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Brief. BrIEf.Me In today’s briefing update, the Sunday Papers report the PM is facing a “massive” revolt for imposing Covid-19 restrictions on the public without consulting Parliament. Prince Charles has warned one million young people are in need of urgent help and the new NHS contact tracing app is branded a “shambles.”   In our special feature, we look at global coronavirus updates.  ……………………………………… Johnson faces revolt on Covid diktats as poll figures slum The Observer says the PM is facing a “massive” revolt from MPs for imposing Covid-19 restrictions on the public without consulting Parliament first. The paper says a…

Actors Studio: The Incredible Rise Of Millie Bobby Brown We look at how UK actor Millie Bobby Brown rose to international fame in just a few short years. Brown is one of the most talented child actors out there and she’s become one of Hollywood’s fastest breakout stars! Having earned critical acclaim and teen idol popularity, Millie has won various awards, countless cover magazines, she now has her own beauty line and her own production company. The 16-year-old has also earned her first producer credits on her latest film Enola Holmes. No doubt 2021 will see Millie continue her meteoric…

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT NEWS …………………………………… Michael Kiwanuka wins Mercury prize for self-titled album WTX News says Michael Kiwanuka has won this year’s Mercury Prize. The singer-songwriter, from North London, had been nominated twice before, but it was his third self-titled album that scored the prize.  He beat off competition from Stormzy, Dua Lipa, Charlie XCX, Kano and Laura Marling.  He told the BBC: “This year, I thought if there’s any chance, it would be this one. I was resigned to the fact if I didn’t win this year, I would never win. But I never thought I actually would.” Read…

Insta Talk Ep 6: Ellen DeGeneres, Skincare and makeup during the pandemic, Why we need to get more fibre into our diets & Boutique shopping in Dubai On this week’s episode, Dyna Fayz is speaking to CEO and Founder of Enigma Magazine Yasmine Shihata about the summer of toxic workplace allegations the Ellen DeGeneres show faced, Ellen’s fall from grace and what she can do to win back the support from her fans. We’re going under the mask with Makeup4TV founder Joanne Morgan to discuss skincare and makeup during the pandemic and how to avoid your facemasks giving you ‘maskne.’ …

Trump ‘flirting with treason’ by refusing to confirm peaceful White House exit Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has accused President Trump of “flirting with treason” after he refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power should he lose the November presidential elections to Joe Biden. The president told a rally crowd in Jacksonville, Florida, on Thursday that the ballot’s outcome will determine “whether we end the pandemic.” The US coronavirus death toll has surpassed 200,000 under his leadership and he claims his DC rivals are holding up progress on a vaccine.  https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1309319771184345095 Trump claimed he was a victim of a…

Turkey issues 82 arrest warrants including one for a mayor over pro-Kurdish protests Arrest warrants were issued on Friday by Turkish authorities for 82 people, including a mayor, over pro-Kurdish protests six years ago, officials and local media said. The warrants relate to October 2014 protests in Turkey sparked by the seizure by IS jihadists of the mainly Kurdish Syrian town of Kobane.  Police are hunting for the 82 suspects in the Turkish capital and in six other provinces, the Ankara chief public prosecutor’s office said in a statement.  But the office did not specify what the offences the 82…

Michael Kiwanuka wins Mercury prize for self-titled album Michael Kiwanuka has won this year’s Mercury Prize. The singer-songwriter, from North London, had been nominated twice before, but it was his third self-titled album that scored the prize.  He beat off competition from Stormzy, Dua Lipa, Charlie XCX, Kano and Laura Marling.  He told the BBC: “This year, I thought if there’s any chance, it would be this one. I was resigned to the fact if I didn’t win this year, I would never win. But I never thought I actually would.” When asked how he would celebrate, Kiwanuka, 33, revealed…

Kim Jong Un issues rare apology over the killing of South Korean official North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has issued a rare apology for the killing of a South Korean official, Seoul says.  Kim reportedly told his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in that the “disgraceful affair” should not have happened.  South Korea has said the 47-year-old man was found floating in the North’s waters by troops and was shot dead and his body was set alight, according to Seoul. The killing has caused outrage in the South. Its the first killing of a South Korean by North Korean forces…

BREAKING: Police officer shot dead at Croydon police station in south London. A police officer has been shot dead by a suspect being booked into custody at a south London police station today. The custody sergeant was killed and the suspect then turned the gun on themselves, according to Standard newspaper sources. The prisoner was being booked in for possession of ammunition at around 2 am, it is believed. This is a breaking news story and will be updated shortly.  …………………….. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SHARE WTX NEWS WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY: Facebook – Please like our page Twitter – Twitter updates available…

Friday 25 September coronavirus updates BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFINGFriday 25 September 2020 News Briefing – Today’s headlines are dominated by the global Coronavirus Pandemic. As of 6:30 am (GMT), these are the global active numbers.Global COVID-19 UPDATECoronavirus Cases: 32,416,537Deaths: 987,743Recovered: 23,932,423 nick cage to play joe exoticnfl london 2020 games scrappednhs contact tracing app trialled in isle of wightTrump expects US deathtoll to hit 100,000 Previous Next Headlines: What the papers say? Covid uncertainty as industries miss out on job support.‘Stark warning to us all’: UK reports record daily number of Covid cases.France records more than 16,000 cases in…