Stunning and devastating opening from Newsnight tonight.
Harsh, yes. Media students (and current broadcast journalists!) take note: your edit is nothing without the right choice of music. And oh boy this is quite the choice.
Not expecting much agreement but here is an uncomfortable issue… the instinct for all of us is to say fuck you to the new rules and restrictions. Totally. But, they’re not *his* restrictions, they’re coming from scientists, to try and help the NHS protect us. It’s… difficult.
My 42yr old twin brother died in ITU of COVID-19 last week. He died exactly 4 weeks after testing positive. He was the fittest, healthiest person I know. He was climbing Welsh mountains & wild camping 4 weeks before his death.
Max Whitlock MBE is the OLYMPIC CHAMPION 🏆🥇
WHAT. A. FINAL!
Absolutely amazing from Max. He defends the title he won in Rio! WOW!
#Tokyo2020#CelebrateAmazing
Another 51,870 new Covid cases today.
The highest daily figure since 11 Jan.
On the day a major teaching hospital was forced to cancel liver transplant ops due to Covid numbers in their ICU.
And a weekend away from “Freedom Day”.
Truly @BorisJohnson at his most indefensible.
What happened to Sarah Everard has hit home hard for so many women because we make the calculations she did every day too. We take the longer, better-lit route, push the fear aside for the voice that says ‘don't be daft, you've every right to walk home alone at night and be safe’
"It's been one of the worst shifts of my entire life"
The BBC has been given exclusive access to a London hospital to see how doctors and nurses are coping with Covid
https://t.co/DvQsoPWFR0