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Gay 'conversion therapy': Man given electric shocks demands apology

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 03:41
A university is accused of giving traumatising electric shocks in the 1970s to "cure" homosexuality.

Covid: Millions more face tier 3 as new strain identified

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 03:31
London, most of Essex and parts of Hertfordshire will enter the toughest restrictions on Wednesday.

Covid: Twelve charts on how Covid changed our lives

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 01:24
From cancelled operations to benefit claim rises, how has the pandemic impacted peoples' lives?

Coronavirus: Health checks recommended for ethnic minorities from age 25

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 01:05
An MPs' report examined the impact of the Covid pandemic on people from black and Asian backgrounds.

'We'd just begun our careers - and then the pandemic hit'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 00:39
The sudden lockdown in March turned the world of work upside down for millions, including the very newest, apprentices.

Drugs death figures expected to be worst ever

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 00:30
The much-delayed figure for the number of Scots who died as a result of drug misuse last year are to be released.

Scottish Covid-19 restriction levels to be reviewed

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 00:27
All 32 local authority areas in the country will be assessed by politicians and public health officials.

Cartoonist Charlie Mackesy: 'Don't give up, the storm ends'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 00:13
Cartoonist Charlie Mackesy dedicated his drawings to the people on the front line tackling Covid-19.

Snapchat: Young people targeted in Crimestoppers safety campaign

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 00:12
The mum of a boy who bought lethal drugs on the social media app welcomes a Crimestoppers campaign.

Covid-19 isolation 'detrimental for children' - Ofsted

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 00:09
Periods of repeated isolation have "chipped away" at pupils' progress pupil , says the head of Ofsted.

Online harms law to let regulator block apps in UK

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 00:06
Ofcom would also be able to fine services huge sums if it believed they had failed to protect users.

Universal Credit: 'I felt guilty claiming benefits for the first time'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 00:05
Women under the age of 30 have seen the sharpest increase in unemployment benefit claims since March.

Nottingham street dancer: ‘Why I dance in front of strangers’

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 00:03
Jamal Sterrett performs a style known as bruk up.

'Unconscious bias training' to be scrapped by ministers

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 00:02
The government scraps anti-bias training for civil servants and wants it to end across public sector.

Brexit: Flower growers say uncertainty over deal is 'biggest issue'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 00:02
As UK/EU talks continue, a flower exporter says they have to put "caveats" in all their quotes.

Low-paid workers face pandemic 'double whammy'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 00:01
The Commission on Workers and Technology says the pandemic has accelerated the automation of low paid work.

What has changed since the tiers came in after lockdown?

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 00:01
Many tier three areas have falling infection rates but the virus is spreading elsewhere.

Hackney triple shooting: Man critical and two injured

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 12/14/2020 - 23:57
Three men were rushed to hospital with "gunshot injuries" after the shooting in Hackney.

Newspaper headlines: 'Mutant' Covid strain as London 'plunged' into tier 3

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 12/14/2020 - 23:50
A new variant of the virus and the capital going into the top level of restrictions dominates the front pages.

Colchester stabbing: Man, 25, charged with murder

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 12/14/2020 - 22:27
A man in his 20s was found dead at a house and a teenager was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

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