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NHS investigation launched after bag of Covid-19 test samples found on road2020-07-09
The Independent: The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. An NHS investigation has been launched after a bag of Covid-19 test samples was found by a member of the public on...
Education secretary abandons Tony Blair's policy to send 50% of young people to university2020-07-09
The Independent: Gavin Williamson has abandoned Tony Blair’s pledge to send 50 per cent of young people into university, as he claimed there was an “inbuilt snobbishness” about higher being better than further education. Tearing up the two-decade old policy, the education...
Gyms and leisure centres set to reopen within days in further easing of lockdown2020-07-09
The Independent: The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. Gyms and leisure centres look set to reopen within days, with beauty salons returning soon after, as the...
Dominic Cummings must face parliament questioning if he plays role in UK defence policy, senior ...2020-07-09
The Independent: The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. Dominic Cummings must be subjected to questioning by parliament if he is to play a formal role in UK defence...
UK's Huawei VP insists staff 'free to express views' - but says he has no ...2020-07-09
The Independent: Huawei’s UK vice president has insisted employees at the company are free to express their views – before claiming he did not have a view on China’s imposition of a new draconian security law for Hong Kong. It comes as Boris Johnson and senior ministers...
Police launch murder probe after teenager killed in south London stabbing2020-07-09
The Independent: The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. The MetropolitanPolice has launched a murder inquiry after a teenager was stabbed to death in South London in...
Chancellor’s mini-budget offers ‘no hope or support’ for self employed, unions warn2020-07-08
The Independent: The chancellor’s emergency ‘mini-budget’ has left millions of freelancers and self employed people with “no hope and no support”, union officials have warned. Rishi Sunak announced a raft of measures to support sectors that have struggled from the economic...
Leicester politicians reject Boris Johnson’s attempt to blame mayor for factory exploitation2020-07-08
The Independent: The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. Politicians in Leicester have refuted and criticised Boris Johnson’s attempt to blame the local mayor for the...
Former Labour MP Chuka Umunna joins communications firm Edelman as executive director2020-07-08
The Independent: Former Labour MP Chuka Umunna has been appointed as executive director and head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) consultancy offers at Edelman, the communications firm has announced. The former Independent columnist and shadow business secretary...
Bianca Williams: Metropolitan Police refers itself to watchdog after stopping Team GB athlete's car2020-07-07
The Independent: The MetropolitanPolice has referred itself to the police watchdog over the actions of its officers in a stop and search involving athlete BiancaWilliams. The 26-year-old Team GB sprinter was dragged from the vehicle and handcuffed in Maida Vale, West London...
Charlie Elphicke: Woman describes being chased after alleged sexual assault2020-07-07
The Independent: The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. A woman has described being chased around former Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke’s home after he groped her while...
Vandals deface Lord Nelson statue after it appeared on protestors' hit list as police identify ...2020-07-07
The Daily Mail: Vandals have defaced a statue of Admiral Lord Nelson, Britain's foremost naval hero, in an act thought to have been inspired by Black Lives Matter. The Grade II-listed monument, which stands in the grounds of Norwich Cathedral, was sprayed with a black 'V' in...
On This Day: 8 July 20112020-07-07
USA Today: The final film in the massively successful "Harry Potter" franchise premiered in London's Trafalgar Square. (July 7)         ......
UK’s arts venues get $2B rescue package2020-07-07
The Oklahoman: LONDON — The British government has announced more than 1.5 billion pounds (almost $2 billion) to help the country’s renowned arts and cultural institutions recover from the coronavirus pandemic, after some theaters and music venues warned that without support...