Britain has a long-standing weakness for “Germans do it better” arguments. Today’s surge of enthusiasm is driven partly by cultural anxiety
- 16 August 2020
2020年8月29日 星期六
Appetite grows for home working and local lockdowns. The worst is yet to come for Britain’s restaurant business
Coronavirus: Appetite grows for home working and local lockdowns
PA MEDIA
The public's appetite for working from home and local lockdowns if a Covid-19 vaccine cannot be found appears to be growing, research suggests.
King's College London (KCL) has been tracking attitudes during the pandemic.
Results from a survey reveal that 86% believe that, until a vaccine is found, workers should be able to decide whether they returned to the office.
Experts said the results show people are prioritising public health over the economy and their social lives.
A total of 87% of people questioned said that they would accept local lockdowns being imposed in the future, with 85% saying they would accept their own local area being subject to such limitations.
Areas of England and Scotland which have seen a spike in cases are currently subject to local lockdowns to help stop the spread of Covid-19.
Prof Bobby Duffy, director of the policy institute at KCL, said the public seemed "more convinced" of the need for local lockdowns "reflecting the extent to which people are still prioritising public health over the economy and their own social lives".
The live entertainment industry is one of many to have taken a hit while restrictions have been in place.
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Yet some 68% of those surveyed said they would accept a ban on major sporting or cultural events with a live audience.
And as the government prepares to launch a campaign to persuade parents in England that it will be safe for children to return to the classroom next month, attitudes towards home schooling remain almost unchanged since May.
Some 49% of those surveyed said home schooling for most children long-term would be acceptable, compared to 51% a few months earlier.
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中國派英外交官 10 年增四分一 圖增影響力；Learning Mandarin has gone out of fashion in Britain
Fewer than 3% of primary schools in England offer lessons in Mandarin, while the number of students choosing to take Chinese for A-level and GCSE has declined since 2015
近年中國在外交上頻頻展示強硬態度，昨日 (28 日) 英國《泰晤士報》報道，指過去 10 年間，中國派往英國的外交官增加了近四分一，認為是中國試圖增加在英的政治影響力，並提到中國在國際上開展「戰狼外交」。
中國駐英大使劉曉明今日 (29 日) 回應，指中英關係發展，因此使館工作量增加，增加人手無可厚非。他又批評有政客叫囂對華發動「新冷戰」，指中國與其他大國一樣，肩負維護世界和平的使命…
2020年8月18日 星期二
Coronavirus: Marks & Spencer to cut 7,000 jobs after 'material shift' in trading
 | |
| Public limited company | |
| Traded as | LSE: MKS FTSE 250 Component |
| ISIN | GB0031274896  |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1884 Leeds, United Kingdom |
| Founder | Michael Marks Thomas Spencer |
| Headquarters | London, England, UK |
Number of locations
| 1463 (2019) |
Area served
| Worldwide |
Key people
| |
| Brands |
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| Revenue |  £10,181.9 million (2020)[1] |
| £254.8 million (2020)[1] | |
| £27.4 million (2020)[1] | |
Number of employees
| 80,000 (2020)[2] |
| Subsidiaries | M&S Bank(owned by HSBC since 2004) |
| Website | marksandspencer.com |
2020年8月12日 星期三
The UK economy contracted 20.4% in the second quarter,
Just in: The UK economy contracted 20.4% in the second quarter, a bigger slump than any other major European economy.
2020年8月11日 星期二
無懼假選舉、真鎮壓，白俄人要擊倒「歐洲最後獨裁者」； Belarus court hands DW reporter 10-day prison sentence
DW News
8月8日上午2:31 ·
Human rights groups say Belarus authorities are targeting media ahead of Sunday's presidential election.
DW.COM
Belarus court hands DW reporter 10-day prison sentence
DW's Minsk-based freelance journalist Alexander Burakov has been sentenced
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週日晚上，#白俄羅斯 20 多個大小城市爆發大型示威。在首都明斯克，警方使用水砲車、閃光彈、催淚彈及橡膠子彈，鎮壓數以萬計的示威者，起碼 213 人被捕。據報更有軍車撞向人群，至少 1 人死亡及多人受傷。國民如此強烈反抗，全為控訴一場不公不義的 #總統大選，以及不擇手段操控選舉的盧卡申科。
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