GCHQ had a ‘colour bar’ on employees for nearly three decades, a new history of Britain’s eavesdropping agency reveals. The ban on hiring non-white staff was in place from the 1950s until as late as 1980. The revelation is made in a ‘warts-and-all’ official history of the spy agency, which also tells how ‘major mistakes’ … Read more
British spy agencies BANNED non-white employees until 1980, new official history of GCHQ reveals By Larisa Brown Defence And Security Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 00:04 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 00:17 BST, 20 October 2020 GCHQ had a ‘colour bar’ on employees for nearly three decades, a new history of Britain’s eavesdropping … Read more
Coronavirus infections are now falling in some of England’s biggest cities, figures show – despite Health Secretary Matt Hancock threatening tonight to put many of them into the harshest lockdown bracket. Official data shows Nottingham, Newcastle, Sheffield and Manchester are among the cities where cases have started to fall after a surge at the end of September, … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon has warned Scots could face tough new restrictions from next week, with the ban on household visiting to stay in place for the ‘foreseeable future’. The First Minister yesterday confirmed that a three-tier system will be announced within days. A ban on cross-Border travel is among the curbs being considered, she said. Following a … Read more
Chantelle Doyle never saw the great white shark that attacked her on that fateful morning two months ago. But its bullet-shaped head and dead, black eyes were clearly visible to her partner, Mark Rapley, who was surfing near her in the clear blue waters off Port Macquarie. With its picture-postcard coves and beaches, that part … Read more
Boris Johnson will plunge Greater Manchester into Tier 3 lockdown at midday tomorrow unless local leaders reach an agreement with Downing Street, the Communities Secretary said tonight. Up to 10 million people now face the toughest restrictions tomorrow after talks on whether the region should enter the ‘very high risk’ Tier 3 ended in deadlock … Read more
Facebook suspends account of Ukrainian lawmaker and Rudy Giuliani associate who made claims about a second laptop linked to Hunter Biden Andrii Derkach posted to Facebook on Friday to say there is a ‘second laptop’ In the post Derkach says that laptop ‘was given to Ukrainian law enforcement’ ‘We removed this account for violating our … Read more
With his campaign battered in the polls, President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at a traveling reporter who questioned his campaing’s constant focus on Hunter Biden – calling the scribe a ‘criminal’ for failing to cover it. ‘You’re a criminal for reporting it. You are a criminal for not reporting it,’ the president said, … Read more
The rush to put Covid-19 patients on mechanical ventilators at the start of the pandemic may have raised the death rate, a senior medic has said. At the start of the pandemic, just 66 per cent of people in hospital with coronavirus survived, compared to 84 per cent in August. Dr Alison Pittard, dean of … Read more
McDonald’s worker hurls protective plastic screen at customer who threw straws in her face in ugly spat in south east London Video is believed to have been taken at McDonald’s in Penge, south east London The customer, who isn’t wearing a mask, throws handful of straws at the worker Member of staff shouts ‘get out’ … Read more