Private company ‘removes free access’ to hospital bedside TVs as pandemic surges
Company criticised in 2016 for doubling minimum cost of TV service tells COVID patients they have to pay to watch Hospedia, the company that provides bedside TV units to more than 130 NHS sites, has recommenced More...
Exclusive: staff laughed at thought left NEC member would miss vote whether Corbyn could stand for leader, reveals Subject Access Request
Infamous meeting to decide whether Corbyn needed nominations to stand as incumbent also saw right-wingers use underhand ploy to price poor out of vote as supporters Jeremy Corbyn in 2016 Former Labour National Executive More...
It helped solve murder: Singapore government defends giving police access to Covid-19 contract-tracing app data
Top officials in Singapore are on the defensive amid public uproar after it was acknowledged that data collected by a semi-mandatory Covid-19 contact-tracing app is available to law enforcement. TraceTogether is More...
Israeli govt confirms it will issue Covid vaccine passports granting access to places ‘restricted to other populations’
Israel has confirmed that it will issue official identification to those who receive a coronavirus jab, which will be used to bestow certain privileges not enjoyed by people who remain unvaccinated. Health Minister More...
How the UK is blocking global access to Covid vaccines – and what needs to happen next
Today governments are meeting again at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to discuss the landmark proposal to waive the monopolies that pharmaceutical companies hold on Covid-19 vaccines, tests and treatments to More...
‘Worst cruelty in history’: Iran’s health minister berates US for blocking access to much-needed medicine amid Covid outbreak
The Iranian health minister has blasted Washington for preventing Tehran from purchasing vital drugs and medical equipment, saying the US is depriving the “weakest and most needy people.” Speaking on Tuesday, More...
EU announces contingency measures for no-deal Brexit, including a demand for continued access to UK fisheries
The European Union has presented a number of proposed contingency measures to minimize disruption in the event of a no-deal Brexit, including mutual air and road connectivity and allowing for reciprocal fishing More...
EU risks losing access to Norwegian waters by New Year, says minister as Brexit fishing debacle escalates
Norway’s fisheries and seafood minister has warned Brussels and London that Norwegian waters will be closed to fishermen from the EU and UK unless a tripartite agreement on fishing is reached before January 1. Speaking More...
@Twitter reconfirms Mendoza suspension – this time saying it’s for tweeting her OWN email address – AND suspends ‘Rachael_Swindon’ access
Clear signs of coordinated right-wing campaign to try to take out prominent left-wing accounts for political purposes The SKWAWKBOX reported earlier this evening that the Twitter account of Canary editor Kerry-Anne More...
‘Second Soviet Union’ – Hungary’s Orban rips into EU’s plans to make access to Brussels funds conditional
Hungary’s prime minister has labeled the EU’s plan to make access to funding conditional on the maintenance of the rule of law as “blackmail.” He then likened Brussels to the Soviet Union. Viktor Orban, More...
