Month: October 2020

Row over OBEs for Sage experts: Several members of the Government’s scientific advisory committee are given gongs in Queen’s honours – despite the possibility that their advice might be subject … Read More

JCB worker, 53, who was driven to drink by being furloughed was found dead at foot of the stairs by his wife after suffering cardiac arrest triggered by excess alcohol, … Read More

BCG vaccine is given to 1,000 people in Exeter University trial to test claims that it helps fight Covid by stimulating the immune system The Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine will … Read More

Crop loss estimates from a rare wind storm that slammed Iowa in August have increased by more than 50% ByThe Associated Press October 10, 2020, 4:26 PM • 2 min … Read More

REVEALED: Google is handing ‘users’ personal information to police if they search keywords related to an investigation’ CNET reports that police are issuing Google with ‘keyboard warrants’, forcing them to … Read More

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is dismissing the latest White House offer in COVID-19 aid talks as “one step forward, two steps back.” By ANDREW TAYLOR and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press … Read More

Spanish rally co-driver Laura Salvo dies in crash aged 21: Horror at Rally Videiro in Portugal as car careers off road and smashes into a pine tree Laura Salvo, 21, … Read More

David Attenborough’s ‘racist’ gong is given a makeover after complaints it shows a white angel crushing a black man in chains (even though the horned figure actually represents the DEVIL) … Read More

Anti-lockdown activists march on Edinburgh and London as pub staff dump unused ice outside Holyrood over Scotland’s strict Covid measures – and protesters clash with police in Dublin Hundreds of … Read More

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