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NHS medics to add pronouns to their email signatures to avoid 'misgendering' people
NHS Health Education England tweeted a message to mark LGBT month, telling followers it would be 'focusing on misgendering, which is one of the most common unintentional blunders made by cisgender people.'
Covid-19: Why the death stats don't add up
Just HOW accurate are the Covid death statistics?
The legend below the graphs of government death statistics clearly states, “deaths for any reason within 28 days of testing positive” but the BBC always, always avoids reading out “for any reason”.
Unemployment Rises for 6th Consecutive Month
The U.K. unemployment rate rose for a six straight month in December as renewed coronavirus restrictions shut down most businesses across the country.
Sadiq Khan Claims Statue DEFENDERS Are the Ones ‘Trying to Engineer a Culture War'
London mayor Sadiq Khan has suggested it is critics of his scheme to audit place names and historic statues in the British capital who are trying to “engineer a culture war”, rather than the would-be iconoclasts who have made memorials an issue of them in the first place.
Footballer to Stop Taking Knee, Brands BLM ‘Marxist Group’ Pushing ‘Racial Unrest’
Nottingham Forest footballer Lyle Taylor has said he will no longer be “taking a knee” for the Black Lives Matter movement before matches, branding it a “Marxist group” that pushes “racial unrest”.
“I took the decision because I felt that enough was enough… not enough people have looked into the organisation that has brought this all to the fore,” said the sportsman in an interview on the LBC radio station.
‘We Have Been Treated Like Criminals’ Complain Migrants Who Entered Britain Illegally
Asylum seekers who were previously housed at taxpayer expense in a former British military accommodation in Folkestone, Kent have complained that they were “treated like criminals”.
The Napier Barracks has been used by the Home Office to house some 400 illegal migrant men while their asylum claims were being processed.
Thousands of Hong Kongers Have Already Applied for UK Visa Under New Scheme
Nearly 5,000 Hong Kongers have applied for visas since the new immigration route was opened on January 31st, with experts estimating total application could hit 145,000 by the end of the year if the current rate is maintained.
Ex-Labour peer 'raped boy' and 'tried to rape girl' in the 1970s
A former Labour peer attempted to rape a girl and alongside his two brothers sexually assaulted a boy when growing up in Rotherham, jury members in a historical sex offences trial heard this week.
Brentford Football Club ‘Will No Longer Take a Knee’ Before Matches
English football club Brentford FC have decided to give up kneeling to Black Lives Matter before games, as players “no longer believe that this is having an impact”.
“As a group of players, we have decided we will no longer take a knee before the start of matches,” the team announced in a statement shared on their website.