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Jonathan Sumption, who sat on the Supreme Court until 2018, made the comments while appearing on the BBCs The Big Questions this morning.

In a major milestone for the vaccination programme, letters will start being sent to those in England aged over 70 and people classed as clinically extremely vulnerable.

Watch: Grim moment former UK judge tells stage 4 cancer sufferer her life is less valuable 17 Jan, 2021 06:41 PM 4 minutes to read Grim moment Lord Sumption, former judge tells stage 4 cancer sufferer her life is less valuable. Video / BBC Grim moment Lord Sumption, former judge tells stage 4 cancer sufferer her life is less valuable. Video / BBC NZ Herald Former UK Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption has cruelly told a stage 4 bowel cancer sufferer her life was "less valuable" than others live o...

Credit: peter byrne/pa SIR – My 94-year-old mother is in a nursing home in Cheshire. Up until Christmas, the matron and staff had done a wonderful job of protecting the residents. However, currently, the staff are exhausted and feel abandoned because many residents and staff have tested positive for Covid and there have been a number of deaths. Since Christmas, the matron and relatives of residents have been contacting relevant people, including the local MP, trying to obtain a batch of vacc...

Why the overzealous policing of lockdown is a threat to us all Allowing the police to interpret Covid-19 laws as they please has set a dangerous human rights precedent. When is a walk essential exercise, and when is it flagrant, rule-breaking “socialisation”?  For the two Derbyshire women stopped by police at Foremark Reservoir last week, it is not an academic question but a matter of a £200 fine. And the answer, at least according to the officers who stopped them, is determined by t...

IN The National on January 4, columnist Stephen Paton criticised Wetherspoon for saying that “staff could take jobs with supermarkets” in the…

A video of a woman apparently being arrested for sitting on a bench was staged-managed by anti-lockdown protesters, Dorset Police said. Footage, which has been shared widely online, shows three police officers surrounding a woman in Bournemouth for allegedly leaving her house more than once in a day. The clip then shows a woman being handcuffed and led away by officers as she repeatedly tells them: I was sitting on a bench.   But police believe the video was planned, stage-managed and recor...

Hordes of visitors were spotted having a stroll on Tynemouth Longsands beach in North Tyneside today  Car parks in the area were packed as families descended on the coastal beauty spot for a Sunday walk  And in London masses of people were seen taking to Hampstead high street and queuing at food stalls It comes as Covid hospital deaths hit 563 - the highest Sunday toll in eight months  

The West Mercia police force tweeted: There have been two reports of snowballs being thrown last night Came as friends were surrounded, read their rights and fined £200 each after driving seven miles for a  walk Derbyshire Police has previously been criticised for using drones to film dog walkers and dying lagoon black   Priti Patel insisted its right for officers to confront Britons sat on park benches after criticism of their tactics Officers in England and Wales have handed out more tha...

M v H ( private law vaccination) [2020] EWFC 93 MacDonald J granted a specific issue order authorising the administration of vaccinations to two children, ages 6 and 4 in accordance with the NHS vaccination schedule. In doing so he considered the role of the court in this area, the application of the principles set out in Re H (A Child: Parental Responsibility: Vaccination) [2020] EWCA Civ 664 in private law disputes, the use of expert evidence and the approach to proportionality under Artic...