When the city of Leicester was shocked with a second lockdown, it lashed back with anger and recriminations.
Author: BENJAMIN MUELLER
‘Whack-a-Mole’ Against Virus Sounds Reasonable, Unless You’re the Mole
When the city of Leicester was shocked with a second lockdown, it lashed back with anger and recriminations.
Labour’s New Leader Fires Official Over Charges of Anti-Semitism
Keir Starmer dismissed a hard-left member of the so-called shadow cabinet after she had shared an article that, without evidence, tied Israel to tactics used in George Floyd’s killing.
U.S. Pilot Dies in Fighter Jet Crash off British Coast
A search and rescue team found the Air Force pilot’s body and wreckage from the F-15C plane in the North Sea. The pilot’s name has not yet been released.
On a Scottish Isle, Nursing Home Deaths Expose a Covid-19 Scandal
At the Home Farm nursing home on the Isle of Skye, more than a quarter of its residents died and nearly all were infected with coronavirus. Families are furious.
Boris Johnson Avoids Criminal Inquiry Into His Dealings as London’s Mayor
A police watchdog did find evidence, however, that Mr. Johnson and an American businesswoman may have had an “intimate relationship” and that the relationship helped her secure money and networking opportunities.
Coronavirus Killing Black Britons at Twice the Rate as Whites
That gap grows to four times when class and health differences aren’t considered. South Asians have also been dying disproportionately.
Where There’s a Will in England, There’s a Way
Prodded by the coronavirus, thousands are making or updating their estate arrangements, but an archaic law requiring two witnesses in person is forcing people to take drastic measures.
Eight U.K. Doctors Died From Coronavirus. All Were Immigrants.
In a country where anti-immigrant sentiment gave rise to the Brexit movement, Britain’s health care system depends heavily on foreign doctors, who are now on the front lines fighting the epidemic.
Who is Dominic Raab? Coronavirus Puts to the Fore an Improbable U.K. Leader
With Prime Minister Boris Johnson in intensive care, the untested foreign secretary is for now guiding Britain through one of its greatest peacetime crises.