40,000 people - that’s how many Britons the Financial Times says have died during this coronavirus pandemic. That figure is more than double the government’s official figure of less than 20,000.
Many of those people have died in care homes.
JOE reports on the grim state of affairs in British care homes during the coronavirus pandemic, the protection (or lack thereof) being offered, and looks at why the government would not count these deaths in its official figures.
A blaze at a car parts factory has left 14 people dead and nearly 60 others injured. Fire crews confirmed that all those initially reported missing have now been accounted for following an extensive search of the wreckage of the three-storey building. Footage from the scene appeared to show workers jumping from the first floor […]
Nicholas Brendon has tragically died at the age of 54. Brendon was perhaps best known for his role in the cult tv show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. His family confirmed his death online writing that he died of natural causes. They wrote: “He was passionate, sensitive, and endlessly driven to create. Those who truly knew […]
Caroline Lucas fact-checked “lies” about clean energy that were being spouted by Reform’s head of policy James Orr. Both Lucas and Orr were appearing on this week’s edition of Question Time, where one of the main topics of conversation was what impact the war in Iran will have on UK energy prices. Orr – whose […]