Jurors heard that a dying victim made a tragic recording for his family saying that he was sorry and that he couldn’t take care of them. That he couldn’t breathe and to have a good life. A trial at the Old Bailey heard gruelling details of the last hours of the lives of 39 migrantsContinue reading “Final Hours Of 39 Migrants Recorded In Anguished Phone Calls”
Author Archives: Angela Lloyd
Audience Blasts Boris Johnson Critics
Fiona Bruce, the host of Question Time, spoke to a virtual audience from Coventry along with a delegation of politicians and professionals. On the panel was Gillian Keegan MP, Andy Burnham, Dame Donna Kinnair, Yanis Varoufakis and Michael Portillo. The BBC’s weekly debate show saw an audience member praise the Prime Minister for dealing withContinue reading “Audience Blasts Boris Johnson Critics”
‘Let’s go, Joe!’ Donald Trump Challenges Joe Biden To In-Person Debate
President Donald Trump has challenged Joe Biden to an in-person debate, after the independent commission that organises the debates moved next weeks event online out of health concerns. Donald Trump has declined to partake in the October 15 debate if it’s conducted virtually, but on Thursday night he told Fox News host Sean Hannity thatContinue reading “‘Let’s go, Joe!’ Donald Trump Challenges Joe Biden To In-Person Debate”
Donald Trump Sows Confusion On Stimulus Talks With Democrats
Donald Trump sowed confusion over stimulus talks on Tuesday, breaking off negotiations with congressional Democrats on a new US aid package before switching course and attempting to draw lawmakers back into discussions. The US president’s mixed messages, delivered in a flurry of tweets, came a day after he returned to the White House following threeContinue reading “Donald Trump Sows Confusion On Stimulus Talks With Democrats”
Killer in Canada Who Dismembered Rich Relative Gets 10-Year Sentence
It was a peaceful Saturday in 2015 in one of Vancouver’s most affluent enclaves when a Chinese immigrant told police he snapped. He shot dead his bullying, philandering relative outside the victims $6 million hillside mansion, then he chopped the body into 108 pieces. Judge Terence Schultes of the Supreme Court of British Columbia sentencedContinue reading “Killer in Canada Who Dismembered Rich Relative Gets 10-Year Sentence”
Donald Trump May Be Prematurely Declaring Victory Over The Coronavirus
As is usually the case with new coronavirus infections, it’s not apparent when President Trump first contracted the virus or from whom and because of the uncertain starting point that typically accompanies a confirmed case, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention uses either a positive test or the first manifestation of symptoms of COVIDContinue reading “Donald Trump May Be Prematurely Declaring Victory Over The Coronavirus”
Bill To Prohibit Marriage For Under-18s In England And Wales
Parliament will be told today that the UK is undermining its international steps to terminate child marriage because an exception to the law in England and Wales that permits 16 and 17-year-olds to marry with parental consent is putting children at risk. Pauline Latham MP will ask the House to back a bill illegalising childContinue reading “Bill To Prohibit Marriage For Under-18s In England And Wales”
Voters Rate Sir Keir Starmer Ahead Of Boris Johnson On Competence
Polling has indicated that voters most generally think of Boris Johnson as inept and out of his depth while they believe Sir Keir Starmer principled and realistic. A survey by Lord Ashcroft, the pollster and Tory peer, indicated that the Prime Minister was most frequently associated with adverse characteristics, while the Labour leader was typicallyContinue reading “Voters Rate Sir Keir Starmer Ahead Of Boris Johnson On Competence”
Boris Johnson Promises Social Distancing Will End Within A Year
In a brave address to the Tory faithful in a virtual party conference, Boris Johnson said his Government were working for the day life is back to normal, and that the country must use the huge opportunities now to push through change. The Prime Minister pledged to build back better and make Britain the mostContinue reading “Boris Johnson Promises Social Distancing Will End Within A Year”
Trump Ridiculed For Signing Blank Paper
The Trump administration’s credibility crisis persists as the president is ridiculed for seemingly signing a blank piece of paper with a marker in photographs taken at the Walter Reed Military Hospital, in a futile attempt to show him working while fighting coronavirus. On Saturday night, the White House released photographs of Donald Trump appearing hardContinue reading “Trump Ridiculed For Signing Blank Paper”