Babak Belurs

Minggu, 11 April 2021

Prince Harry arrives back in UK for Prince Philip's funeral a year after leaving - Daily Record

Prince Harry has reportedly arrived back in the UK ahead of his grandfather’s funeral.

He flew back from the US to honour the life of grandfather Prince Philip, who died peacefully age 99 on Friday.

Our sister title The Mirror reports how Harry’s arrival is a significant reunion with his family after leaving with wife Meghan and splitting from royal life.

Through the pandemic Harry and Meghan have lived in the US and last month gave a bombshell tell-all interview to Oprah Winfrey that plunged Buckingham Palace into crisis.

It is believed Harry would likely isolate for around five days after arriving from the United States, where he lives with Meghan, who is pregnant with a baby girl, and son Archie.

Harry is thought to be allowed to avoid England's coronavirus quarantine rules due to his status.

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But reports speculated he would avail of the allowance for travellers to end the mandatory ten-day quarantine early by taking a test privately.

A witness told The Sun they saw Harry arrive from a British Airways flight at London's Heathrow Airport where police were waiting on the tarmac at 1.15pm on Sunday.

He was reportedly wearing chinos, a jacket and black face mask, and was met by security off the plane before getting into a black Range Rover and being driven away.

Under England's rules, travellers may leave self-isolation after five days if their Covid test returns a negative result.

The palace is steadily unveiling details of plans for Philip's funeral, and has confirmed the royals will be respecting his wish of a private funeral which the public will not be invited to attend.

It will be held at St George's Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle on Saturday, April 17, and will coincide with a national three-minutes' silence.

Boris Johnson met with ministers, royal representatives and police on Friday to discuss plans for the official period of mourning.

Under current coronavirus guidelines, only 30 people, in addition to the clergy, will be allowed to be present at the Queen's husband's funeral, putting the monarch in a tricky position as an intimate circle of mourners will have to be hand-picked.

Charles will lead the procession of mourners on foot, and brothers Harry and Prince William are expected to stand shoulder-to-shoulder for the ceremony after long and tense months apart.

Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams has said a "show of unity" would be vital for healing Harry's rift with the family after the "very damaging" allegations he and Meghan made during their Oprah interview.

Sources told the Mirror the Duke of Sussex spoke to several members of his family on Friday following the Duke of Edinburgh's death.

Prince Philip and The Queen (Image: Tim Graham/Getty Images)

The insider said he spoke to his father, Prince Charles, along with cousins Beatrice and Eugenie, and told them of his plans to return to the UK for the funeral.

Last month when Philip was in hospital recovering from an infection and heart surgery, Harry isolated at the California mansion he shares with Meghan and had a private jet on standby in case he needed to fly home.

Philip had been shielded from the details of Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview as he recovered from surgery.

Harry and Meghan paid tribute to Philip after his death by replacing the home page of their Archewell charitable foundation with a message reading: “In loving memory of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. 1921-2021.

Greensill: Lessons to be learnt over lobbying - Cameron - BBC News

David Cameron has said he should have contacted the government “through only the most formal of channels" when lobbying for a financial firm.

The former prime minister has faced criticism for contacting ministers on behalf of Greensill Capital.

In his first statement on the issue, he said he should have left "no room for misinterpretation".

But Mr Cameron reiterated that he had broken no codes of conduct or government rules on lobbying.

He added: "However, I have reflected on this at length. There are important lessons to be learnt."

The Labour Party said Mr Cameron's statement had left "many serious questions" unanswered, and called for him to answer them before Parliament.

Hancock 'had drink' with Cameron and Greensill

It was revealed earlier that Health Secretary Matt Hancock had met Mr Cameron and financier Lex Greensill for a "private drink" in 2019 to discuss a new payment scheme for the NHS.

An ally of Mr Hancock said he had "acted in entirely the correct way".

The meeting is the latest in a series of Sunday Times disclosures about Mr Cameron's lobbying work since leaving office, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak - whom he texted - among the ministers contacted.

Analysis box by Chris Mason, political correspondent

For three weeks the headlines kept coming. For three weeks David Cameron said nothing.

And now this - the former prime minister admits he made a dud judgement call.

Forget the rules; this is about the sniff test. Does it smell bad? Does it feel right?

Plenty had been saying no it doesn't, and now David Cameron appears to agree.

It's a lengthy statement from him, worthy of detailed examination.

But it boils down to this: he acknowledges texting and ringing the chancellor and going for a private drink with the health secretary, as part of his paid work for a private company, was a bad idea.

There's another point worth making too: journalism matters.

The work of the Financial Times and the Sunday Times, ferreting out awkward truths, is what has prompted this.

Mr Greensill, an Australian, worked as an unpaid adviser to Mr Cameron's government, and the former prime minister went on to be employed by his company - Greensill Capital - in 2018, two years after leaving Downing Street.

In his statement, Mr Cameron said: "In my representations to government, I was breaking no codes of conduct and no government rules.

"Ultimately, the outcome of the discussions I encouraged about how Greensill's proposals might be included in the government's CCFF (Covid Corporate Financing Facility) initiative - and help in the wake of the coronavirus crisis - was that they were not taken up.

"So, I complied with the rules and my interventions did not lead to a change in the government's approach to the CCFF."

He added: "As a former prime minister, I accept that communications with government need to be done through only the most formal of channels, so there can be no room for misinterpretation."

Mr Cameron added that he had worked for Greensill Capital in the belief that there "would be a material benefit for UK businesses at a challenging time".

"That was, in large part, my reason for working for Greensill in the first place," he said.

The company recently collapsed, with the loss of 440 jobs.

Mr Cameron said: "I completely understand the public interest in this issue, given the impact of Greensill's collapse on the hundreds of people who worked for the company and on other businesses and livelihoods. I feel desperately sorry for those affected."

He added that Mr Greensill had been brought in as a government adviser by then-Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, in 2011.

"He was not a political appointee," Mr Cameron said, "but part of the Civil Service drive to improve government efficiency."

He continued: "The false impression has been created that Lex Greensill was a close member of my team, meeting with me on a regular basis.

"The truth is, I had very little to do with Lex Greensill at this stage - as I recall, I met him twice at most in the entirety of my time as prime minister."

Mr Cameron - who was in Downing Street from 2010 to 2016 - is reported to have told friends he was set to earn as much as £60m from shareholdings in Greensill Capital prior to its collapse, although this has since been disputed.

Shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Rachel Reeves said: "The events unfolding over the last few weeks stretch across government and affect thousands of people.

"Transparency and accountability are crucial and that requires the utmost openness from government to establish the full facts behind this scandal."

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Bafta Film Awards 2021: Nomadland and Promising Young Woman win big - BBC News

Nomadland, a film about a woman who lives in a van in the American West after the financial crash, has taken top honours at the Bafta Film Awards.

It scooped four prizes including best film, best actress for its star Frances McDormand and best director.

That made Chloe Zhao only the second woman to win best director in 53 years of Bafta history.

Meanwhile, Sir Anthony Hopkins won best actor for The Father, 24 years after his last competitive Bafta win.

The 83-year-old, who won for playing a man losing his grip on reality, was not watching Sunday's ceremony and later said he only found out he'd won when he heard cheering from the next room.

"I was sitting here painting, and I heard this cheer go off next door," he said after the ceremony. "I thought, what the hell's happened? I thought they were watching a football match. And they came in and said I'd won."

The key Bafta winners

Best film - Nomadland
Best British film - Promising Young Woman
Best actress - Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Best actor - Sir Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Best supporting actress - Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Best supporting actor - Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Best director - Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Most winners were watching live and delivered acceptance speeches remotely, with none of the nominees at the Royal Albert Hall in person.

Zhao, who was born in China and is based in the US, referred to her education in the UK when she told the ceremony: "I think I just made my teacher at Brighton College very proud."

Her win comes 11 years after Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win best director for The Hurt Locker, and Zhao's victory means she is the first woman of colour to pick up the prize. Nomadland will be released in the UK on Disney+ on 30 April.

British star Daniel Kaluuya was named best supporting actor for playing Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah.

The supporting actress trophy went to South Korea's Yuh-Jung Youn for playing a grandmother in Korean-American drama Minari. Giving her speech in broken English, the 73-year-old said the award meant a lot because Brits were "snobbish" people.

"Every award is meaningful, but this one especially recognised by British people, known as very snobbish people, and they approved me as a good actor so I'm very, very privileged," she said.

Olivia Colman stars with Sir Anthony Hopkins in The Father

The prize for best British film went to Promising Young Woman, a revenge thriller about a woman, played by Carey Mulligan, who pretends to be blind drunk when men pick her up in bars and clubs.

Its writer and director Emerald Fennell also won best original screenplay. She joked that everyone involved in the film had made it for "a packet of crisps", and said the experience was "the greatest thing in my life".

Other winners included 18-year-old Bukky Bakray, who was named the rising star following her first ever acting role, in which she played a teenage girl abandoned by her mother in Rocks.

The low-budget film, set in east London, was the joint highest nominee along with Nomadland, with seven nominations each. Rocks also won the casting award for finding its group of largely novice young stars.

Other films to win two prizes included Disney/Pixar's animated hit Soul; Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, adapted from August Wilson's play about a 1920s blues band; and Sound of Metal, which stars Riz Ahmed as a rock drummer who loses his hearing.

This year's shortlists included a diverse line-up of talent, following an outcry last year when voters only nominated white actors.

This time, 16 of the 24 acting contenders came from minority ethnic backgrounds, while 21 were first-time nominees.

The night began with a tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh, who was Bafta's first president between 1959 and 1966.

Co-host Edith Bowman said Prince Philip "occupies a very special place in Bafta's history, and our thoughts are with the Royal Family".

Bafta hosts Edith Bowman and Dermot O'Leary

The Duke of Cambridge had been due to appear in a pre-recorded segment, but pulled out following the death of his grandfather.

This year's Baftas were delayed by two months because of the pandemic, and come two weeks before the awards season reaches its climax with the Academy Awards.

Unlike the Baftas, Oscars organisers want nominees to appear in person and will have a London venue for the first time for UK-based contenders.

However, Sir Anthony said he would stay in Wales, where he is having "a quiet time", rather than travelling to take part in the Oscars.

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Police find mother of newborn baby found dead in Morrisons supermarket car park - Sky News

Police have found the mother of a newborn baby found dead in a supermarket car park, after a public appeal for help in tracing her.

A member of the public made the "tragic discovery" at the Morrisons store in Bilston, Wolverhampton, just after 9am on Sunday.

West Midlands Police said earlier it did not know when the baby was born, or how it came to be in the car park but it had been "extremely concerned for the welfare of the baby's mother".

Detectives had appealed for her or anyone who knows who she is to come forward and on Sunday evening she was found and is now receiving "appropriate care".

Detective Inspector Jim Edmonds had described the find as "a truly tragic discovery".

He added: "We've been treating the scene and the baby with the utmost care and dignity today."

The police thanked the public for their help in sharing their appeal and said they would be speaking to the mother "in due course".

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Greensill: Lessons to be learnt over lobbying - Cameron - BBC News

David Cameron has said he should have contacted the government “through only the most formal of channels" when lobbying for a financial firm.

The former prime minister has faced criticism for contacting ministers on behalf of Greensill Capital.

In his first statement on the issue, he said he should have left "no room for misinterpretation".

But Mr Cameron reiterated that he had broken no codes of conduct or government rules on lobbying.

He added: "However, I have reflected on this at length. There are important lessons to be learnt."

Hancock 'had drink' with Cameron and Greensill