theguardian– The House has voted to formally call on vice president Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and strip Donald Trump of his presidential authority after he incited a mob that led a deadly assault on the US Capitol last week. Before the largely symbolic vote, Pence rejected
cambridge– A predatory rapist became a paramedic to get access to vulnerable women, a top Cambs detective has claimed. East of England Ambulance worker Andrew Wheeler, 46, has been convicted of six sexual offences – involving three victims – between 2009 and 2018 following a trial which began early in December. Peterborough Crown Court heard […]
instyle– I think I first heard the word “coup” when I learned the history of Napoleon. Or maybe it was Franco, and eventually I connected it to that of Pinochet. But I am a words person and I mostly have used it lightly, to mean a spicy takeover — how you’d talk about a designer sliding […]
bristolpost– A Bristol judge read a junior doctor’s harrowing account of treating coronavirus patients to a man who protested lockdown. Robin Campbell, who claims he used to work for GCHQ, was among 400 members of the Stand Up Bristol group who marched through the city centre on November 14 to oppose the second lockdown. The self-represented 53-year-old, […]
theguardian– It was 1988, near the end of the cold war, when then-senator Joe Biden made yet another visit to the Soviet Union for talks on arms control. By that time, he felt comfortable enough in Moscow to bring a guest into the room: his teenage son. “Would you mind my son, Hunter Biden, sitting in and […]
standard– LadBaby has done the treble by claiming the Christmas number one single for the third consecutive year. Mark Hoyle and his wife Roxanne (LadBaby Mum) have scored this year’s top chart spot with the song Don’t Stop Me Eatin’, according to the Official Charts Company. The song is raising money for food bank charity The Trussell […]
independent– Donald Trump is living in an “alternate reality”, televangelist Pat Robertson said on Monday, as he called on the president not to run for the White House again in 2024. Acknowledging Joe Biden’s election victory, Mr Roberston said it was time for the defeated incumbent to “move on”, adding that the “electoral college
theguardian– The US set yet another record for new coronavirus cases on Friday, at almost 250,000, even as a second vaccine, from Moderna, was approved. According to Johns Hopkins University, 249,709 new cases were recorded, up from more than 247,000 on Thursday and part of caseload close to 17.5m. There were 2,814 deaths, down from more […]
standard– They say it’s easy to cut corners when your gym instructor is on a screen, but they clearly haven’t seen how competitive Apple addicts like me can be about closing their activity rings. My instructor Kim might be 5,000 miles away in a sleek light-filled studio in Los Angeles, but there’s something about seeing those familiar […]
independent– Staff in secondary schools and colleges across England will have access to weekly coronavirus testing from next month, the government has announced. Meanwhile, both students and staff identified as a close contact of a coronavirus case will be able to get a daily test over seven days under the new testing scheme, which will start in January. […]