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Lyra McKee: man, 52, charged with murder of journalist Police Service of Northern Ireland charges man over murder in Derry last yearA 52-year-old man has been charged with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee, the Police Service of Northern Ireland has said.McKee, 29, was shot dead as she observed rioting in the Creggan area of Derry in April last year. Continue reading... Go to Source

Home Office tells man, 101, his parents must confirm ID Request caused by apparent tech glitch came when Italian Giovanni Palmiero applied to stay in UK post-BrexitA 101-year-old Italian man who has been in London since 1966 was asked to get his parents to confirm his identity by the Home Office after he applied to stay in the country post-Brexit.In what appears to be a computer glitch the Home Office thought he was a one-year-old child. Continue reading... Go to Source

Coronavirus: Tests on 83 people quarantined in Wirral come back negative – latest news HMP Bullingdon inmates also given all clear as Steve Walsh, thought to have caught the virus in Singapore, discharged from hospitalF1’s Chinese GP called off due to coronavirusWHO chief says threat of virus is greater than terrorismWorthing hospital healthcare worker contracts coronavirusShare your stories 5.44pm GMTAll 83 people who were being held in quarantine at Arrowe Park Hospital, in the Wirral, have been told their test results for coronavirus came back negative. The BBC reported that they all expect be free to leave the accommodation – which they had been staying in for the past fortnight – tomorrow morning. 5.34pm GMTCoronavirus tests for two prisoners in Oxfordshire have ...

'One rule for black boys and another for white': Corbyn attacks PM Jeremy Corbyn confronts Boris Johnson on drug use after deportation of ex-offendersPMQs – live updatesJeremy Corbyn launched a scathing personal attack on Boris Johnson over the way black and white children connected to class A drugs are treated by the government in the wake of the deportation of ex-offenders to Jamaica.Speaking in the Commons, the Labour leader called out the prime minister over allegations of Johnson’s own drug use, saying: “If there was a case of a young white boy with blond hair who later dabbled in class A drugs, and conspired with a friend to beat up a journalist, would he deport that boy? Continue reading... Go to Source

Giant dams enclosing North Sea could protect millions from rising waters Dams between Scotland, Norway, France and England ‘a possible solution’ to problemA Dutch government scientist has proposed building two mammoth dams to completely enclose the North Sea and protect an estimated 25 million Europeans from the consequences of rising sea levels as a result of global heating.Sjoerd Groeskamp, an oceanographer at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, said a 475km dam between north Scotland and west Norway and another 160km one between west France and south-west England was “a possible solution”. Continue reading... Go to Source

Nine schools in East Sussex testing staff or pupils for coronavirus Primary opposite County Oak medical centre tells families of two pupils to self-isolateCoronavirus – live updatesNine schools in East Sussex have said some of their pupils or staff are being kept in isolation and tested for coronavirus after concerns were raised that a Brighton man who tested positive for the disease may have passed it on to others. Steve Walsh, who unknowingly contracted the disease on a business trip in Singapore before going on a ski trip where he is thought to have infected others, is being held in an isolation unit at St Thomas’ hospital in London. He was in the Alps with two GPs who have since tested positive for coronavirus in Brighton. Continue reading... Go to Source

Ofcom to be put in charge of regulating internet in UK Ministers unveil plans to block harmful content, while guaranteeing free speechOfcom will be put in charge of regulating the internet, the government has announced, with a new range of powers intended to protect users from “harmful and illegal content” online.The announcement comes as the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport publishes its response to a consultation over the online harms white paper, unveiled last April. Continue reading... Go to Source

New Hampshire: Sanders declares victory with Buttigieg a close second ‘This victory here is the beginning of the end for Donald Trump’Amy Klobuchar surges to third place with 85% of precincts inBernie Sanders declared victory in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday night, with Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, coming in a close second.“Let me say that this victory here is the beginning of the end for Donald Trump,” the Vermont senator said, hailing his “unprecedented grassroots movement” from coast to coast. Continue reading... Go to Source

Universal credit could 'steamroll vulnerable into poverty' Exclusive: Salvation Army calls on government to make it easier for people to access the benefitThousands of vulnerable people on low incomes – particularly those with mental illness – are at risk of destitution because they do not have the skills or support to apply for and maintain a universal credit benefit claim, the Salvation Army has warned.The Christian church and charity said there was “overwhelming evidence” that many people found it a struggle to engage with the mainly digital benefit, leaving them unable to pay rent or buy food and effectively locking them out of employment support. Continue reading... Go to Source

Coronavirus should be seen as 'public enemy number one', says WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says vaccine for COVID-19 virus could be 18 months awayThe new coronavirus devastating Chinese cities and spreading into many other countries around the world is “a very grave threat”, the director general of the World Health Organization has warned, comparing its potential with that of terrorism.“Viruses can have more powerful consequences than any terrorist action,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, after an international meeting of 400 scientists and other experts convened in Geneva to look for solutions to the crisis. Continue reading... Go to Source

Boris Johnson bets on HS2 to deliver new spine of UK transport PM brushes off Tory objections and says work on laying track could begin in AprilBoris Johnson has staked his political reputation on delivering a “new anatomy of British transport” that will boost capacity and cut fares and journey times, as Downing Street seized control of the HS2 project and promised massive new spending on infrastructure.Brushing off the objections of Tory MPs who warned him that the rail scheme would become an albatross around the government’s neck, the prime minister announced on Tuesday that work on laying the track could start as soon as April. Continue reading... Go to Source

David Hockney's The Splash sold for more than £23m The painting depicts the moment after a diver hits the water in a swimming pool David Hockney’s The Splash has sold for more than £23m at auction.The 1966 piece by the Bradford-born artist last sold at Sotheby’s in 2006 for £2.9m and returned to the same auction house on Tuesday evening as the star piece in its Contemporary Evening Art Auction. Continue reading... Go to Source

Westminster council opposes plan to build Holocaust memorial The council raised concerns about the loss of public green space in a busy locationWestminster city council has objected to a proposal to build a national Holocaust memorial centre in a park next to the Houses of Parliament.The council’s planning committee raised concerns about the impact of the plans on one of the few remaining green spaces next to the River Thames in central London. Continue reading... Go to Source