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Poorest areas of England four times as likely to face lockdown as richest

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Poorest areas of England four times as likely to face lockdown as richest Analysis of official figures shows most deprived areas are bearing brunt of second wave of CovidCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEngland’s poorest communities are nearly four times as likely to face lockdown restrictions as the wealthiest areas, a Guardian analysis has found, as local leaders warned of a “winter of dangerous discontent” in the north of England without urgent financial support.A study of official figures shows a wide disparity in the resurgence of coronavirus across the country, with the most deprived areas bearing the brunt of the second wave. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Met police pay compensation to man fathered by undercover officer

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Met police pay compensation to man fathered by undercover officer Force pays confidential sum to man who discovered at the age of 26 that his father, Bob Lambert, was a police officer rather than a leftwing activistScotland Yard has apologised and paid substantial compensation to a man who was fathered by an undercover police officer who formed a long-term relationship with his mother in the 1980s in order to spy on political campaigners.The Metropolitan police has been compelled to pay the confidential sum after the man said in a lawsuit that he suffered psychiatric damage after discovering, at the age of 26, that his father was not the committed leftwing protester he had been led to believe. Continue reading... Go to Source
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White House doctor says Trump has been Covid symptom-free for 24 hours – live

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White House doctor says Trump has been Covid symptom-free for 24 hours – live Cuomo calls Trump Covid response worst failure since Pearl Harbor Democrats outraged as Trump halts Covid stimulus talksWhite House Covid outbreak overshadows VP debateWhat we know and what we don’t about Trump’s healthUS hits 7.5m coronavirus cases according to Johns Hopkins trackerSign up for Fight to Vote – our weekly US election newsletter 6.56pm BST Peter Alexander of NBC News reports that Attorney General William Barr “continues to test negative for the coronavirus and he’s at the Department of Justice this afternoon and ‘taking precautions’, per a Department of Justice spokesperson – Barr has been tested six times since Friday”.Barr attended the White House Rose Garden introduction of supreme court nomi...
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Only 3% sugar cut out from food products in three years, PHE finds

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Only 3% sugar cut out from food products in three years, PHE finds Public Health England study likely to accelerate calls for further measures such as sugar taxWhat is England’s sugar target and why has the food industry missed it?The food industry has cut out only 3% of sugar from supermarket, cafe and restaurant products over the last three years, according to a damning report from Public Health England that has triggered calls for taxes or other compulsory measures to be introduced.PHE launched its flagship sugar reduction programme in 2016 with a mission to help reduce childhood obesity levels by introducing a voluntary target for the food industry to remove 20% of sugar by 2020. But the third year of data, gathered before the coronavirus outbreak – suggests the target is unattainab...
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I raised concerns about Charlie Elphicke 15 years ago, says ex-colleague

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I raised concerns about Charlie Elphicke 15 years ago, says ex-colleague Lawyer who worked with Elphicke before he became MP says he was known as ‘office sex-pest’Concerns about the behaviour of the disgraced former Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke were raised with a prestigious UK law firm he worked for before entering politics, according to a lawyer who accuses him of sexual harassment.Elphicke was jailed last month for sexual assault. Fifteen years ago, a former colleague cited Elphicke’s conduct as her reason for leaving Reed Smith LLP. She now wonders if others would not have suffered had his behaviour been “nipped in the bud”. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Damn, It Sounds Like Game of Thrones Actually Improved on Something From the Upcoming Books

Damn, It Sounds Like Game of Thrones Actually Improved on Something From the Upcoming Books

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Damn, It Sounds Like Game of Thrones Actually Improved on Something From the Upcoming Books Game of Thrones might have been the most popular show on television for awhile, but nowadays it’s looked at as something of a mixed bag. This is mostly because of the final season, but other decisions in seasons six and seven contributed. Hodor’s swan song was not one of them but it turns out that’s partially thanks…Read more... Go to Source
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Party on With up to $15 off Some of the Best Games for the Nintendo Switch

Party on With up to $15 off Some of the Best Games for the Nintendo Switch

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Party on With up to $15 off Some of the Best Games for the Nintendo Switch So, you’ve been lucky enough to get your hands on a Nintendo Switch despite the extremely shoddy stock. Great! But now you’ll need some games. The Switch has a great library of excellent games, but many of them are first-party and Nintendo games rarely go on sale. Not so right now, luckily. You can get games like …Read more... Go to Source
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Climate Change and Bad Planning Caused California’s Rolling Blackouts

Climate Change and Bad Planning Caused California’s Rolling Blackouts

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Climate Change and Bad Planning Caused California’s Rolling Blackouts Amid record breaking heat in mid-August, energy officials cut power to millions of people across California for up to 90 minutes at a time. In a preliminary report released Tuesday, the state’s three main energy agencies unpacked exactly why those blackouts happened. The finding show the state wasn’t ready despite the…Read more... Go to Source
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Anita Hill-Led Hollywood Commission Finds “Bias Gap” In Hollywood; Women Twice As Likely To Experience Discrimination

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Anita Hill-Led Hollywood Commission Finds “Bias Gap” In Hollywood; Women Twice As Likely To Experience Discrimination The latest report from the Anita Hill-led Hollywood Commission has found a “remarkable bias gap” among workers in the entertainment industry, with industry women across all demographics “roughly twice as likely as their male counterparts to experience every form of biased or unfair behavior.” The report also found that less than half (49%) of the […] Go to Source
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Apple TV+ Lands Natural History Series ‘Earthsound’ From Offspring Films

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Apple TV+ Lands Natural History Series ‘Earthsound’ From Offspring Films EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ has discovered its next natural history series – a project that uses the latest audio technology to tell wildlife stories. The streamer has ordered 12-part series Earthsound from British production company Offspring Films. The half-hour series uses audio technology and cinematic 360 sound design to reveal the unexpected, unfamiliar and untold natural […] Go to Source
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Former WME Partner Mark Itkin Joins Board Of ‘Hostile Planet’ Producer Plimsoll Productions

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Former WME Partner Mark Itkin Joins Board Of ‘Hostile Planet’ Producer Plimsoll Productions EXCLUSIVE: Mark Itkin, former WME partner and a doyen of the international formats and unscripted world, has joined the board of Plimsoll Productions. Itkin, who is based in LA and New York, will work closely with CEO Grant Mansfield and VP, Production and Development Saul Goldberg as the Hostile Planet and Yellowstone Live producer focuses […] Go to Source
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Netflix Donates A Further $773,000 To Second Freelance COVID-19 Relief Fund

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Netflix Donates A Further $773,000 To Second Freelance COVID-19 Relief Fund   Netflix has donated another £600,000 ($773,000) to a second COVID-19 Recovery Fund established by the UK’s Film And TV Charity, taking its total funding for the charity to £1.75M ($2.25M). The Film And TV Charity’s second fund is aimed at helping film, television, and cinema workers worst affected by the economic wreckage of coronavirus. It […] Go to Source
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Fox News Books Set Up At HarperCollins, With Pete Hegseth, Shannon Bream Leading Initial List Of Authors

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Fox News Books Set Up At HarperCollins, With Pete Hegseth, Shannon Bream Leading Initial List Of Authors Fox News Media has set a three-book deal with corporate sibling HarperCollins, establishing a publishing imprint designed for the media company’s news personalities. Pete Hegseth and Shannon Bream will kick off the initial list of authors. Suzanne Scott, CEO of Fox News Media, announced the deal Wednesday, the 24th anniversary of Fox News Channel going […] Go to Source
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Myriad Pictures Boards Chino Moya’s Dystopian Fantasy ‘Undergods’

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Myriad Pictures Boards Chino Moya’s Dystopian Fantasy ‘Undergods’ EXCLUSIVE: Myriad Pictures has taken world rights to Undergods, UK filmmaker Chino Moya’s debut feature which had its world premiere at Fantasia in August. The pic is a journey through a foreign, futuristic world, set to an original score by Wojciech Golczewksy. Cast includes Kate Dickie (The Witch), Ned Dennehy (Mandy), Geza Rohrig (Son Of […] Go to Source
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‘Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)’: Debut Trailer For Nigerian Drama Screening At LFF

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‘Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)’: Debut Trailer For Nigerian Drama Screening At LFF EXCLUSIVE: Below, you can watch the first trailer for Eyimofe (This Is My Desire), Arie Esiri and Chuko Esir’s Nigerian drama. The film is set to have its UK premiere on October 11 at the BFI London Film Festival, marking the 60th anniversary of Nigerian independence. Marking the twin brothers’ debut directing effort, the movie was […] Go to Source
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‘Spitting Image’ Renewed For A Second Season By BritBox

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‘Spitting Image’ Renewed For A Second Season By BritBox BritBox’s reboot of British satirical puppet show Spitting Image has been renewed for a second season just days after it premiered the first episode of Season 1 online. The Avalon-produced caricature comedy will be back in fall 2021 after BritBox said its first series premiere helped boost new subscribers ten-fold compared to its average daily […] Go to Source
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‘You Cannot Kill David Arquette’ Lands UK Distribution & International Sales Deal With Blue Finch

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‘You Cannot Kill David Arquette’ Lands UK Distribution & International Sales Deal With Blue Finch EXCLUSIVE: You Cannot Kill David Arquette, the SXSW doc chronicling actor Arquette’s extraordinary life and return to professional wrestling, has been picked up for UK distribution by Blue Finch Films. The company has also acquired the project’s international sales rights ahead of the AFM. The deal sees Blue Finch expand into the sales arena for […] Go to Source
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‘Spitting Image’ Producer Says NBC Backed Out Of Series Because Of “Too Much Nervousness”

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‘Spitting Image’ Producer Says NBC Backed Out Of Series Because Of “Too Much Nervousness” Jon Thoday, the executive producer of rebooted Brit comedy Spitting Image, has revealed that NBC pulled out of the show just weeks before its premiere because of “nervousness” around its satirical content. Deadline revealed over the weekend that the puppet show would premiere on Facebook in the U.S. after Avalon was unable to secure a […] Go to Source
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UK coronavirus live: Boris Johnson faces Keir Starmer at PMQs; Scotland braced for new restrictions

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UK coronavirus live: Boris Johnson faces Keir Starmer at PMQs; Scotland braced for new restrictions Latest updates: PM faces Labour leader in parliament; Prof Stephen Reicher warns UK risks ‘squandering opportunity’ to avoid stringent lockdownNHS coronavirus tests threatened by Roche supply chain glitchLiz Truss: more lockdown measures in England would ‘set us back’Map: where are the UK’s current coronavirus hotspots?Global coronavirus updates – live 12.34pm BST Taiwo Owatemi (Lab) says Coventry is running out of brownfield sites. So where will the new homes it needs be built?Johnson says there is abundant brownfield space all over the country. He says as the planning authority for London, he knows. He says rules are making building difficult. He will turn generation rent into generatio...
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Planning changes would drastically cut affordable homes, councils say

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Planning changes would drastically cut affordable homes, councils say Building of cheaper housing could be almost halved in some areas of England, analysis suggestsClose to half of affordable homes in some of the most expensive areas of England will not be built if ministers proceed with changes to the planning system, analysis by councils suggests.The government’s proposal to scrap the duty of developers to build affordable housing on sites for up to 40 or 50 homes, would have led to 30,000 of such homes going undelivered over the last five years, according to the Local Government Association (LGA). Continue reading... Go to Source
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The X-Men: The Animated Series Art Book Is Here to Give You Mutant Nostalgia

The X-Men: The Animated Series Art Book Is Here to Give You Mutant Nostalgia

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The X-Men: The Animated Series Art Book Is Here to Give You Mutant Nostalgia No matter what becomes of Marvel’s mutants in the comic books or any live-action movies Marvel Studios is undoubtedly dreaming up, the ‘90s animated series that dominated the Saturday morning TV bloc will always be one of the most definitive takes on Charles Xavier and his students. Today, io9 has an exclusive look at…Read more... Go to Source
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