JOHN HUMPHRYS: I couldn’t work with Prince Harry when he guest edited BBC Radio 4’s Today programme

Covid has affected everyone, but one group of workers has been especially hit. They can no longer do what they have done for generations, if not centuries. And yet their plight has attracted surprisingly little attention, let alone concern.  They are members of the Royal Family. Their job is mostly to rush around the country … Read more

JOHN HUMPHRYS: I couldn’t work with Prince Harry when he guest edited BBC Radio 4’s Today programme

Covid has affected everyone, but one group of workers has been especially hit. They can no longer do what they have done for generations, if not centuries. And yet their plight has attracted surprisingly little attention, let alone concern.  They are members of the Royal Family. Their job is mostly to rush around the country … Read more

China uses Uighur forced labour to make face masks as part of Muslim re-education programme

China is forcing Uighur labour to mass produce face masks as part of the country’s Muslim ‘re-education’ programme during the coronavirus pandemic, a report has revealed. Chinese companies are using Uighur workers through a controversial government-sponsored programme which humanitarian campaigners call a form of forced labour, according to a New York Times visual investigation. It comes as … Read more

Government’s test and trace programme broke data protection law, rights group says

Government’s ‘reckless, rushed-out’ test and trace programme breaks data protection law, rights group says Department of Health admitted it did not carry out privacy impact assessment  This has led campaigners to claim test and trace programme breaks data laws The government insists that there is no evidence of data being used unlawfully  By Danyal Hussain … Read more

Coronavirus: UK plans ‘biggest flu vaccination programme ever’

Ministers are preparing to roll out the ‘biggest flu vaccination programme in history’, the Health Secretary promised today. Matt Hancock claimed Number 10 had procured enough jabs to vaccinate a record-breaking number of Britons on the NHS this winter. Experts have warned that a flu outbreak in the colder months could wreak havoc on the NHS, … Read more

Britain is gearing up to roll out ‘biggest flu vaccination programme in history’

Ministers are preparing to roll out the ‘biggest flu vaccination programme in history’, the Health Secretary promised today. Matt Hancock claimed Number 10 had procured enough jabs to vaccinate a record-breaking number of Britons on the NHS this winter. Experts have warned that a flu outbreak in the colder months could wreak havoc on the NHS, … Read more

Former Newsround boss is announced as replacement for Radio 4’s Today programme

BBC Radio 4’s PM programme editor will move to the Today show from September, replacing current editor Sarah Sands.  Bafta and International Emmy award-winning editor Ms Griffiths has more than 25 years’ journalistic experience, having previously led teams at Newsround and the World at One. She previously worked for the Today programme for nine years.  … Read more

Boris Johnson unveils massive programme to construct schools, hospitals and roads 

Boris Johnson will today promise a ‘New Deal’ to rebuild Britain. As a major English city is plunged back into a local lockdown, the Prime Minister will pledge to ‘build, build, build’, bringing forward a massive programme of public works. He will say Britain can ‘not just bounce back, but bounce forward – stronger and better … Read more

Boris Johnson unveils massive programme to construct schools, hospitals and roads 

Boris Johnson will today promise a ‘New Deal’ to rebuild Britain. As a major English city is plunged back into a local lockdown, the Prime Minister will pledge to ‘build, build, build’, bringing forward a massive programme of public works. He will say Britain can ‘not just bounce back, but bounce forward – stronger and better … Read more

Sir David Attenborough ‘is working on new BBC nature programme at home amid coronavirus crisis’

Sir David Attenborough, 94, ‘is working on BBC nature programme at home by filming in his garden and recording in a homemade sound-proof room amid coronavirus crisis’ By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 01:31 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 01:33 BST, 17 June 2020 Sir David Attenborough is reportedly working on his forthcoming BBC … Read more