23rd January 2022

Most broadband and phone bills will rise by more than 9% at the end of March, BT says.

The singer's son Jan Rek said his mother, who was not vaccinated, wanted to be exposed to the virus.

Christian Wakeford allegation comes as senior Tory urges MPs to report claims of attempted blackmail

Researchers have claimed that more than two-thirds of male football fans harbour hostile, sexist or misogynistic attitudes towards women’s sport.

David Davis quoted Leo Amery from the Norway debate of 1940: “In the name of God, go.” Boris Johnson — allegedly the writer of a biography of Winston Churchill — pretended he wasn’t familiar with the quote.— Mic Wright (@brokenbottleboy) January 19, 2022

The Biden administration will make 400 million N95 masks available to Americans for free starting next week, a White House official told CNN, the latest federal step aimed at reining in the US' Covid-19 surge.

Cannabis compounds prevented the virus that causes Covid-19 from penetrating healthy human cells, according to a laboratory study published in the Journal of Nature Products.

Update 2: It's real. There's a Reddit thread here which began while the Tweet was still live & you can follow the conversation at the point where the Tweet is deleted & then someone posts a screengrab. https://t.co/kxWNYSafR8— Ally Fogg (@AllyFogg) January 19, 2022

The Joss Whedon allegations feel crushing, but maybe inevitable, for longtime fans of 'Buffy,' 'Angel,' 'Firefly,' 'Dollhouse.'

Breaking: The British Medical Association, @TheBMA, says removing all restrictions in England "will inevitably increase transmission" and "place the public at greater risk", adding that it risks a "rebound" of Omicron infections when "the NHS is still under crippling pressure".— Andrew Gregory (@andrewgregory) January 19, 2022

Stephen Crabb says reports of rule breaking left him 'genuinely let down'.

Cost of living crisis worsens, piling pressure on Bank of England to raise interest rates again

The former cabinet minister joins calls for Boris Johnson to stand down over lockdown parties at No 10.

The decision on Plan B remains "finely balanced" but the latest data is "encouraging", the government says.

Woke up this morning to the radio talking about the cost of living rising a further 5%. It infuriates me the index that they use for this calculation, which grossly underestimates the real cost of inflation as it happens to people with the least. Allow me to briefly explain.— jack monroe (@BootstrapCook) January 19, 2022

Christian Wakeford, the MP for Bury South, has spectacularly quit the Tory party and joined Labour in protest against Boris Johnson's leadership.

"Heaven is going to be too fabulous now."

Guess the age, colour and sex of the person who sent me this. Answer will be posted at the end of the day. And just for the record Brent is an amazing place to live... pic.twitter.com/YkrRSqnQin— Dawn Butler MP✊🏾💙 (@DawnButlerBrent) January 19, 2022

Political commentators are suggesting Liz Truss could become the next prime minister – and that's a frightening idea for LGBT+ people.

The Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Justice League director has been accused of bad behaviour on set.

Pollution from plastics is a global emergency in need of a robust UN treaty, according to a report.

Six universities sign a ministerial pledge to stop using non-disclosure orders to silence complaints.

pic.twitter.com/0m2zjzZXL2— Jed Mercurio (@jed_mercurio) January 18, 2022

Far-right groups attempt use death as means to spread racist and misogynistic information

Meghan Markle trolls are turning YouTube hate accounts into a big money industry, netting millions across 25 channels, a data analyst estimates.

Teenage girls won't cycle because they get harassed by teenage boys and adult men for doing so https://t.co/QgxgOozyEX— Emma (@Notrossiter) January 18, 2022

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it was acquiring "Call of Duty" videogame maker Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in cash, the biggest deal in the sector that would help the Xbox maker become the third-largest gaming company by revenue.

Part of me is just absolutely terrified that today's news basically comes down to "Microsoft bought Activision-Blizzard, giving Kotick and cronies a fuckton of money, thanks to consistent sexual harassment claims dropping the stock far enough that there was an opening to acquire"— Rami Ismail (رامي) (@tha_rami) January 18, 2022

This year will be ‘dominated by the cost of living crunch and labour shortages’, predicted one expert

Move to change law would see assets subject to the same FCA rules as shares and insurance