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Public sector borrowing was more than £300billion in 2020/21, hitting a level not seen since the end of the Second World War, according to new official statistics which reveal the extent of the economic damage done by the Covid crisis. Data published by the Office for National Statistics this morning showed that net borrowing during the last financial year is estimated to have been £303.1billion. That is some £246.1billion more than was borrowed in the previous financial year. It is the highest number recorded for any financial year since records began back in 1947. Meanwhile, the data also showed public…

A group of Manchester United fans broke into the club’s Carrington training ground on Thursday morning. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was reportedly ‘disturbed’ by the angry supporters who broke into Manchester United’s training ground on Thursday – and he was forced to cancel the session as a result. A group of fans were seen blocking the main entrance to Carrington with their clear intent being to show their anger and frustration towards the Glazers. Banners read ‘Glazers out’ and ‘51% MUFC’ with around 20 fans breaching security at the training complex. They had even managed to get onto the training pitch with…

The special one week Leadership and Discipleship Training Program organized for leaders of Christ Embassy Buea Sub Group, East West Central Africa Zone 4, has yielded a tremendous harvest of souls into God’s Kingdom. During the training, the Sub Group Pastor, the esteemed Pastor Sylvia, inspired the attendees, equipping them with the truth of God’s Word and proven strategies for effective soul winning and retention. A cross section of the new converts taking turns to be baptized. With the new zeal and passion received by the attendees, they went out in the fullness of the Spirit to win souls in…

THE EU has been warned about the risk of fraud related to the recovery fund, after it emerged that public authorities in the member states rarely reported allegations of corruption and abuse. The European Court of Auditors (ECA) is on high alert about the risk of fraud and abuse associated with the EU’s recovery fund, worth around €750billion (£668bn). The President of the court, Klaus-Heiner Lehne, said: “It is crucial to have an effective inspection system. “The faster the money flows, the higher the risks. This is inevitable.” The huge pandemic recovery fund, which will be paid off as loans and…

A petition drive in Michigan seeking to repeal a law that underpins many of Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s restrictive COVID-19 executive orders has enough valid signatures to proceed up the chain that leads to the state Legislature, documents show. The conservative-led initiative, called Unlock Michigan, needed 340,047 signatures to obtain certification from the state’s Bureau of Elections, a necessary precondition to send the matter to the state’s Republican-led Legislature. An April 19 staff report from the Michigan Secretary of State’s office (pdf) estimated at a 100 percent confidence level that the petition drive had amassed 460,358 valid signatures out of a total filing…

A panel of senators grilled representatives from Apple and Google at an anti-trust hearing Wednesday, with the companies pushing back against accusations of abusing market power to squash competition and of charging unjustified developer fees in their app stores. The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust and Consumer Rights heard complaints from Spotify, Match, and other app store developers, who accused Apple and Google of anti-competitive practices, including selectively hitting certain companies with high developer fees and of strong-arming developers to do their bidding. “Apple abuses its dominant position as a gatekeeper of the App Store to insulate itself from competition and disadvantage rival services…

We are ready! Russia’s army, navy and air force hold huge drills – Putin sends warning. THOUSANDS of Russian troops have completed a mass military drill in Crimea as tensions with Ukraine remain high. Hundreds of warplanes and dozens of ships took part in the largest Russian operation since it seized Crimea in 2014. According to the Russian Defence Ministry the exercise involved over 10,000 troops and 1,200 military vehicles. Sporadic fighting has continued in eastern Ukraine between Ukrainian troops and Russia backed separatists. Moscow has threatened to use force if Ukraine attempts to retake its territory using force. Separately Russia…

Requiring children wear masks does more harm than good, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told The Epoch Times. Bhattacharya advised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis not to make children don face coverings. Bhattacharya is a professor of medicine at Stanford University. He’s a health economist by training. “I think about things from a cost-benefit point of view, you have to think about what the costs and benefits are of any policy to set before you make a recommendation,” Bhattacharya said on The Epoch Times’ “American Thought Leaders.” “In the case of masks, the evidence that children spread the disease even without a mask is that they’re much less efficient…

The parent company of the Daily Mail and Mail Online is suing Google for alleged anti-competitive behavior by manipulating search results and advertising auctions that cause harm to online publishers. The lawsuit, which was filed in a federal court in Manhattan, alleges that Google built a dominant position in the digital ad market and is using that market power to eliminate competition. It states that the technology behemoth now controls the tools used by publishers and advertisers to buy and sell online ad space. “Google represents that its publisher ad server, as a tool for publishers, maximizes the yield for publishers’ inventory. But Google operates…

The Supreme Court declined on April 19 to hear a lawsuit regarding a Pennsylvania voting dispute nearly six months after the Nov. 3, 2020, election. The court rejected an appeal from a Republican congressional candidate’s unsuccessful challenge of the state’s mail-in ballot initiatives, which is the final Nov. 3-related action to be dismissed related to Pennsylvania’s voting laws. In a two-line order (pdf), the Supreme Court wrote: “The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case as moot.” The decision…