the prime minister is urged to swiftly clarify how many covid vaccine doses the uk is prepared to donate to poorer countries. the un demands international action to stop a shocking wave of brutality against civilians in myanmar. i am terrified of what is going to happen. i think this could be just the beginning of a wave of brutality that is going to be just even more shocking than what we have seen today. the latest attempts to dislodge the ship that s stuck in the suez canal have failed officials say efforts will continue around the clock. 5,000 people attend a trial rock concert in barcelona the latest test of how viable large cultural events are during covid. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government says it s on track to ease the lockdown in england and deliver on its vaccination targets. the culture secretary 0liver dowden says he s confident a further lockdown can be avoided as long as people don t treat the easing of restrictions as a complete
If you are looking for an upscale, tastefully designed new kitchen, then Harvey Jones may not be around to help you for much longer. If you want some ethically sourced skin creams, The Body Shop won’t be the place to go any more. Likewise, Burberry has issued a profits warning, while John Lewis is closing stores and cutting prices at its Waitrose chain.
Every nation feeds off a fantastical past, yet each fantasises in its own way. The English ways include the fantasy that the heart of England beats not in the town but in the country – and, moreover, that this rural world takes the form of a landscape, which is to say: a view from afar. For the most part, the English, particularly the middle classes, would prefer that not too many people get in the way of that view. Latterly, the English landscape has even begun to merge into “nature”, preferabl