'Pretending there isn't a problem is part of the problem, Prime Minister' - Starmer slams test and tracing failures

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorWith Cineworld and Picturehouse cinemas temporarily closed in the UK from this past Friday, Cineworld Group CEO Mooky Greidinger has written to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking the government to reinstate the furlough program that benefited employees under the exhibition giant’s previous COVID-imposed closure, while also suggesting other measures to aid the industry.

 Bad Bunny  says, “I feel like I’m an athlete representing Puerto Rico in the Olympics.”While the world seems to know very little about his homeland, the recent hurricane forced Americans to learn a few basic facts they were never taught in school: Puerto Rico is a so-called commonwealth of the United States, and Puerto Ricans are so-called citizens, even though they can’t vote for president and have no voting representatives in Congress.But when most people think of Puerto Rico, according to

Perth woman who befriended a man during the coronavirus lockdown was sexually assaulted by him as he stalked her for more than five months. Forty-two-year-old Barrie Cameron later struggled violently with police officers as they tried to arrest him.Perth Sheriff Court was told that on one occasion he barged into her home and repeatedly banged on the walls.Police investigate spate of bike thefts in city The sexual assault took place in Perth city centre when he struck her on the buttocks.

BRUSSELS — A lawmaker in Belgium last week became Europe’s highest-ranking transgender politician.

Richard Leonard has claimed his party’s “pro choice” position on indyref2 at the general election did not work.

John Prine has slammed Donald Trump as a “fucking idiot”, after the American musician died of coronavirus earlier this year.Prine passed away in Nashville in April this year, with his passing prompting an outpouring of tributes from the likes of Elvis Costello and Roger Waters.His widow, Fiona Whelan Prine, reacted angrily after Trump boasted about his handling of the crisis during Tuesday night’s first presidential debate with Joe Biden.“Can someone get that f****** idiot off the stage.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will outline his plans to protect millions of jobs on Thursday after intense opposition insisted more needed to be done in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. The move came as La bour leader Keir Starmer ramped up calls for a plan B for the coronavirus economy, and the SNP made demands in the Commons for the UK Government’s Job Retention Scheme to be extended.

hereAnd I know that faced with that risk, the British people will want their government to continue to fight to protect them, you, and that is what we are doing, night and day.

Wigan Athletic in League One and teams such as Bolton Wanderers and Salford City in League Two, might not see fans back in stadiums until 2021.

Labour leader Keir Starmer has said that his party will support the latest measures to tackle the rising coronavirus infection rate in the UK.A raft of new restrictions announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson today included a 10pm closing time for pubs, bars and restaurants, and a request for office workers to once again work from home where possible.During his speech in the House of Commons this afternoon, Boris Johnson also announced that weddings would be limited to a maximum of 15 people,

warned it will be the 'nail in the coffin' for them, and one Manchester bar has already closed, saying trying to stay open 'would inevitably destroy us'.

coronavirus pandemic - he criticised the UK for having "one of the highest death rates in the world" from coronavirus. Sir Keir said a second national lockdown would be a “sign of government failure, not an act of God” that would take an “immense toll” on public health and the economy.Speaking from Doncaster, the Labour leader said: “The warnings yesterday from the government’s advisers were stark.

08.30am - Boris Johnson chairs UK cabinet to sign off new lockdown measures which could be a mild as making pubs close at 10pm in England from Thursday and limiting pubs to table service only.09.00am - Keir Starmer makes a speech in Doncaster to the online Labour conference, before rushing back to the Commons.