England is to enter an immediate, legally enforceable lockdown akin to March 2020 due to alarmingly high Covid-19 numbers, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced this evening in a nationally televised address. The new lockdown will see mass school closures (with…
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Bringing the Jungle to the UK
It might be set in the infamous Calais refugee camp – but The Jungle is “full of life”, says playwright Joe Robertson. “Everything is happening on top of everything else – just as it was in The Jungle.” Robertson is…
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UK Viewers May Be Waiting A While To Watch New Teen Movie ‘Spontaneous’
Katherine Langford and Charlie Plummer star in this creepy high school romance. Adapted from Aaron Starmer’s 2016 novel, Spontaneous focuses on a high school grappling with a different kind of pandemic — one that results in dozens of teens spontaneously…
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Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Borat’ Sequel Streaming On Amazon Before Nov. 3 Election
NEW YORK (AP) — Borat is back. Sacha Baron Cohen has filmed a sequel to his 2006 film “Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” that Amazon plans to release before the election. The streaming…
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How UK museums are responding to Black Lives Matter
When museums in the UK start to reopen next month it will be to a new world: not just one of social distancing and mask-wearing, but one possibly entering a different cultural epoch. The death of the African-American George Floyd…
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Latex-clad ‘CDC inspectors’ and zipping clients into body bags — these are some of the requests a dominatrix has had in the pandemic
Victoria Rage is a dominatrix who has adapted both her in-person sessions and her digital ones to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the disease spread, some of her clients began to work the situation into their requests. In some instances, she…
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Record high abortion rates show the system is failing women
Written by Moya Crockett Moya is Contributing Women’s Editor at stylist.co.uk and Deputy Editor of Stylist Loves, Stylist’s daily email newsletter. Abortion rates for 2019 were the highest on record – with terminations rising most significantly among women in their…
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UK economy hardest hit in world's developed countries with 11.5% slump in 2020, predicts OECD
The UK economy is set to be the hardest hit among the world's developed countries due to the coronavirus pandemic, a leading international organisation has warned. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says Britain's economy is likely to…
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UK death toll rises to 36,393 after another 351 people have died
Another 351 people were confirmed dead across the UK today as its coronavirus death toll rises to 36,393. The Department of Health and Social Care recorded 351 deaths across all settings this afternoon, including hospitals and care homes. The NHS…
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Coronavirus lockdown pushes UK into biggest economic slowdown on record as global recession looms – The Sun
THE UK economy is set to shrink at an unprecedented rate after business activity this month dived at the fastest pace on record. It follows the widespread shutdown of non-essential businesses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus…
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