, the hasty lifting of all plan B restrictions is devastating
For disabled people, the hasty lifting of all plan B restrictions is devastating . A caring society would have made this group a priority. However, a cavalier prime minister thought differently
2 days ago
PA Media: UK News
New Sky Sabre air defence missile system unveiled by Army
The Rapier missile system has been retired after 50 years of service.
5 hours ago
York Press
York WILL have memorial to Covid pandemic - but not in new woodland
A LASTING memorial to mark the Covid pandemic will not be created in York’s Community Woodland, as some campaigners had hoped.
6 hours ago
PA Media: UK News
Johnson’s wait continues for partygate report which could be key to his future
Boris Johnson went on a planned visit to North Wales with no sign yet of senior official Sue Gray producing her report on lockdown parties in No 10.
8 hours ago
Evening Standard
Give half of young people apprenticeships to level up the country, says MP
Ex-minister Jake Berry said the promise would replicate Tony Blair’s ‘game changing’ pledge to send 50% of young people to university.
a day ago
The Independent
Journalists across Mexico protest killings of 3 this year
The photographs of three recently murdered journalists have been hung on a barrier outside Mexico’s National Palace and journalists across the country say they plan demonstrations to protest the slayings
2 days ago
Euronews
Dining with the undead in Riyadh, Saudi
A restaurant in Saudi Arabia is offering patrons in the conservative kingdom a unique experience -- dishes with a side of skull and blood in the company of zombies and vampires.View on euronews
7 hours ago
Evening Standard
Nellie Smith: schoolgirl, 13, missing in north London after visiting grandmother
Nellie Smith, 13, went missing from Horsham, west Sussex after visiting her grandmother on Thursday January 20 at 7pm. Scotland Yard believe she is somewhere in north London, most likely Barnet, Harrow or Brent. Sussex Police said in an appeal she may have travelled to the capital by herself to meet her mother.
2 days ago
Digital Spy
90 Day Fiancé fires Alina Kozhevnikova over offensive social media posts
90 Day Fiancé has axed Alina Kozhevnikova from its spin-off series Before the 90 Days after she was accused of making racist comments on social media.
6 hours ago
The Telegraph
Wyn Calvin, beloved Welsh comedian who took the art of playing the pantomime dame to new heights – obituary
Wyn Calvin, who has died aged 96, was invariably billed as “The Welsh Prince of Laughter” but he was also acclaimed “the Laurence Olivier of pantomime dames”.
a day ago
Euronews
Germany considers banning Telegram app, accused of facilitating hate speech
As Germany starts debating whether to make the Covid vaccine mandatory, it is also considering banning the messenger app Telegram, a hotbed for conspiracy theorists. View on euronews
a day ago
PA Media: Video
Lisa Nandy: Labour will take every step to ensure Sue Gray report is published in full
Lisa Nandy says the Labour Party will not rest until the Sue Gray report into Downing Street parties has been published in full. Ms Nandy said the British public deserve answers and "we will take every step that we can to make sure that information is in the public domain".
10 hours ago
The Telegraph
Cancel the croissant, we should all be having a full English
When even The Wolseley, the grand London restaurant fabled for its full English fry-up, served with toast on a rack and a silver-plated tea pot, is in danger of shutting up shop, it’s time to worry. The old-fashioned breakfast – once a home habit or a on-the-way-to-work treat has fallen out of favour and might never recover.
a day ago
The Independent
Los Angeles City Council approves phaseout of oil drilling
The Los Angeles City Council has approved a measure to ban new oil and gas wells and phase out existing ones
a day ago
The Independent
Travel testing abolished for fully vaccinated travellers to the UK: the key questions
Hoping for a refund on a test already ordered? Most providers will keep some or all of your cash
2 days ago
Lancashire Telegraph
Accrington from the air before the Arndale came to town
This great aerial view shows part of Accrington town centre in the early 1980s.
17 hours ago
Yahoo UK News Video
Boris Johnson makes ‘despicable fat joke’ after calls to resign over Partygate scandal
The prime minister was criticised over his retort to SNP leader Ian Blackford, who called on him to resign over the Partygate scandal.
a day ago
The Independent
Mark Labbett storms off The Chase after losing in final chase
Mark Labbett storms off The Chase after losing in final chase
8 hours ago
PA Media: UK News
Labour selects nurse Paulette Hamilton to contest the late Jack Dromey’s seat
The former leading trade unionist died from natural causes earlier in January.
19 hours ago
The Independent
What is the political make up of the Supreme Court, and how are justices selected?
The US Senate can confirm Stephen Breyer’s replacement without a single Republican vote
6 hours ago

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