Month: October 2020

Big family reunions may be banned at Christmas in England as the coronavirus second wave could last until March, a senior minister has warned. Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said people should prepare now for the “realistic” prospect that high numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths continue, so a normal festive period “won’t be achievable”. His
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Joe Biden has criticised ongoing unrest and looting in Philadelphia after casting his vote in the US presidential election. The Democratic candidate made the comments on Wednesday at a polling station in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was accompanied by his wife Jill. He told reporters there was “no excuse whatsoever” for the chaos in Philadelphia,
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In a first, NASA scientists have spotted a molecule of cyclopropenylidene (C3H2) in the atmosphere of the largest of Saturn’s 62 moons, Titan. Calling this development ‘unexpected’, scientists claim that this is the first time that they have detected this molecule in an atmosphere. They found C3H2 by using a radio telescope observatory in northern
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Comic Relief will stop sending celebrities to film appeals in Africa after criticism of “white saviour” stereotypes.  It comes after TV presenter and Strictly Come Dancing winner Stacey Dooley travelled to the continent for the charity last year, prompting accusations that she was perpetuating “tired and unhelpful stereotypes”. Labour MP David Lammy, who is of
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The government is in danger of leaving it “too late” for a short national lockdown to be effective in driving down the rate of coronavirus infections, a member of its scientific advisory group has warned. Professor Andrew Hayward, from UCL’s institute of epidemiology and a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), told Sky News
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