When will the police appreciate (and stick to) the extent of their powers?: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-56039285 Police were left "outnumbered" and "hugely frustrated" when hundreds of...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55771996 People who queued for two hours after driving 20 miles to get milk from a farm's vending machine have been fined for breaching lockdown rules. “All of...
In a question yesterday, it was suggested that the UK could learn lessons from three Asian countries when trying to control the virus. One of them was China. So is this the way to go? Who would like...
There are around 26 million people in the UK aged 50 and over (which I believe is the target age group for vaccinations at least initially). This week 130,000 (0.5%) of that number were vaccinated....
I thought of adding further comments to this question: https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1726504.html but decided to add (yet) another for today's entertainment. My comments are (as usual)...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-54285720 “Universities have now pledged to make it "absolutely clear" to students that there must be no parties.” There must be no parties....
On 1st July the published number (cumulative) of Covid cases in the UK was 313,483. I could not find yesterday's figures. Today the total number of cases up to yesterday is 283,757 - a figure that by...
The thingy that keeps ditching me from AB and telling me I have won a major prize (from a BT draw or something) is back. Twice in the last ten minutes. https://eu.retailxirce.xyz/.....plus a load of...
My old mate's laptop has broken and he won't have one for a few weeks. I want to send him a "lockdown newsletter", far too long to type on a screen not much bigger than a postage stamp. He has a...
I have long had the suspicion that many of the government's plans for dealing with Coronavirus were scribbled on the back of a fag packet. Now I'm convinced. This is from "a government advisor": "Eyal...
The Prime Minister, it seems, referred to Nicola Sturgeon as "That bloody Wee Jimmie Krankie woman". https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5253505/boris-johnson-nicola-sturgeon-jimmy-krankie/ Some...
“I will wish to object in the strongest possible terms at the meeting to assent being given to a [EU Withdrawal] bill without consent from the devolved legislatures, and which enacts a decision to...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-50426028/general-election-2019-labour-pledges-free-broadband-for-the-country Free Broadband for the entire country pledged today. We're obviously building up...
On Monday morning half the M20 will be shut to traffic other than freight until further notice. Other traffic will have to use a contra-flow system between junctions 8 and 9. Have the people allegedly...