Patrick Hutchinson, the black British man who rescued a white man "who was up to no good" at a London demo, tells CNN "I think it's something that your police officers over there could learn a lesson from - just because somebody's up to no good doesn't mean you have to kill them"

Breakig: biggest advance yet in Covid treatment announced by Oxford scientists. Death rate cut by a third in patients on ventilator when given dexamethasone, a cheap steroid. Probably the best news we have had so far in this pandemic.

'He got up from a park bench, looked at officers and “let go a massive intestinal wind apparently with full intent”' theguardian.com/world/2020/jun…

How a speculative Saturday night email led to Britain's vaccine success .... thetimes.co.uk/article/how-uk…

Incredible FoI just submitted via Whatdotheyknow

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More shelling in Mariupol. Just spoke with my mom. She said goodbye. Her part of town has been evacuated, but she is staying. She said: My life started in poverty and it ends in war. Enjoy peace. Love you all!

Want to relive last night's glory? Read this scorcher from Tom Whipple and Billy Kenber. Which I'm proud/relieved to say is the best thing you'll read today even though I had to explain to Tom that "Wembley Way" was a place not an instruction thetimes.co.uk/article/englan…

I, like Liz Truss, have a new job! As deputy news editor at The Times and The Sunday Times. Time to deliver, deliver, deliver!

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This week, I am at a farm in the Austrian alps. A man who has come to help with the farm work has arrived in a Queen (the band) T-shirt. He heard there was an English person staying and thought it was the most respectful T-shirt he could find.

Just got a US journalist try to interview me. "Where are you from," I asked. "The Times," he said. "No you're not," I said. "The New York Times, The New York Times" he said. "We're the only one who gets to call themselves The Times and The Sunday Times," I said, patriotic outrage rising. Not today sonny jim.

The full damning evidence of Thérèse Coffey's hatred for the Oxford comma Department of Health civil servants beware

EXCLUSIVE Labour has a **17 point** lead over the Tories, Yougov poll for The Times finds It's the biggest lead since Yougov started polling in 2001 Six in 10 voters think Kwarteng's budget was unfair - the worst rating of any fiscal event since 2010 thetimes.co.uk/article/5b0f28…

It’s the silence after the questions which is most brutal.

BREAKING Labour have a 33 POINT LEAD with YouGov/Times Yes, 33. THIRTY-THREE POINTS Lab: 54 (+9) Con: 21 (-7) Lib: 7 (-2) Green: 6 (-1) Ref: 4 (+1) Fieldwork: Today and yesterday thetimes.co.uk/article/yougov…

Cracking profile of Thérèse Coffey by Ben Ellery including gems such as - She has installed karaoke machine in her office - At a wedding she politely listened as a guest attacked govt as "bunch of incompetents" and said nothing thetimes.co.uk/article/profil…

Newmarket pub landlord capturing the mood of Matt Hancock's constituency (and probably the nation) last night... hats off to Jack Malvern & Geri Scott thetimes.co.uk/article/can-ma…

The Prince of Wales has backed The Times and Sunday Times Christmas Appeal, urging readers to support the suicide prevention charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (Calm) CALM. 🔓 This story is free to read 👇 thetimes.co.uk/article/prince…

Terrific scoop from Eleanor Hayward — Britain's chief nurses have written to Pat Cullen warning patients’ lives and safety are at risk because of the nursing union’s refusal to protect critical services from strike action thetimes.co.uk/article/nhs-nu…