Police examining reports of bishop threatened online over Cummings comments

May 26, 2020 Article

Police are looking into reports a bishop was threatened online after speaking out on Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings’s alleged breach of lockdown rules. Helen-Ann Hartley, the Bishop of Ripon, reported the matter to North Yorkshire Police as some of the Church of England’s most senior figures reported receiving hate mail and death threats. Bishop […]

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Cummings criticism sees Church of England bishops receive death threats

May 25, 2020 Article

Some of the Church of England’s most senior bishops have reported receiving hate mail and death threats after speaking out on Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings’ alleged breach of lockdown rules. Bishop of Worcester John Inge tweeted that he received an email warning “stay out of politics or we’ll kill you” after he criticised Boris […]

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Memorial Day like no other for Americans under coronavirus restrictions

May 25, 2020 Article

Americans have marked a Memorial Day like no other as the coronavirus pandemic forced communities to honour the nation’s military dead with smaller, more subdued ceremonies. On the weekend that marks the unofficial start of summer, US authorities warned beach-goers to heed social distancing rules to avoid a resurgence of the disease. Covid-19 has infected […]

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Sixth person charged with law student’s murder

May 24, 2020 Article

A sixth person has been charged with the murder of a 19-year-old law student who was killed in a drive-by shooting. Four men and a woman have already been charged with the murder of Aya Hachem, who was gunned down as she walked to a supermarket near her home in Blackburn on Sunday May 17, […]

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Two more suspects arrested on suspicion of murdering teenage law student

May 21, 2020 Article

Murder squad detectives have arrested two more suspects after a teenage law student was gunned down in a drive-by shooting. Lancashire Police said the pair, aged 34 and 24, were arrested on suspicion of the murder of 19-year-old Aya Hachem. A total of 13 people have now been held by police after Ms Hachem was […]

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Car dealership sacks racist employee filmed calling Muslim customer a ‘black c*nt’

May 21, 2020 Article

A car dealership in Doncaster has sacked an employee who made a racist comment about...

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Christian faith group loses legal bid over abortion policy change

May 19, 2020 Article

A Christian faith group has lost a legal challenge against the Government over changes to abortion rules during the Covid-19 pandemic. Christian Concern brought a challenge at the High Court against the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) over its decision to amend abortion rules and allow women to have early medical abortions at […]

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Access to be supervised when places of worship reopen, says archbishop

May 19, 2020 Article

Access to places of worship will have to be “supervised” when they reopen, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has said. Places of worship come under step three of the Government’s coronavirus recovery strategy, which means they cannot open until July 4 at the earliest. But when they do reopen, certain […]

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‘Dedicated’ doctor dies after contracting Covid-19

May 19, 2020 Article

An “energetic, hard-working, approachable and dedicated” doctor has died after testing positive for Covid-19. Dr Abdel Wahab Babiker, 70, had worked as a consultant physician at Scarborough Hospital since August 2019. He had been receiving care in hospital after contracting coronavirus and died on Monday. Dr Ed Smith, director of acute, emergency and elderly medicine […]

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