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Important thread (for me!): With heavy heart I announce I will be leaving the BBC. Despite sterling efforts by new DG to come up with other programming opportunities, it could

The Government's chief medical and scientific officers made it clear that the prospect of 49,000 Covid cases /day by mid-October was not a prediction but an extrapolation. Even so, it's

Now that Bahrain has joined the UAE in recognising Israel, Saudi Arabia cannot be far behind. A sea-change in the geopolitics of the Middle East is underway, leaving the Palestinian

California now generates a third of its electricity from renewables, largely solar and wind. It is also experiencing its first electricity blackouts for two decades. The problem: it is prematurely closing

The UK downturn in H1 of this year is deepest since the Office for National Statistics started tracking quarterly GDP in 1955 + worst of any developed country during Covid-19

From The Spectator's Covid-19 newsletter:The rise in Germany’s R-number – from 1.8 to 2.9 – is big news in Britain. But not in Germany. Why? Because the local outbreak in

The most explosive charges in the Bolton book on Trump:Trump urged China's President Xi to buy US farm products to help him win re-election: “He stressed the importance of farmers

London doctor continues: “We discharged known, suspected, unknown cases into care homes which were unprepared, with no formal warning that patients were infected, no testing available, no PPE to prevent

Despite allowing people to arrive in UK throughout height of pandemic without the slightest check for Covid, The Times reports that, as the pandemic now abates, all arrivals from June

Fascinating FT stats comparing excess deaths from start global pandemic. FT regards current deaths, all causes, v average of deaths in previous years (= excess deaths) as decent proxy for

France says companies registered in tax havens, or with subsidiaries in such places, cannot benefit from the billions of euros of support being provided by the government to limit the

The French Sports Ministry has said that from May 11ththe general public will be able to run, walk and cycle outside without restrictions. Professional athletes will be able to resume