A grim milestone was passed when the hospital death toll reached 10,000 in early April, the same month concerns were raised about the situation in care homes and a lack of protective personal equipment (PPE) for healthcare staff. Sir Keir Starmer was elected leader of the Labour Party the day before the Queen addressed the… Continue reading Dec 2020. The Story of 2020 Part 5
Month: January 2021
Dec 2020. The Story of 2020 Part 4
Manchester Arena bomb-plotter Hashem Abedi, 23, was found guilty of 22 counts of murder, attempted murder and plotting to cause an explosion likely to endanger life in March, and was later handed a record 55-year jail term. Scores of major sporting and cultural events were suspended that month, along with local elections, as the UK’s… Continue reading Dec 2020. The Story of 2020 Part 4
Dec 2020. The Story of 2020 Part 3
Storm Ciara battered the country in early February, just weeks before mass flooding was exacerbated by Storm Dennis. Sajid Javid quit as chancellor in a dramatic reshuffle in February and was replaced by his former deputy at the Treasury, Rishi Sunak, in the biggest shock of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s shake-up of his ministerial team.… Continue reading Dec 2020. The Story of 2020 Part 3
Dec 2020. The Story of 2020 Part 2
While coronavirus may have dominated 2020, Brexit was back on the cards in early January and the UK formally left the EU on 31st January, beginning an 11-month transition period. No doubt influenced by Brexit, the term ‘Megxit’ was coined a week into the new year when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced plans… Continue reading Dec 2020. The Story of 2020 Part 2
Dec 2020. The Story of 2020 Part 1
As revellers celebrated the start of a new decade last New Year’s Eve, authorities in China confirmed doctors were treating more than a dozen cases of “pneumonia of unknown cause” in the city of Wuhan. This unknown virus, which would later be named Covid-19, led to a global crisis in 2020, with more than a… Continue reading Dec 2020. The Story of 2020 Part 1
Dec 2020. Nicola Sturgeon Apology
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has apologised after she breached Covid rules by taking off her face mask at a funeral wake. A photograph published in the Scottish Sun showed the First Minister chatting to three women in a bar while standing at a distance but without wearing a mask. Under Scottish Government coronavirus rules,… Continue reading Dec 2020. Nicola Sturgeon Apology
Congress Under Attack Part 3
A majority of House Republicans, as well as six senators, voted to try to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win in Arizona after President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol, attempting a coup that forced lawmakers to evacuate. Members of Congress returned to the House and Senate floors Wednesday evening to resume certifying the Electoral… Continue reading Congress Under Attack Part 3
Dec 2020. Nigeria Kidnap Part 2
One western official working in counter-terrorism in the region said it was possible bandits may have transferred some or all of the kidnapped schoolboys to the extremists in return for money, weapons or other resources. Across the entire Sahel region, there are close relations between armed criminals, traffickers and Islamist extremists. More details have emerged… Continue reading Dec 2020. Nigeria Kidnap Part 2
Biden Betrayal of Democracy Part 33
Standing on Main Street, Dillard Ungeheuer, 73, was scraping cow manure off his shoes, left over from a visit to a feed lot, and seemed testy. When it came to the ballots, he was emphatic – many were fake. “I’m not going to argue with nobody about it,” he says, voice rising. “I believe what… Continue reading Biden Betrayal of Democracy Part 33
Dec 2020. NIgeria Kidnap Part 1
Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from their school dormitory in Chibok, in north-eastern Borno state, in April 2014 and about 100 are still missing. The group has also taken other schoolchildren as well as thousands of people across north-east Nigeria and has recently expanded into the country’s north-west. There is doubt over the direct involvement… Continue reading Dec 2020. NIgeria Kidnap Part 1