Boris Johnson is facing a Red Wall revolt after a new Covid crackdown stopped friends meeting for a drink. With 16 million Britons now under draconian restrictions, Tory MPs warned of ‘national lockdown by default’. Health Secretary Matt Hancock yesterday banned two million people in the North East from socialising anywhere indoors. Although pubs and … Read more
Tougher restrictions banning people from mixing between households in any setting will be introduced in large parts of north-east England, the Health Secretary has said. Speaking in the House of Commons, Matt Hancock said the existing measures – for Northumberland, Newcastle, North and South Tyneside, Gateshead, Sunderland and County Durham – were being tightened at … Read more
Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury leads chanting protesters on a march through Morecambe claiming ‘racist’ local pubs are banning travellers… and demands the Prime Minister visit his home town to see for himself Tyson Fury filmed himself and travellers marching at protest in Morecambe Heavyweight champion demanded Prime Minister Boris Johnson see for himself ‘You … Read more
TikTok is reportedly planning to sue the Trump administration over the president’s executive order banning the Chinese app from the US. The video-sharing service is prepared to file a federal lawsuit as early as Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of California, NPR reported Saturday, citing an unnamed source who was … Read more
BREAKING: TikTok will sue Trump over his executive order banning the Chinese app from the US, insider says – claiming it is unconstitutional and based on ‘pure speculation and conjecture’ TikTok is prepared to file a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration as early as Tuesday, NPR reported Saturday A source said TikTok will argue … Read more
International travel bans can be three times as effective at controlling the spread of coronavirus than quarantining incoming travellers, a study suggests. US, UK and Canadian researchers found crude blanket bans were easier to enforce, despite being unpopular and economically damaging. Asking arrivals to self-isolate, however, is hard to police and would inevitably lead to … Read more
International travel bans can be three times as effective at controlling the spread of coronavirus than quarantining incoming travellers, a study suggests. US, UK and Canadian researchers found crude blanket bans were easier to enforce, despite being unpopular and economically damaging. Asking arrivals to self-isolate, however, is hard to police and would inevitably lead to … Read more
Microsoft is ‘in talks’ to buy Chinese-owned TikTok after Trump said he is considering banning the video app in the US Sources told The New York Times that Microsoft could take over TikTok The tech firm is in talks with the Chinese-owned app to purchase the service The news comes as President Donald Trump is wrestling … Read more
Roughly five hours after an internal email went out Friday to Amazon employees telling them to delete the popular video app TikTok from their phones, the online retailing giant appeared to backtrack, calling the ban a mistake. ‘This morning’s email to some of our employees was sent in error,’ Amazon emailed reporters just before 5pm … Read more
The United States is ‘looking into’ banning TikTok amid concerns the social media platform poses a threat to national security, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late Monday. Pompeo told Fox News’ Laura Ingram that he and President Trump are taking claims the app collects users’ cellphone data and then shares the information directly with … Read more