Jodie Turner-Smith Says 'Systemic Racism' Inspired Her Decision To Do a Home Birth

MRS Brown’s Boys is returning to the BBC as a series for the first time in almost a decade. The last run of the hit comedy, based around the family of Brendan O’Carroll’s foul-mouthed Irish “Mammy” Agnes Brown, aired in 2013.

COVID.Downing Street has said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will reveal details of his “living with COVID” plan on Monday (February 21) – outlining that factors such as vaccination, testing, and anti-viral drugs will be enough to keep people safe, rather than expecting infected people to stay at home.Self-isolation regulations for those who test positive and their close contacts are expected to cease by the end of this week.“COVID will not suddenly disappear, and we need to learn to live with this virus and continue to protect ourselves without restricting our freedoms,” said Johnson. “We’ve built up strong protections against this virus over the past two years through the vaccine rollouts, tests, new treatments and the best scientific understanding of what this virus can do.”He added: “Thanks to our successful vaccination programme and the sheer magnitude of people who have come forward to be jabbed, we are now in a position to set out our plan for living with COVID this week.”Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary told BBC‘s Sunday Morning today (February 20) this was “declaring victory before the war is over”, that ending mandatory self-isolation was “not the right thing to do” and that this was a distraction from the ongoing ‘partygate’ scandal.“At this stage the PM risks muddying the waters,” he said. “We want to see the government publish the scientific advice because at the moment this seems very premature.”“He continued: It seems like Boris Johnson is keen to declare victory before the war is over in the hope he gets some headlines about ‘victory day on COVID’ instead police officers asking questions about actions in Number 10.”Labour Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells #Raworth that dropping remaining

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Microsoft and Activision Blizzard regarding the recent acquisition occurred days after the report on CEO Bobby Kotick.An SEC filing was published on Friday (February 18) stating that Kotick and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer entered talks about the acquisition on November 19, just three days after a report alleged that Kotick had known about Activision Blizzard’s misconduct for years.In September of last year, it was announced that Activision Blizzard was cooperating with an SEC investigation into the allegations of sexual harassment at the company, which this filing refers to.Part of the SEC filing reads: “On November 19, 2021, in the course of a conversation on a different topic between Mr. Spencer and Mr.

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Mark Wahlberg is super fit at 50 – and he’s revealed all his tricks in a brand new video shared on his Instagram account. The Uncharted actor filmed a video of himself shirtless, flaunting his highly toned abs to promote his health brand Performance Inspired.

Kanye West has taken aim at Corey Gamble yet again in a fresh Instagram post, while praising his former mother-in-law Kris Jenner. In a new post shared on Saturday, the 44-year-old Donda hitmaker and Yeezy businessman shared an image of Corey, 41, alongside a caption in which he called the business executive ‘Godless’, and ‘not a great person’.

The Sun.The couple – who would split their time between London and the Cotswolds – are said to have put their Gloucestershire bungalow on the market for £870,000.The newspaper reports that sources close to the couple have also confirmed their relationship is over.It also claims that Katie allegedly alluded to their separation in a series of cryptic Instagram posts before setting her account to private.George, 47, married senior marketing consultant Katie, 42, in an Ibiza beach wedding in 2018.He has yet to publicly comment on the reported split, taking to Instagram ahead of the news on Saturday to share a picture of himself in a hard hat in front of a new home, built in a factory.Alongside the photo, the Channel 4 star wrote: ‘What a fantastic day I had yesterday at our Home Building Factory in Alfreton. It’s been really, really tough to make it happen, but ‘manufacturing’ new homes in a more controlled, safer, weather-protected environment is 100% the way forward!‘And Innovation isn’t easy…it takes a huge amount of time and investment, but innovation is what the home building industry needs.

A pub tycoon at the centre of a missing pensions scandal previously walked away from thousands of pounds of debt at a clothing brand he owned.

Sick scammers are selling fake tickets 'for £500' Martin Compston's Line of Duty charity event in Inverclyde.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticWith more Emmy nominations that any other show this year, HBO’s Watchmen has become the one to watch, literally and figuratively.“A lot of people did not watch Watchmen when it actually aired so they are watching it now while they are quarantining or while they are isolating,” Regina King said during Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees all-day event, regarding the nine-episode run of the now almost prophetic Damon Lindelof-created series.“You have people who are watching it for the first time during the pandemic, after George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and being more aware of the history of police brutality, violence against Black Americans, and so they are receiving it through a

Meghan Markle has said she is looking forward to speaking out against racism and said "it's good to be home" in a video interview today. Prince Harry and Meghan have moved to California with their son Archie after sensationally announcing they would quit as senior members of the Royal Family in January this year.

Meghan Markle has said "it's good to be home" and promised to be more vocal in a new interview.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic#blackAF creator Kenya Barris is making the move from fictionalized documentary to a real documentary on high-profile attorney Ben Crump.In the works for the past several pivotal months, the as-yet untitled film on the lawyer is set to stream on Netflix next year. Well known to cable news viewers and more than a few chastened police departments and delinquent corporations, the Tallahassee, Florida-based Crump is currently representing the grieving families of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, among others.The documentary will be produced by Barris and Oscar winner Roger Ross Williams.

According to Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, who is now trying to go by the name, “Lady A,” is going through a “mess” right now regarding their legal battle involving the singer of the same name. Back in June, the band announced they were going to change the name of their group due to conversations they had with their “closest black friends.” The band changed the name of their group due to the term, “Antebellum,” which refers to a period of time that included slavery.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is making his mark.

A disturbing video has surfaced showing police officers at a school attempting to handcuff a crying eight-year-old boy and telling him he's going to jail.

Porsha Williams’ desire for her daughter to have a “good life” is fueling her decision to participate in Black Lives Matter protests during a deadly pandemic.

Lili Reinhart is speaking out about coming out as bisexual amid the Black Lives Matter protests.

George Floyd protest in Arizona.Details of the morning raid are sparse, but video from ABC 7 appeared to show officials removing firearms from Jake's home. A spokesman for the FBI told TMZ, "The FBI is investigating allegations of criminal acts surrounding the incident at Scottsdale Fashion Square in May, 2020." Social media video from May 30 showed Jake inside the Fashion Square shopping center in Scottsdale, Arizona, while looters stole merchandise and vandalized stores during after hours.

John Legend brought his sultry tones to the Tiny Desk (at-home) stage.NPR has reimagined its popular Tiny Desk concert series as the coronavirus continues to spread, but Legend was up for the quarantined challenge, transforming a room in his house into the perfect space for his band, complete with a piano, a full instrumental set-up and stools for his back-up singers.The crooner ran through a number of hits from his latest album, Bigger Love, including "Ooh Laa," "Wild," "Conversations in the Dark" and the title track."I wrote all these songs before the pandemic, before we saw folks marching in the streets, mourning the life of George Floyd, expressing their outrage," Legend explained.