NEWS FOR 28/09/2020 (Monday the 28^th of September, 2020 - 3:25:08pm bst)

• Govt facing calls for 10pm pub curfew to be urgently reviewed
  Posted on Monday, 28/09/2020, 7:25:00am bst
  Tighter social restrictions could be imposed if coronavirus infections continue to rise, a minister has suggested.
  
  
• MP Claudia Webbe charged with harassment against woman
  Posted on Monday, 28/09/2020, 2:11:00pm bst
  Labour MP Claudia Webbe has been charged with harassment against a woman.
  
  
• $421m in loans, $70,000 on hairstylists: Five claims about Trump's finances
  Posted on Monday, 28/09/2020, 12:52:00pm bst
  Donald Trump has cultivated a reputation for being a shrewd, successful businessman over the years - but an in-depth article into the state of the president's finances casts doubt on the image he portrays to the world.
  
  
• Parliament won't exempt own bars from 10pm curfew after backlash
  Posted on Monday, 28/09/2020, 11:19:00am bst
  Parliament has decided to restrict alcohol sales on its premises, after outrage when it emerged it did not have to follow the 10pm curfew imposed on pubs and bars.
  
  
• Poisoned Putin critic Navalny visited by Merkel in hospital
  Posted on Monday, 28/09/2020, 12:42:00pm bst
  German chancellor Angela Merkel visited Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a Berlin hospital where he was recovering after being poisoned with Novichok, her spokesman has revealed.
  
  
• Uber judged 'fit and proper' to operate in London
  Posted on Monday, 28/09/2020, 9:49:00am bst
  Uber can continue operating in London after it won an appeal over a decision to take away its licence due to safety concerns.
  
  
• 'Really clumsy': Labour MP apologises after urging activists not to 'let a good crisis go to waste'
  Posted on Monday, 28/09/2020, 9:17:00am bst
  Labour's shadow education secretary has admitted it was "hurtful and offensive" to urge party activists not to "let a good crisis go to waste".
  
  
• Strictly, Top Gear and Succession reveal how they're filming during COVID
  Posted on Monday, 28/09/2020, 10:54:00am bst
  The cast and crew of TV shows Strictly Come Dancing, Top Gear and Succession have revealed how they plan to film during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
  
• Billionaire brothers in pole position to buy Asda for £6.5bn
  Posted on Monday, 28/09/2020, 11:53:00am bst
  The billionaire brothers behind one of Britain's biggest petrol station operators have moved into pole position to clinch the biggest deal of their career: the takeover of Asda that will value the supermarket chain at more than £6.5bn.
  
  
• 'The Rock' endorses Joe Biden and 'badass' Kamala Harris
  Posted on Monday, 28/09/2020, 10:40:00am bst
  Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has become the latest celebrity to endorse Democratic candidate Joe Biden for the presidency.
  
  
• Covid: Manchester mayor calls for 'urgent review' of 10pm closures
  Posted on Monday, 28/09/2020, 3:14:25pm bst
  Greater Manchester mayor says the curfew is doing "more harm than good", but ministers defend it.
  
  

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