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Gender-critical feminist campaigners in Scotland have attacked the SNP’s plans to make it easier for people to legally change gender. As part of the party’s new power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens, the SNP have agreed to introduce a bill within the next year to reform and simplify the Gender Recognition Act, which governs how trans people can legally change gender. Currently, the Act requires people to prove to a Gender Recognition Panel they have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, they have lived in their new gender for at least two years already and then make legally-binding declaration they intend to live as this…

THE UK Government plans to introduce legislation that will alter the software on your Smart TV to give more prominence to the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 over US streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. [emaillocker id=521003] The UK Government is looking to introduce new legislation that will secure prominence for British public service broadcasters, like the BBC and Channel 4, on all Smart TVs. The decision follows criticism from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which slammed the Government for acting too slowly to secure prominence on Smart TVs. Under the Communications Act 2003, public service…

West Ham are making it impossible to view last season’s exploits as a fluke. They are no longer a soft touch with David Moyes in charge. The trademark flakiness has disappeared, substance finally accompanying the style, and there is no doubt that West Ham will keep moving in the right direction if they continue to trust in Moyes, whose strong and talented side looked ready to push for another top-six finish during their emphatic destruction of Leicester City. The London Stadium was bouncing at the end, the fans delighting in the authority of Declan Rice in midfield, the guile of Saïd…

Mississippi residents flouting the state’s newly imposed order for anyone infected with COVID-19 to isolate at home could face criminal charges and time behind bars. The Mississippi State Department of Health on Friday issued an order (pdf), with immediate effect, requiring anyone infected with COVID-19, including those fully vaccinated, to isolate for 10 days at home or another “appropriate residential location.” “All persons residing in Mississippi must immediately home-isolate on first knowledge of infection with COVID-19,” State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs wrote in the “isolation order,” which notes two levels of potential punishment—one as a misdemeanor and the other as a…

Nuno Espírito Santo praised Harry Kane for helping Tottenham Hotspur to victory at Wolves in the striker’s first appearance of the season. With Kane’s future remaining uncertain as Manchester City contemplate whether to make another attempt to prise him from north London, the player came on as a 71st-minute substitute at Molineux, where Spurs won 1-0 thanks to an early penalty by Dele Alli. Kane was applauded on to the pitch by the travelling fans, a gesture he reciprocated after the final whistle. “He did well, he helped the team,” said Nuno of the striker who could have marked his return with…

More protests erupted across France to demonstrate against the country’s COVID-19 vaccine passports over the weekend, with tens of thousands of people marching in Paris and other cities. The French Interior Ministry told Reuters that about 175,000 people demonstrated Saturday—the sixth straight one. Last weekend, about 215,000 people partook in the demonstrations, and a week before that, about 237,000 turned out. More people could protest next Saturday, however, as French citizens are returning from their summer vacations in the coming days. “This health pass divides French people. I think that is clear. And unfortunately, I believe we should abolish it,” said civil servant Sophie…

LANSING, Mich.—A public hearing on a proposed new law to ban employers from requiring workers to be vaccinated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus drew hundreds of people, many dressed in hospital scrubs, to the state capital on Thursday morning. [emaillocker id=521003] The overwhelmingly supportive crowd jammed into a hearing on the bill conducted by the House Committee on Workforce, Trades, and Talent, filling the spacious committee room and four overflow rooms to capacity. The Informed Consent in the Workplace Act (pdf), offered by Rep. Sue Allor (R-Wolverine) and 16 other sponsors, prohibits employers from threatening, firing, discriminating, retaliating against,…

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson—who is fully vaccinated—and his wife, Jacqueline Jackson, have both been hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a statement on Aug. 21. Jackson, 79, received his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in January 2021 during a publicized event and urged others to get the vaccine as soon as possible. It isn’t clear if his wife, who is 77, also got the vaccine. [emaillocker id=521003] Both are being treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, according to a statement from Jackson’s nonprofit group, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. The organization didn’t provide an update on their status. “There are no further updates at this…

BORIS JOHNSON’S net zero dream appears to have been dealt a crushing blow as Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has admitted eco-friendly heat pumps are not as good as traditional gas boilers yet. Mr Kwarteng’s comments arrive amid a raging debate about the future of gas boilers in British households. The Government has now published its Hydrogen Strategy, stating that it aims to phase out gas boilers by 2026. Many, however, fear opting for greener alternatives like heat pumps is going to hit the taxpayers in their pockets. Mr Kwarteng has now warned heat pumps are “still in their infancy” and…

ELON MUSK is “interested” in building a Tesla gigafactory in the UK after facing a red tape nightmare in Berlin, Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has exclusively told Express.co.uk. [emaillocker id=521003] The Tesla CEO said he hoped the first cars will roll off the production line in Gruenheide, near Berlin, in October after visiting the site to grill both state leaders and executives of the company building the factory. Tesla has pushed back the expected opening of the gigafactory to late 2021 following German bureaucratic hurdles and environmental concerns. But as the environmental agency in Brandenburg has yet to give final…