Rail services could be slashed as passenger numbers plummet amid the coronavirus outbreak. The Transport Secretary said there was no point running “ghost trains” as employees chose to work from home rather than commute. Grant Shapps, who will be meeting with train operators this week, added there was no point running "ghost trains" if people cut back on travel. He […]
Read more“Come on, Joe, you’re an honest guy,” Mr. Sanders said at one point on Sunday night. “Why don’t you just tell the truth here?” he said at another. “I will talk to the governor!” he replied in one flourish, after the former vice president suggested his rival consult Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York on Mr. Biden’s history with […]
Read moreWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential contenders Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders faced off on Sunday in their first one-on-one debate, a key moment before votes in four states on Tuesday that could give Biden an insurmountable lead in the party’s White House race. The former vice president and the U.S. senator from Vermont initially focused their discussion on the coronavirus […]
Read moreBoris Johnson has been left looking "haunted" by the rapidly worsening outbreak of coronavirus across the UK as he realises the decisions he takes now will define his time in office, insiders allege. The PM has been criticised for advocating a less urgent approach to shutting outlets and banning large-scale events than countries in Europe. Today, the number of deaths […]
Read moreBoris Johnson will hold daily coronavirus press conferences from today after he was urged to “speak directly to the public”. The Prime Minister will address the media over the pandemic alongside chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty and chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance on Monday. The first of the daily briefings will come after the PM chairs a Cobra […]
Read moreWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders square off in the first one-on-one debate of the Democratic presidential campaign on Sunday during a widening crisis over the coronavirus that has dramatically upended the daily life of Americans. The showdown between front-runner Biden and his last viable rival in Sanders, originally scheduled for Phoenix, will take place in a Washington, […]
Read moreWASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said he was in close touch with Congress about helping U.S. airlines weather a massive downturn in business due to sweeping travel restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus. Mnuchin told ABC News’ “This Week” program he was talking with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi about measures this week […]
Read moreThe NHS is now recruiting fewer than half the number of EU nurses because of Brexit . Data shows Europeans wishing to practise here plunged dramatically from nearly 6,000 a year to 2,779 following the EU referendum in 2016. And that trend continued with 2,313 coming here in 2017-18 and only 15 more the following year. Shocked shadow health minister […]
Read moreBut hours later, just before midnight, the White House physician released a statement saying Mr. Trump would not be tested — nor would he self-quarantine — even as it became apparent that he had interacted with not one but with at least two infected members of the Brazilian delegation that visited his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida last weekend. Mr. Trump’s […]
Read moreIn his speech, Mr. Biden used the language and tone of crisis in proposing a detailed coronavirus plan and setting goals for testing, hospital capacity and a vaccine. Mr. Sanders warned that the American death toll could exceed the number of American soldiers killed during World War II. Both sharply criticized Mr. Trump. “This virus laid bare the severe shortcomings […]
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