Idris Elba has praised the UK government’s crackdown on zombie knives, but said that it doesn’t go far enough.
The actor, 51, has been a fierce proponent against knife crime in Britain, which has surged in recent years with many of the victims being teenage boys.
He has launched a new campaign called Don’t Stop Your Future, and is demanding an immediate ban on machetes and so-called ‘zombie knives’.
It was announced on Wednesday, that fresh legislation is set to
A tranche of UFO videos — including never-before-seen footage — has been quietly released by federal law enforcement.
US Customs and Border Protection, the agency responsible for keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the country, uploaded 10 videos that appear to show craft moving in strange ways in our skies.
The videos were released on August 9 without warning, a press release or much in the way of context, only to be discovered by UFO enthusiasts and online sleuths
MPs also called for Government to provide “robust estimates” about the “value for money” of the project, including the value of the construction risk being assumed by taxpayers and billpayers.
Campaigners against a giant nuclear power plant project in Suffolk welcomed the committee’s call for clarity.
A spokesperson for the Stop Sizewell C campaign said: “We’re appalled that the committee has ignored legitimate concerns about whether nuclear can deliver reliable, affordable electricity.”
The group said it supported “the committee calling
The former head of the government’s vaccine taskforce has accused ministers of making ‘dumbarse’ decisions after the pandemic which could hit the country’s ability to deal with a future virus outbreak.
Dame Kate Bingham said huge efforts were made to build manufacturing capability for vaccines,
Hundreds of families affected by the tainted blood scandal won’t get compensation because of a cruel loophole, it can be revealed today.
All surviving victims and their bereaved partners are entitled to a £100,000 pay-out.
But MailOnline has learned that for the bereaved parents and children to qualify for the one-off sum, their loved ones must have died within a strict three-month period last year.
Outraged families called the arbitrary cut-off a ‘betrayal’, with one accusing officials of just ‘waiting
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What will be the next pandemic, and what, if anything, can be done to stop it?
This is the question MailOnline put to experts who sat on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) panel during the Covid crisis.
Their answers come as concerns around the globe continue to grow on if bird flu could spill over to people and cause a new pandemic.
Earlier this week, China reported two human cases of bird flu in a man and woman
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BERLIN — A historic coalition set out ambitious goals for reforming Germany. Then the war hit.
The storied tradition of consensus-building in the German government reached a new level over the past year, as the EU’s most-populous country struggled to lead Europe after Angela Merkel’s tenure of 16 years.
One year ago, Olaf Scholz was elected as the ninth German chancellor since World War II, leading an unprecedented “traffic-light
The move , announced by Jeremy Hunt (pictured in Parliament this morning), is expected to save £1billion next year and up to £3billion in subsequent years if it is further pushed back
A flagship cap on the cost of social care has been delayed for two years, Jeremy Hunt confirmed today.
The measure, which was due to come into effect next October, would limit the amount anyone will have to pay for care in later life to £86,000.
It would
Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor in chief, joined staff writer Caitlin Dickerson to discuss her cover story, a years-long investigation into the secret history of the Trump administration’s family-separation policy. Dickerson’s story argues that separating children was not an unintended side effect, as previously claimed, but its core intent. How did officials work to keep families apart longer? Did they obscure the truth to both Congress and the public? What will happen if the Trump administration is restored to
