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LONDON - A British Black Lives Matter activist is fighting for her life after being shot in the head during the early hours of Sunday morning. Sasha Johnson, a 27-year-old mother, is in a critical condition after the incident, which comes amid “numerous death threats,” according to a statement from the political party she is affiliated with. Police did not name Johnson but confirmed a woman was shot in the London borough of Southwark at around 3 a.m. Sunday morning “in the vicinity of a house where a party was taking place.” She was taken to a nearby hospital. Officers have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
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LONDON – A British Black Lives Matter activist is fighting for her life after being shot in the head during the early hours of Sunday morning. Sasha Johnson, a 27-year-old mother, is in a critical condition after the incident, which comes amid “numerous death threats,” according to a statement from the political party she is affiliated with.
Police did not name Johnson but confirmed a woman was shot in the London borough of Southwark at around 3 a.m. Sunday morning “in the vicinity of a house where a party was taking place.” She was taken to a nearby hospital. Officers have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
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People dine inside a restaurant, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Chinatown, London, Britain, 18 May 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
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Spending at British pubs and restaurants has surged since coronavirus rules were relaxed on Monday to allow people to eat and drink indoors for the first time in months, industry data showed on Thursday.
Figures from card processor Barclaycard Payments showed spending at pubs and bars since Monday was 171% higher than the previous week, while restaurant sales were 58% higher.
Barclaycard Payments Chief Executive Rob Cameron, said pent-up demand for socialising has brought the welcome sound of ringing tills to restaurants, pubs and bars across the country .
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday that current plans for easing COVID-19 restrictions in England will proceed, but a rise in cases of a new so-called Indian variant of the virus could change those plans as well as plans to fully reopen the nation by the end of June.
At a news conference from his offices on Downing Street, Johnson said there have been clusters of the B1617.2 COVID-19 variant, first observed in India, identified in the northwestern English towns of Bolton, Blackburn and Darwen, as well as other parts of the country. He said it is believed the variant is more easily transmissible than other strains of the virus, but it is unclear by how much.