When a new national security law for Hong Kong was unveiled this year, there were fears it would push China’s most democratic city onto a more authoritarian path. The law makes crimes of secession, subversion...
Sadiq Khan: 2020 ‘worst year for London since WWII’
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has told Sophy Ridge that he does support further coronavirus restrictions, explaining that six out of ten Londoners have the new strain. However, he said the government gave the nation...
Matt Hancock on the government’s Christmas U-turn
Health Secretary Matt Hancock says people need to behave as though they already have COVID-19, especially in the new Tier 4 areas of England. He said the new strain of coronavirus was “out of control” and...
Professor Sridhar: We must stop using the flu model to combat COVID-19 infections
Professor Devi Sridhar says COVID-19 must be treated using a SARS model, instead of the flu model which is used for seasonal viruses. She added that the UK must keep number of infections at a low rate long-term in order...
Canada ‘Sixties Scoop’: Indigenous survivors map out their stories – BBC News
Thousands of indigenous children in Canada were forcibly removed from their families between the 1950s and 1980s, in what is known as the “Sixties Scoop”. They were put into non-indigenous homes by welfare agencies, in...
COVID: Travel banned between Scotland and England
The First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon said the virus “does not care about Christmas. It does not care about anything other than spreading itself as far and wide as possible.” As well as the travel...
COVID: Wales to bring lockdown in at midnight
First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced the whole of Wales will be placed under lockdown from midnight with festive plans cancelled for all but Christmas Day.