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UK’s Covid travel restrictions to be dropped despite rise in cases
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All remaining Covid travel restrictions are to be dropped across the UK from later this week, despite a concerning rise in cases and hospitalisations. Ministers approved the scrapping of passenger locator forms and th...
Colbert on the US heatwave: ‘It’s so hot, the Statue of Liberty dropped the toga’
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On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert addressed the surprise reversal of Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction, after the Pennsylvania supreme court ruled that an earlier no-prosecution agreement prevented him from being...
Sea Power: Why we dropped the word ‘British’ from our name
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This week our band announced we were modifying our name from British Sea Power to just Sea Power. This announcement was soon trending on Twitter and triggered more news coverage than we imagined possible – from the Gu...
UK companies claiming furlough dropped by 12,000 in Februarie
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The number of companies claiming furlough dropped between January and February but more than 840,000 still depend on state support to pay staff. Revised figures published by HM Revenue & Customs showed that nearly...
Mason Greenwood dropped by Nike after Manchester United player’s arrest
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Nike has terminated its endorsement agreement with the Manchester United and England striker Mason Greenwood, the sportswear firm has announced. Greenwood was released on bail last week after being questioned over the...
Covid: Quarantine for Britons vaccinated abroad to be dropped
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Britons who have been double-vaccinated abroad will soon be able to travel to the UK more easily, as the government prepares to recognise jabs administered overseas. Current restrictions mean only those who have been ...
Most charges against George Floyd protesters dropped, analysis shows
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The vast majority of citations and charges against George Floyd protesters were ultimately dropped, dismissed or otherwise not filed, according to a Guardian analysis of law enforcement records and media reports in a ...
Murder charges dropped against Texas woman for ‘self-induced abortion’
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The woman who was thrown in jail on a murder charge in Texas for allegedly having caused the “death of an individual by self-induced abortion” has been released after the local district attorney dropped the case. Lize...
Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers cite Cosby case in bid to have charges dropped
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Lawyers for the disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell have asked a judge to throw out her case on sex trafficking charges, citing the recent release from prison of actor Bill Cosby. Cosby, 83, was convicted in 2018 of...
Like a phone dropped in the North Sea, Vardy v Rooney is full of absolute gold
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There are battles. There are libel battles. And then there is … Wagnarok. Yesterday afternoon, several hours into her cross-examination in the high court, Rebekah Vardy returned from an emotional break in proceedings ...
A Trump bombshell quietly dropped last week. And it should shock us all
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We’ve become so inured to Donald Trump’s proto-fascism that we barely blink an eye when we learn that he tried to manipulate the 2020 verkiesing. Yet the most recent revelation should frighten every American to their co...
Praatperde: jockeys’ body calls for Dunne proceedings to be dropped
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The Professional Jockeys’ Association has called on the British Horseracing Authority to abandon its disciplinary proceedings against the jockey Robbie Dunne, after the Sunday Times released a second set of leaked det...
Michael Vaughan het van BT Sport se Ashes-dekking gedaal op 'n dag van gemengde welvaart
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Michael Vaughan is uit BT Sport se Ashes-dekking gelaat weens sy betrokkenheid by die voortgesette ondersoek na rassisme by Yorkshire-krieket. Maar op 'n dag van gemengde welvaart vir die voormalige Engelse kaptein, ...
Rugby league’s players’ union calls for Easter double-headers to be dropped
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The traditional Easter double-header this year could be the last time fans get to experience one of the highlights of the Super League calendar amid a player-led push to improve welfare. The Rugby League Players Assoc...
Rape case against Met police officer dropped
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A Metropolitan police officer has been cleared of rape after prosecutors dropped the case against him. PC Adam Zaman, 28, of Romford, Oos -Londen, was accused of raping a woman at the Andaz Hotel in Liverpool Street, ...
Tracy-Ann Oberman: ‘My dad dropped dead in my arms at home. It was like an episode of Casualty’
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Gebore in Londen, Tracy-Ann Oberman, 55, spent her early career with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her television work includes EastEnders, Friday Night Dinner, It’s A Sin and the forthcoming Ridley Road. She writes BB...