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- China Evergrande shares fall sharply after $2.6bn asset sale collapses
- Man charged with murder of Tory MP David Amess
- UK Covid live: Labour demands 500,000 per day booster jabs target, saying ‘wall of defence is crumbling’
- Oil and coal-rich countries lobbied for changes to UN climate report, leak shows
- Bill Clinton says he is ‘glad to be home’ after hospital admission
- Assad regime ‘siphons millions in aid’ by manipulating Syria’s currency
- Group that spread false Covid claims doubled Facebook interactions in six months
- British leavers and remainers as polarised as ever, survey finds
- Solar storm confirms Vikings settled in North America exactly 1,000 years ago
- Thief broadcasts his face to thousands after snatching journalist’s phone during live report
- Moscow announces one-week lockdown as Russia Covid deaths rise
- Coronavirus live: Covid-linked deaths in Russia at record highs again; most cases in Bulgaria since April
- What is driving the rise in UK Covid cases?
- Life after loneliness: ‘I was homeless, hungry, skint and isolated. Then I found the secret of reconnection’
- ‘You shouldn’t work if your kidneys are failing – but people can’t afford not to’
- Carrie Fisher, ghostly jesters and a curious motoring fine – take the Thursday quiz
- Oscar Isaac films – ranked!
- How the Balloon World Cup blew up to become your new favourite sport | Gregg Bakowski
- The great betrayal: how the Hillsborough families were failed by the justice system
- ‘Self-obsessed and not bright’: what Middlesbrough’s mayor thinks of his councillors
- Drone search widens for dogs trapped by La Palma eruption
- Thief broadcasts face to thousands after snatching journalist’s phone during live report – video
- Morocco to ban flights to and from UK over rising Covid rates
- ‘Everybody’s excited’: Amazon workers in Staten Island to file for union vote
- Chile far-right candidate rides anti-migrant wave in presidential poll
- Fifth of Indonesia’s palm oil sites lie in protected forests, says Greenpeace
- Victoria Covid cases jump as Melbourne prepares to exit lockdown – as it happened
- Global heating ‘may lead to epidemic of kidney disease’
- Nollywood moment: African film industries ‘could create 20m jobs’
- Too hot to handle: can our bodies withstand global heating?
- Deep within the UK’s shocking Covid data, there may be reasons for optimism
- Why is it business as usual in England while Covid infections rise?
- 'Listen to your bodies': Bill Clinton grateful for support after hospitalisation – video
- Coronavirus cases could hit 100,000 a day this winter, says Javid – video
- Volcano spews ash two miles into the sky in Japan – video
- Little Amal’s journey: the puppet that crossed Europe – in pictures
- Little Amal in Britain: giant puppet of Syrian refugee reaches Folkestone – video
| China Evergrande shares fall sharply after $2.6bn asset sale collapses Posted: 21 Oct 2021 01:58 AM PDT 'No guarantee' Chinese property giant can meet its $305bn debts, starting with a deadline on Monday that could trigger default Shares in the struggling property giant China Evergrande have fallen sharply after plans to offload a stake in one of its units for $2.6bn fell through, casting further doubt over whether it can avert the country's biggest ever corporate failure. China Evergrande Group, the parent company for the sprawling empire built by former steel industry executive Xu Jiayin, closed down 12.54% in Hong Kong on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| Man charged with murder of Tory MP David Amess Posted: 21 Oct 2021 04:36 AM PDT Ali Harbi Ali, 25, charged after investigation led by Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism command A man has been charged with murder after the Conservative MP David Amess was stabbed to death during a surgery for his constituents. Ali Harbi Ali , 25, was charged with murder following an investigation led by Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism command. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2021 05:16 AM PDT Latest updates: shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth warns current booster programme will not be completed until March 2022
Jeremy Hunt made his comments earlier (see 11.12am) during a Commons urgent question on Covid. During the exchanges Jonathan Ashworth, the shadow health secretary, said the government should be aiming to get booster vaccinations up to 500,000 a day. He told MPs: On current trends we won't complete boosters until March 2022. Instead of doing just 165,000 booster jabs a day, why not set a commitment to do 500,000 jabs a day and get this programme completed by Christmas, mobilising pop-up clinics and making better use of community pharmacies? The third dose for immuno-compromised has been described as chaotic by charities. Why not allow them to use walk-in centres? Historically, around 5% of school is missed due to absence during the spring term, but in spring this year 57.5% of sessions (half a day) were recorded as missed due to circumstances relating to coronavirus. This represents 219m school days, according to Department for Education (DfE) data out today. Continue reading... |
| Oil and coal-rich countries lobbied for changes to UN climate report, leak shows Posted: 21 Oct 2021 03:50 AM PDT States with large meat and dairy industries also attempted to amend IPCC's report, documents say Countries that produce coal, oil, beef and animal feed have been lobbying to water down a landmark UN climate report, according to a leak of documents seen by Greenpeace's investigation team. Days before Cop26, the international climate change negotiations taking place in Glasgow, the leaks show fossil fuel producers including Australia, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Japan are lobbying the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to remove recommendations that the world needs to phase out fossil fuels. Continue reading... |
| Bill Clinton says he is ‘glad to be home’ after hospital admission Posted: 21 Oct 2021 03:21 AM PDT Former US president releases video thanking staff at California hospital where he was treated for infection Bill Clinton has released a video saying he is on the road to recovery after being hospitalised in southern California for six days to treat an infection unrelated to Covid-19. Clinton, 75, who arrived home in New York on Sunday, said he was glad to be back and that he was "so touched by the outpouring of support" he had received while in hospital last week. Continue reading... |
| Assad regime ‘siphons millions in aid’ by manipulating Syria’s currency Posted: 20 Oct 2021 10:00 PM PDT Government pockets half of donations as central bank forces UN agencies to use lower exchange rate
The Central Bank of Syria, which is sanctioned by the UK, US and EU, in effect made $60m (£44m) in 2020 by pocketing $0.51 of every aid dollar sent to Syria, making UN contracts one of the biggest money-making avenues for President Bashar al-Assad and his government, researchers from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Operations & Policy Center thinktank and the Center for Operational Analysis and Research found. Continue reading... |
| Group that spread false Covid claims doubled Facebook interactions in six months Posted: 21 Oct 2021 03:51 AM PDT Revelations about World Doctors Alliance pages raise questions about platform's efforts to control misinformation An international pressure group that spread false and conspiratorial claims about Covid-19 more than doubled the average number of interactions it got on Facebook in the first six months of 2021 in spite of renewed efforts to curb misinformation on the platform, according to a report. Pages owned by the World Doctors Alliance – a group of current and former medical professionals and academics from seven countries – received 617,000 interactions in June 2021, up from 255,000 in January, according to a six-month rolling average. Continue reading... |
| British leavers and remainers as polarised as ever, survey finds Posted: 21 Oct 2021 12:09 AM PDT Nine out of 10 people would vote the same way again, but leavers feel better about UK politics since Brexit Brexit divisions in UK society appear to be as entrenched as ever, according to the latest British social attitudes survey, with little sign that the issue is losing its polarising force. Nine in 10 of leave and remain voters said they would vote the same way again, it found. Although Britain's departure from the EU pushed overall public trust and confidence in government to its highest level for more than a decade, the survey reveals that this surge in support for the UK political system came almost entirely from leave voters – with remainers as disillusioned as they were previously. Continue reading... |
| Solar storm confirms Vikings settled in North America exactly 1,000 years ago Posted: 20 Oct 2021 02:03 PM PDT Analysis of wood from timber-framed buildings in Newfoundland shows Norse-built settlement 471 years before Columbus Long before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, eight timber-framed buildings covered in sod stood on a terrace above a peat bog and stream at the northern tip of Canada's island of Newfoundland, evidence that the Vikings had reached the New World first. But precisely when the Vikings journeyed to establish the L'Anse aux Meadows settlement had remained unclear – until now. Continue reading... |
| Thief broadcasts his face to thousands after snatching journalist’s phone during live report Posted: 20 Oct 2021 10:32 PM PDT In widely shared footage of the incident, the man can be seen snatching the reporter's phone during a live broadcast in Egypt A man has been arrested after allegedly stealing a journalist's phone straight from his hands during a live broadcast in Egypt. Mahmoud Ragheb, a reporter for the news site Youm7, was filming the aftermath of an earthquake live from the streets of Cairo when a man on a motorbike sped past and seized his phone. Continue reading... |
| Moscow announces one-week lockdown as Russia Covid deaths rise Posted: 21 Oct 2021 04:40 AM PDT Mayor's plan follows Putin announcing a weeklong nationwide paid holiday to stop spread of virus Moscow authorities have announced a weeklong closure of most non-essential services from 28 October, as Russia registered its highest daily number of coronavirus deaths and infections since the start of the pandemic. "The situation in Moscow continues to develop in the worst scenario … In the coming days, we will reach a historic peak in coronavirus battle," the Moscow mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said in a statement on Thursday explaining his decision to introduce the measure. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2021 05:10 AM PDT Russia reports 1,036 deaths and 36,339 cases over past 24 hours; protests over restrictions even as over 4,500 new cases recorded in Bulgaria
In the UK Labour's shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens – she is MP for Cardiff Central – has been on Sky News, and has been highly critical of the government's approach to rising Covid numbers in the UK, accusing the health secretary Sajid Javid of an "element of complacency" in his press conference yesterday. She said: It's a serious situation we're in. Rising infection rates, rising hospitalisation rates, and suddenly rising death rates. And what we want to see and have pressed the government to do is to demonstrate their plan for dealing with this ahead of the winter situation. The NHS is under pressure. Continue reading... |
| What is driving the rise in UK Covid cases? Posted: 21 Oct 2021 02:52 AM PDT A drop-off in mask wearing and slow uptake of booster jabs are among the reasons for the continuing growth Covid cases in the UK are on the rise once more, with 49,156 reported on Monday – the highest figure since mid-July. The increase appears to be driven by growing case numbers in England, but what is behind that increase? Continue reading... |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2021 04:00 AM PDT I had to choose between heating and eating – and ended up going to the library for warmth. There I was drawn into other worlds, bringing me much closer to other people I have dealt with ostracism since early childhood. ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and ODD (oppositional defiant disorder) do not benefit from confinement in a classroom, where bouncing off the walls is frowned upon. In other words, I was expelled from almost every school I attended. I even got kicked out of a special school, which I look back on as an achievement of sorts. Surely being expelled from a school for naughty kids for being a naughty kid deserves some kind of recognition? But I was also excluded from home and bounced around foster placements and children's homes like I was trapped in the world's most depressing game of pinball. Inevitably, exclusion tends to make one feel excluded. Lonely may as well be my last name. Continue reading... |
| ‘You shouldn’t work if your kidneys are failing – but people can’t afford not to’ Posted: 20 Oct 2021 11:01 PM PDT Global heating is having a deadly impact on Nicaragua's sugar cane workers, who toil in temperatures of up to 45C At the Sacuanjoche clinic in Chinandega, the largest city in Nicaragua's sugar cane-growing region, nephrologist Nelson Garcia does the rounds of his patients. Many are suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD); most fell ill while working long hours under the beating sun in the nearby sugar cane fields, and now have damaged and failing kidneys. "People arrive with a host of symptoms here; some are really nauseous, or vomiting, or have severe diarrhoea," Garcia says, adding that although unsure exactly how many people he has treated for heat stress and related kidney diseases this year, he knows it is a lot. "Others are physically weakened, tired, or have nasty muscular cramps, while others complain about having no appetite or libido – there really are so many symptoms." Continue reading... |
| Carrie Fisher, ghostly jesters and a curious motoring fine – take the Thursday quiz Posted: 21 Oct 2021 03:00 AM PDT Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare? This time last week it was Thursday, and now here we all are again facing 15 questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes. All your favourites are here: a Doctor Who reference to spot, a Kate Bush answer to avoid, the beloved Pokémon round, Ron from Sparks, and some twisty little anagrams along the way. It is very silly, just for fun, and there are no prizes, but let us know how you got on in the comments. The Thursday quiz, No 26 If you do think there has been an egregious error in one of the questions or answers, please feel free to email martin.belam@theguardian.com but remember, the quizmaster's word is always final, and if you question it too much you might find yourself stuck in a certain Korean TV show. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2021 04:00 AM PDT As he appears in cinemas in Dune and The Card Counter – and on TV in Scenes from a Marriage – we rate the best roles of the rakish smoothie, from space fighter to folk singer Casting the rakish, eager Isaac as a Han Solo figure in the latest Star Wars cycle seemed a great idea on paper. In the first of his outings, the character was thin but animated by his sturdy labrador charisma; he looked great in pilot gear, and his faintly queer chemistry with co-star John Boyega was promising. The script somehow made him less interesting with each iteration, but that's not Isaac's fault. Continue reading... |
| How the Balloon World Cup blew up to become your new favourite sport | Gregg Bakowski Posted: 21 Oct 2021 12:00 AM PDT The newest sport on the block is wild entertainment and came into being because of lockdown and a footballer's sense of fun Who hasn't been at a children's party and started an impromptu game of keep-ups with a balloon? It's fun, addictive and can get fiercely competitive. Well, that same game has just had its own World Cup, won by Peru, after a thrilling final watched by a sell-out crowd in Spain and around eight million Twitch viewers online. If you're wondering how a seemingly childish activity could ever become a legitimate source of sporting entertainment, we need to go back to Covid lockdowns – and how those experiencing cabin fever got creative to stay active at home. Some juggled toilet rolls, did indoor parkour or ran marathons on their balconies. Continue reading... |
| The great betrayal: how the Hillsborough families were failed by the justice system Posted: 20 Oct 2021 10:00 PM PDT After 32 years of establishment lies, media smears, inquests, trials and retrials, the families of the Hillsborough dead have yet to see anyone held accountable On a grey morning in May this year, the English legal system's epic failure to secure justice for the families devastated by the Hillsborough disaster finally ground to its dismal conclusion. Ninety-seven people were killed due to a terrible crush on an overcrowded terrace at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough football stadium on 15 April 1989. Since then, the families have endured a 32-year fight for the truth to be accepted – that the main cause of the disaster was police negligence, and for those responsible to be held accountable. The first bereaved parents I met when I began reporting on the disaster and the families' implacable campaign for justice, in 1996, were Phil and Hilda Hammond, whose son, Philip, had died at Hillsborough, aged 14. Hilda, who worked as a senior intensive care nurse at Liverpool's Walton hospital, told me that, unbearable as their loss was, she had still been able to understand that disasters can happen. She expected that the authorities would hold prompt and rigorous proceedings. "I thought they would find the truth of how Philip died, how they all died, and if anybody was found to be to blame they would be punished," she said. "I was so naive." Continue reading... |
| ‘Self-obsessed and not bright’: what Middlesbrough’s mayor thinks of his councillors Posted: 21 Oct 2021 04:49 AM PDT Andy Preston intervenes after formal complaints by councillors against colleagues reach record A local council is beset by self-obsessed, selfish and not-very-bright councillors, says the town's own mayor. Andy Preston, the mayor of Middlesbrough, intervened after complaints lodged by councillors against their colleagues this year neared the combined total for the previous two years. Continue reading... |
| Drone search widens for dogs trapped by La Palma eruption Posted: 21 Oct 2021 05:14 AM PDT Operators are searching for four to six dogs cut off by lava flows and will drop bait to entice them out of hiding Drone operators on the Canary island of La Palma have launched a high-stakes effort to search for and retrieve at least four dogs who have been stranded for weeks by the continuing volcanic eruption. The eruption – which began on 19 September on the Cumbre Vieja ridge, one of the most active volcanic regions in the archipelago – has destroyed more than 2,000 properties, forced the evacuation of more than 6,000 people, and devastated La Palma's banana plantations. Continue reading... |
| Thief broadcasts face to thousands after snatching journalist’s phone during live report – video Posted: 21 Oct 2021 12:58 AM PDT A man has been arrested after allegedly stealing a journalist's phone straight from his hands during a live broadcast in Egypt. Mahmoud Ragheb, a reporter for the news site Youm7, was filming the aftermath of an earthquake live from the streets of Cairo when a man on a motorbike sped past and seized his phone. The alleged thief unknowingly broadcast his face to more than 20,000 people who were watching the livestream at the time, as he left the scene smoking a cigarette. Clips of the incident were later widely shared on social media Continue reading... |
| Morocco to ban flights to and from UK over rising Covid rates Posted: 20 Oct 2021 10:58 AM PDT Suspension will take effect from 11.59pm on Wednesday and will last until further notice Morocco is banning flights to and from the UK because of rising coronavirus case rates. Airlines cancelled several flights between the countries on Wednesday before the suspension comes into effect at 11.59pm. Latest figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control show the north African country's weekly rate of reported coronavirus cases on 14 October stood at 10.4 per 100,000 people. The UK's comparable rate is 445.5. Continue reading... |
| ‘Everybody’s excited’: Amazon workers in Staten Island to file for union vote Posted: 21 Oct 2021 04:00 AM PDT Amazon Labor Union bids to create independent group – but workers say the company has openly opposed their effort Amazon workers plan to file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board next Monday, after months of organizing and collecting over 2,000 union authorization cards from employees at a warehouse in New York City. The move will be the latest bid to organize a union at Amazon – which has opposed unionization of its huge workforce – by a labor movement seeking to flex its muscles as the US economy emerges from the pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Chile far-right candidate rides anti-migrant wave in presidential poll Posted: 21 Oct 2021 02:30 AM PDT José Antonio Kast has exploited Trumpian issues ahead of November's election despite the country's recent leftward turn Hopes for a more progressive Chile have been dealt a blow as a far-right candidate surges in opinion polls ahead of the first presidential election since massive demonstrations against inequality erupted in 2019. A month before the vote, polling shows that the leftwing candidate – former student leader Gabriel Boric – has slipped behind (by one percentage point) José Antonio Kast, a supporter of the dictator Augusto Pinochet, who has suggested digging ditches along the country's border to stop migrants. Continue reading... |
| Fifth of Indonesia’s palm oil sites lie in protected forests, says Greenpeace Posted: 21 Oct 2021 02:49 AM PDT Report says enforcement failures have led to Unesco sites and land mapped as orangutan habitat being turned into plantations Almost one-fifth of the land used for Indonesian oil palm plantations is located in the country's forest estate, despite a law banning such activity, according to a study by Greenpeace. The report, produced by Greenpeace and TheTreeMap, describes a catastrophic failure of law enforcement that has allowed swathes of land, including Unesco sites, national parks and areas once mapped as habitat for orangutans and Sumatran tigers, to be turned into oil palm plantations. Continue reading... |
| Victoria Covid cases jump as Melbourne prepares to exit lockdown – as it happened Posted: 21 Oct 2021 12:47 AM PDT Scott Morrison will also appear on Nine's commercial breakfast TV show. No doubt we'll have one of the favoured radio shows pop up as a media alert soon. Penny Wong is now in the ABC radio studios speaking to Fran Kelly on ABC RN. Continue reading... |
| Global heating ‘may lead to epidemic of kidney disease’ Posted: 20 Oct 2021 11:01 PM PDT Deadly side-effect of heat stress is threat to rising numbers of workers in hot climates, doctors warn
Chronic kidney disease linked to heat stress could become a major health epidemic for millions of workers around the world as global temperatures increase over the coming decades, doctors have warned. More research into the links between heat and CKDu – chronic kidney disease of uncertain cause – is urgently needed to assess the potential scale of the problem, they have said. Continue reading... |
| Nollywood moment: African film industries ‘could create 20m jobs’ Posted: 20 Oct 2021 09:35 AM PDT UN study finds streaming services have increased demand for film productions from across the continent, but warns piracy and underinvestment hampering growth Film industries in Africa could quadruple their revenue to $20bn (£15bn) and create an extra 20m jobs in creative industries, according to a UN report about cinema on the continent. The booming film industry in Nigeria – Nollywood is the world's second-largest film industry in terms of output – and Senegal were examples of African countries with defined business models and growing avenues for local film productions, which are increasingly sought after by television and streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+, said the report by the United Nation's cultural body, Unesco. Continue reading... |
| Too hot to handle: can our bodies withstand global heating? Posted: 20 Oct 2021 04:00 AM PDT Extreme heat can kill or cause long-term health problems – but for many unendurable temperatures are the new normal The impact of extreme heat on the human body is not unlike what happens when a car overheats. Failure starts in one or two systems, and eventually it takes over the whole engine until the car stops. That's according to Mike McGeehin, environmental health epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "When the body can no longer cool itself it immediately impacts the circulatory system. The heart, the kidneys, and the body become more and more heated and eventually our cognitive abilities begin to desert us – and that's when people begin fainting, eventually going into a coma and dying." Continue reading... |
| Deep within the UK’s shocking Covid data, there may be reasons for optimism Posted: 20 Oct 2021 10:00 PM PDT Analysis: soaring cases in schools are adding to the pool of the immune – which could soon see some community infections fall It is hard to be upbeat about the latest numbers. The government's Covid dashboard is awash with red and upward-pointing arrows. New cases have climbed 17% on the week. Hospital admissions are up 11% and deaths have increased by 21%. This is not where we wanted to be nearly two years into the pandemic – and 10 months into the most successful mass vaccination campaign in the history of the NHS. So is this what we have to get used to? Nearly 1,000 hospital admissions a day, and nearly 1,000 deaths a week? There are so many forces at work in a pandemic, operating on different timescales, pushing in opposite directions, that reliable predictions are a fantasy. But delve into the data and there are, perhaps, some reasons for optimism. Continue reading... |
| Why is it business as usual in England while Covid infections rise? Posted: 20 Oct 2021 10:58 AM PDT Analysis: a winter plan has been set out but implementing it could be hampered by political squeamishness More than 20 months into the Covid pandemic and with a tough winter looming, the public could be excused for having a distinct sense of deja vu. Infection rates are rising sharply, scientists and senior NHS figures are sounding the alarm – but the business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, was touring the broadcast studios on Wednesday morning ruling out a lockdown in England and telling people "absolutely" to book their Christmas parties. Continue reading... |
| 'Listen to your bodies': Bill Clinton grateful for support after hospitalisation – video Posted: 21 Oct 2021 03:18 AM PDT Bill Clinton has said in a video after his release from hospital that he has been touched by an 'outpouring of support'. The former US president was hospitalised in California for a urological infection last week. He advised people on his Twitter to take care of themselves to fulfil their 'important role to play in life and in the immediate future' |
| Coronavirus cases could hit 100,000 a day this winter, says Javid – video Posted: 20 Oct 2021 11:11 AM PDT Ministers will do 'what it takes' to ensure the NHS is not overwhelmed this winter, Sajid Javid has promised, as he said the number of new Covid infections across the UK could hit a record 100,000 a day. The health secretary said the government would not heed the NHS Confederation's call to implement 'plan B' measures such as mandatory mask wearing 'at this time', but that ministers would be 'staying vigilant, preparing for all eventualities'
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| Volcano spews ash two miles into the sky in Japan – video Posted: 20 Oct 2021 07:35 AM PDT A volcano blasted ash two miles into the sky after erupting on Japan's southern island of Kyushu on Wednesday. Officials warned of a risk of large falling rocks and lava flows within a radius of about half a mile around the mountain's crater, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. Mount Aso erupted at about 11.43am local time (0343 BST), and the ash falls have been showering nearby towns in the prefecture of Kumamoto |
| Little Amal’s journey: the puppet that crossed Europe – in pictures Posted: 20 Oct 2021 02:40 AM PDT Since leaving Turkey in July, Little Amal, a 3.5 metre (11ft 5in) tall puppet of a nine-year-old Syrian girl, and her entourage of about 25 people have navigated Covid border restrictions to walk across Europe to the UK. Amal, whose name means hope in Arabic, was created by Handspring, the company that made the equine puppets in War Horse. The puppet represents the millions of children forced to leave their homes in desperate situations. The global pandemic has made them more vulnerable than ever Continue reading... |
| Little Amal in Britain: giant puppet of Syrian refugee reaches Folkestone – video Posted: 20 Oct 2021 02:31 AM PDT The giant puppet representing a nine-year-old Syrian girl has reached the UK, making her first stop in Folkestone, Kent, after walking thousands of miles across Europe. Choirs sang and children greeted Little Amal on the beach on Tuesday. She had made the same cross-Channel journey taken so far this year by more than 17,000 people seeking refuge from conflict, hunger and persecution. On the last leg of her journey, Little Amal will visit Canterbury, London, Oxford, Coventry, Birmingham, Sheffield and Barnsley before the extraordinary and complex 14-week travelling street theatre production ends in Manchester on 3 November
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