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Oct232020 by adminNo Comments
People told to self-isolate stopped from claiming £500 grant by flaw in contact tracing app

People told to self-isolate stopped from claiming £500 grant by flaw in contact tracing app

Technology
People told to isolate by the contact-tracing app are not able to claim government financial support, Sky News has learned, raising fears that low-paid workers will be forced to choose between health and hardship.A leading poverty charity said the situation was "ridiculous" and Labour accused the government of putting families at risk of destitution. Workers with low incomes on benefits are entitled to receive £500 if they cannot work from home while they self-isolate.But a hidden flaw in the process for claiming the payment means they can only claim the support if they are given a code by a human contact tracer.Someone who tests positive for coronavirus and receives their result through the app can get the payment because they will be referred to NHS Test and Trace for manual contact trac...
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Sep192019 by adminNo Comments
Trudeau: My privilege stopped me seeing blackface as racist

Trudeau: My privilege stopped me seeing blackface as racist

World
Canada's prime minister has said "the layers of privilege" he has benefited from meant he did not see that dressing up in blackface was racist.Justin Trudeau has been speaking after a video showing him in blackface emerged, following the release of images of him wearing black make-up on two other occasions. He said his choices had "hurt people" and that he had not talked about it before because "quite frankly, I was embarrassed". Image: The photo of Justin Trudeau in 'black face' in 2001. Pic: Time/West Point Grey Academy He added: "It is not something that represents the person I've become, the leader I try to be.""This is something I deeply, deeply regret," he said. Advertise...
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Aug252019 by adminNo Comments
Instagram influencers: Have we stopped believing?

Instagram influencers: Have we stopped believing?

Technology
Last month, Nashville Instagrammer Tiffany Mitchell posted photographs of herself lying by the side of the road. She wrote that they were taken following a motorbike accident.But after an initial wave of sympathy from her (then) 211,000 followers, the doubtful comments began to trickle in. And then the floodgates truly opened when Buzzfeed ran a story about it this week.Given the traumatic nature of a road accident, the photographs were just so… beautiful. But there also appeared to be discrepancies. She appeared to have more than one helmet. Where was the blood? Why did she name-check her tattoo artist in her post (she said her flowers may need a "touch-up") and - even more crucially - why was there a prominently branded bottle of water in the forefront...
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Apr232019 by adminNo Comments
We had intel that could have stopped attacks – Sri Lanka PM

We had intel that could have stopped attacks – Sri Lanka PM

World
The Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka that killed at least 321 people could have been prevented if key intelligence had been passed on correctly, the prime minister has admitted.Eight Britons were among those who died in a series of blasts across the country targeting churches and hotels, with more than 500 people in total left injured. Police have been investigating whether warnings of attacks were ignored or missed before the violence began, and now Ranil Wickremesinghe has confirmed there was a "breakdown of communication". ...
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