Uroar As PM Orders Drastic New Covid Closures Without Telling Local Leaders
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All Rise for Dame Mary! - page 4 California’s British Accent ™ - Since 1984 Saturday, October 10, 2020 • Number 1856 Always Free “No discussion. No consultation. Millions of lives affected by Whitehall diktat.” Johnson: he’s no king of the north! n Uroar as PM orders drastic new Covid closures without telling local leaders Boris Johnson has angered leaders in northern England by deciding to close pubs and restaurants in some areas without telling them. The prime minister sharply. Businesses such tweeted. signed off on the as pubs, restaurants and Steve Rotheram, lockdown Wednesday cafés in this tier will have mayor of the Liverpool night alongside new to close, with leisure city region, said in a financial support and venues and hairdressers statement: “It is deeply a simplified system of also likely to be shut. disappointing to wake restrictions in England, Schools, universities and up this morning to The prime minister faces a battle with his backbenchers over the restrictions as concern mounts in other businesses will reports that new Covid-19 government about the remain open. restrictions affecting risk of seeing hospitals After the news broke millions of people in our overwhelmed by a rising leaders in the region city region, and across number of coronavirus attacked the government the north, could be in cases. for allowing it to leak place within days, rather The measures will without briefing them than hearing it during include wage support for first. It is understood a genuine dialogue employees of businesses that a briefing planned between ministers and that were forced back with local health officials local leaders.” into lockdown three last night was cancelled Speaking on Good months after opening. Wednesday afternoon as Morning Britain, Mr The new system divides ministers finalized the Rotheram added that England into three tiers of plans in Whitehall. people needed to escalating severity. “No discussion. No understand the evidence Merseyside and other consultation. Millions of behind the restrictions. parts of northern England lives affected by Whitehall “We are seeing a widening will be placed in the diktat. It is proving of the north-south divide highest tier as some impossible to deal with and the north won’t be a hospitals start to run this government”, Andy petri dish for some kind out of dedicated Covid Burnham, mayor of of experimentation,” he beds and infections rise Greater Manchester, cont. on page 3, col 2 Liverpool mayor Steve Rotheram said the north could not be a ‘petri dish’ News from Britain 2-5 • Brits in LA 8 • Meet a Member 8, Stargazing 9 • Puzzles 9 • Sport 15-16 Page 2 The british Weekly, Sat. October 10, 2020 News From Britain ISIS ‘Beatles’ flown to US n British jihadis face life in prison on charges of hostage taking Two British jihadists Kotey also asked about known as “the Beatles” his status. “I’m just and accused of being waiting to be briefed on part of the Islamic State what’s going on,” Kotey gang that kidnapped said. “This is all kind of and beheaded western foreign to me.” Nagpaul: ‘it’s hostages were flown A public defender, Ken heartbreaking’ to the US from Iraq Troccoli, was appointed Front line on Wednesday to face by the court to represent terrorism charges. both men at the hearing. workers Alexanda Kotey, 36, Dennis Fitzpatrick, and El Shafee Elsheikh, the prosecutor, said that toll reaches 32, face eight charges, five of the eight charges 640 including hostage-taking against the men carry a resulting in death and mandatory life sentence AT least 640 NHS and conspiracy to murder if convicted. social care workers have US citizens overseas. If died in England and convicted they could face ‘leading partici- Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee ElSheikh before their court appearance via video Wales from Covid-19, life in prison. pants’ link in the United States Wednesday night. They were allegedly in the Isis gang that with the final toll set to At a brief initial A detention hearing kidnapped and beheaded Western hostages including the journalist James Foley be higher. appearance before and arraignment were Office for National a federal court in scheduled for Friday, Statistics figures show 625 Alexandria, Elsheikh though Mr Troccoli American and European “likely engaged in the death. deaths across England asked questions about told the judge he might citizens” from 2012 to group’s executions The announcement and Wales up to July 20. his legal status. Asked request a delay so he 2015. It said that in July and exceptionally follows a decision by But recent fatalities have if he wanted to hire his has time to go over the 2014, Elsheikh described cruel torture methods, Britain to hand over pushed that up to at least own lawyer or have indictment with his to a family member including electronic shock intelligence assessments 640 with further deaths one appointed, he said clients. his participation in an and waterboarding”. and other records to yet to be made public. A he didn’t know how to “These charges are the Islamic State attack on Kotey and Elsheikh the US to assist their breakdown of the figures answer. product of years of hard the Syrian army. He sent are each charged with prosecution after a shows 60 per cent of those “I don’t know. I haven’t work in pursuit of justice photos of decapitated conspiracy to commit guarantee that the lost to the coronavirus had time to consult,” for our citizens slain by heads and said in a hostage taking resulting men would not receive were women. he said via a videolink Isis,” William Barr, the voice message: “There’s in death; four charges of the death penalty if The most recent from a jail cell nearby. attorney-general, said. many heads, this is just a hostage taking resulting convicted. recorded death was He wore a green T-shirt, “Although we cannot couple.” He “was said to in death; conspiracy Kotey and Elsheikh mental health nurse handcuffs, long, unruly bring them back, we can have earned a reputation to murder US citizens acquired their nicknames, Wilbald Tesha, who hair and a blue surgical and will seek justice for for waterboarding, outside America; a reference to their British worked in the UK for 30 mask he fiddled with and them, their families and mock executions, and conspiracy to provide accents, from western years after moving from eventually removed. “Am for all Americans.” crucifixions while material support to hostages they are accused Tanzania. Described I under arrest?” he asked The indictment serving as an Isis jailer”. terrorists and conspiracy of holding in Isis-held as “kind, caring and Teresa Carroll Buchanan, described the pair as Kotey, according to to provide material territory in Syria between compassionate” and the magistrate presiding “leading participants the State Department, support to a designated 2012 and 2014. They “someone who would over the hearing. He was in a brutal hostage- acted as an Islamic foreign terrorist both deny killing any do anything to help informed that he was. taking scheme targeting State recruiter and organisation resulting in hostages. another”, he was based at Eastbourne District Nottingham has worst Covid rates General Hospital’s 171 Pier Ave. Ste. 121 • Santa Monica CA 90405 department of psychiatry. Tel: (310) 452 2621 • Fax: (310) 314-7653 Nottingham has the criticised the delay in Dr Chaand Nagpaul, [email protected] highest Covid-19 imposing restrictions. www.british-weekly.com • Twitter/BritishWeekly British Medical infection rate in the Nottingham City Association chair of UK, according to the Council leader David Managing Editor: Neil Fletcher council, said: “It’s heart- latest data. Mellen said the Deputy Editor: Nick Stark breaking so many people Public Health government’s lack of Contributing Writers: Sean Borg, Alan Darby Drake, who have dedicated lives England figures show action on new measures John Hiscock, Eileen Lee, , Rick Parcell, Anne Shaw, Nick and careers to caring that 689.1 per 100,000 in Nottingham “makes Stark, Craig Bobby Young for others have been people tested positive absolutely no sense” Showbusiness Editor: Sean Borg lost. “The Government for the virus in the city and that “strict Advertising Manager: Mark Devlin must take action now over the past week. interventions are Legal Notices and DBAs: Mirelle Woolf to guarantee that never Documents leaked needed urgently”. 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