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Captain Tom Moore has made the honours shortlist after an outpouring of support to get him a knighthood, according to reports.The 99-year-old Second World War veteran has raised more than £28 million for the NHS by walking laps of his garden ahead of his 100th birthday next Thursday. However much the Tories are now clapping for our NHS, we must remember that they are fundamentally opposed to public services, and will soon forget their panic and revert to form. There is a revealing article making this point by a former insider now disillusioned with the world view that anything funded by the state (except of course infrastructure that furthers the interests of the rich) is wrong. Additionally, there have been a number of structural changes as well as commitments to increased funding that superficially make it appear as if the strengths of a public national health service are now being acknowledged, together with an implied criticism of much of the reforms of the last near decade.

The COVID-19 pandemic has sent millions of workers and their families, already scraping to survive, into a financial tailspin from which many will never recover. However, for the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, the pandemic has been a financial bonanza, sending Amazon shares, and Bezos’ personal net worth, soaring.

COVID-19 has swept the world in a global pandemic of extraordinary proportions. The debate about its eventual health costs continues to rage, but one Centers for Disease Control estimate suggested anywhere between 200,000 and 1.7 million deaths could be expected in the United States alone, depending on the eventual fatality rate, and not adjusting for corrective measures currently in place (although in recent days a revised projected figure of 60,000 deaths has been reported by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation). This makes the pandemic a terrifying proposition—one that has appropriately galvanized public attention globally.

What is the True Meaning of Easter, also called Pascha (Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day after his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. Mark and Pete look at what it truly means to them today.Mark and Pete are a businessmen and a clergyman who have been friends since the 70's

Zoom is changing things encouraged by the response to the crisis. Businesses and churches are scrambling to adjust to self-isolation and remote working have turned to video conferencing to substitute for face-to-face contact.#zoom

The emerging situation with the COVID-19 coronavirus and the many news reports around us are creating anxiety and worry for the future and our well-being. In times like these, it is especially important to remember God’s promise to be with us. But is he? Where is God in this crisis? Mark and Pete have the answers.

Mark and Pete Half Cut: a new series of Mark and Pete podcasts episode where the avuncular opinionated pair cut loose and shoot the breeze. This week. Why pubs are great.

The world is in the early stages of what may be the most deadly pandemic of the past 100 years. In China, thousands of people have already died; large outbreaks have begun in South Korea, Iran and Italy; and the rest of the world is bracing for impact. We do not yet know whether the final toll will be measured in thousands or hundreds of thousands. For all our advances in medicine, humanity remains much more vulnerable to pandemics than we would like to believe. Why haven't we learnt from the past?

Mark and Pete Uncensored: a new series of Mark and Pete podcasts episode where the avuncular opinionated pair cut loose and shoot the breeze. Come and listen and laugh along with two old friends. This week, what is the worst burger?

Suspended flights, cancelled tours, temporary restaurant closures, and millions of people in lockdown amid an extended nationwide holiday are just some of the results of a contagious new coronavirus - what are the long term effects of how we respond to this. Will "social distancing", to limit spread of the disease harm our society?

Rudy Gobert was named as the NBA's first player to contract COVID-19, also known as coronavirus.On Monday, Gobert had “jokingly” touched all of the Jazz reporter’s microphones and recorders as a sort of mockery of precautions taken by the NBA, which mandated all reporters maintain 6-to-8 feet from players and coaches. Many stupid reactions that we look at here. This episode laughs at silly reactions and provides sensible advice.

Rishi Sunak delivered what's become known as the "coronavirus Budget," as fears grow over the impact the outbreak will have on the UK economy. He is unveiled a package of measures to boost everything from the NHS to struggling small businesses and the self-employed. But how much can the chancellor actually do, and will it go far enough? Or is he going in completely the wrong direction? And what exactly, we ask, do the Bank of England think they are up too?

A pilot for a new incarnation of Spitting Image has already been filmed, and its producers are in advanced discussions with US-based networks to bring this very British brand of satire to the wider world. After years of hopes, hints and denials, he wanted to resurrect the programme back as a “public service satire” in response to the state of the political culture, making clear he has lost none of his antiestablishment fire. But are we ready for it? Can today's snowflake, safe space, SJW laden, offence-taking PC culture cope with such hard hitting humour?

Great Thunberg the climate change alarmist activist has a simple message: "to unite behind the science and to act on the science." But what does the science actually tell us? Is Naomi Seibt, who campaigns about climate change from a very different perspective, actually correct? Mark and Pete have their answers. What do you think?

British citizens have been issued burgundy passports for the last 30 years, but as of next month that's about to change. As Britain moves onto the next stage of Brexit, campaigners demanded the British passport be changed from EU red to it's former deep blue shade, the government was happy to comply. It's all about identity.

Fly tipping mountains are getting bigger, official figures show, as the cost of clearing them up has risen by nearly a quarter. The number of waste piles discovered which are bigger than the capacity of a lorry, classed as "multi load incidents", rose by 43 per cent over the past year, data published by the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs showed.It comes as local councils are starting to withdraw recycling services as some types of plastic are becoming too expensive to process, potentially leading to more excess household waste being illegally dumped. What do we do about it?

As the clock struck 11pm GMT, the nation officially enacted the biggest constitutional change in living memory and, in doing so, became the first member state ever to leave the EU.The momentous shift follows more than three years of political wrangling that has seen off two prime ministers and brought about radical change within the two main political parties.The UK now enters a transition period that is due to run until the end of the year and during which the government is charged with the task of redrawing the country’s relationship with its closest neighbours.

In a recent interview, Greta Thurnberg the activist explained that she persuaded her parents to go vegan by stressing that their refusal to make the easy switch was stealing her generation’s future. Her dad is now fully vegan, while her mum is 90% of the way there. She claims thatyYou can’t be a meat-eating environmentalist. The fishing, meat, dairy, and egg industries aren’t just relentlessly cruel to animals – they’re also a nightmare for the environment. But is this right, how do the facts stack up?

How are you going to celebrate leaving the EU on Brexit Day 31st January 2020 at 11pm GMT? housands of Britons have decided to step in to celebrate Brexit in two weeks' time by organising parties across the country. As Boris Johnson announced plans for a light show on the walls of 10 Downing St and MPs quibbled over the £500,000 cost of ensuring Big Ben can bong, Brexiteers from Scotland to Norfolk are working up their own plans.The biggest event will be in Parliament Square where 20,000 Leave supporters are planning to party with Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage as the minutes count down to 11pm on Jan 31 - the legal moment that the UK leaves the European Union. But what is the best way to celebrate Brexit Day?