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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday sounded an alarm about restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic, saying religious liberty and freedom of speech are under threat. This shouldn't become a 'recurring feature after the pandemic has passed,' he said in an extraordinary speech for a sitting Supreme Court justice which passed comment on restrictions imposed by states which could well come in front of him and the other eight justices.  'The pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty,' Alito said in an address to the conservative Federalist Society, which is holding its annual convention virtually because of the pandemic. He also said that the 5-4 Supreme Court decision which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide 'will be used to vilify Americans who are unwilling to assent to the new orthodoxy.'  Alito - a George W. Bush appointee - said that 'you can't say that marriage is between one

Police have urged the parents of a young boy filmed wandering the streets alone in his pyjamas at midnight to come forward to confirm he is safe.   Officers worked through the night to try to track down the child in New Waltham, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire. The youngster is thought to be a boy, no older than eight, and wearing dark pyjamas and slippers. No child has been reported missing and police have urged his or her parents to come forward to confirm the youngster is safe and well. 'Whilst we don't like to speculate, it is possible that the child has left a property to go to a friend's and returned without waking anyone in the house, or has left in their sleep and doesn't remember this, again being in bed when they've woken up,' Detective Inspector Kerry Bull said.  'This of course is not a criminal offence and we would urge any parent who suspects that this may have been their child to make contact with us in order to bring this matter to a conclusion.&#

Five mourners died of Covid after attending a lockdown 'street party' wake alongside hundreds of people after a funeral in Birmingham, a councillor told mosque leaders today.  In a separate incident, mourners tried to break into a locked cemetery to attend a burial expected to attract a crowd of 200, according to Paul Lankester, the council's assistant director of regulation and enforcement.  Current government rules state no more than 30 people are allowed to attend a funeral, indoors or outdoors, with up to 15 permitted at memorial events.  In a separate incident, mourners tried to break into a locked cemetery to attend a burial expected to attract a crowd of 200, according to Paul Lankester , the council's assistant director of regulation and enforcement A temporary mortuary that was built in Birmingham a the start of the pandemic in April  Birmingham City Council has offered advice and guidance to families and funeral directors in an effort to help grieving loved on

A nurse accused of the murders of eight babies in a year-long killing spree at a hospital neonatal unit today appeared in the dock of a courtroom for the first time. Lucy Letby is alleged to have murdered five boys and three girls while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital. She is also accused of the attempted murder of five baby boys and five baby girls, all between June 2015 and June 1016. The 30-year-old appeared in person in the dock at Chester Crown Court this afternoon and spoke only to confirm her name. She was remanded in custody after a judge rejected her application for bail. Letby’s mother mimed 'I love you' to her daughter and made a heart shape with her fingers during today's hearing. Defence barrister Ben Myers QC, representing Letby, said the defendant was 'very anxious' about the situation and would like it resolved 'as soon as possible'. Judge Steven Everett, Honorary Recorder of Chester, acknowledged that all of the families involved

A huge charitable fund, originally set up almost 100 years ago, could be used to pay off some of the country's national debt, a High Court judge has said. The National Fund was started in 1982 when an anonymous donor created a trust with a gift of half a million pounds - around £20million in today's money. The money was to be left until it had grown large enough to discharge the UK's national debt. It was described at the time by Winston Churchill as 'a benefaction of a character hitherto exceptional in the relations between the State and its citizens'. Today the fund, which has not been added to since the 1980s, is worth £500million.  A High Court battle is underway between the government and the descendants of the families of donors to the trust. Now a judge has said the fund is a 'valid charitable trust', meaning it can be used to help pay off the country's national debt. However a verdict on whether the money should be used to help pay the country

Richard DeLisi, 71, is expected to released in December 2020 from the South Bay Correctional Facility, 18 months before his scheduled to be released America's longest serving nonviolent cannabis prisoner will be released from a Florida prison just in time for the holidays, where he will hopefully get to meet his five grandchildren for the first time.  Richard DeLisi, 71, is expected to released in December 2020 from the South Bay Correctional Facility , 18 months before he was scheduled to be released in August 2022.  The early release was part of a joint effort from the Last Prisoner Project and pro bono attorneys Chaira Juster, Elizabeth Buchanan and Michael Minardi, the nonprofit shared in a Monday statement. DeLisi is currently serving a 90-year sentence in prison for marijuana trafficking and has been incarcerated since December 5, 1989, when he was 40.  In 1988, he and his brother - Ted DeLisi - were caught in a reverse-sting operation for trafficking marijuana into Florida.

Former President Barack Obama recalled some of his early interactions with now President Donald Trump, before Trump started floating the so-called 'birther' conspiracy theory about Obama in the run-up to the 2012 election.  In his new book, 'A Promised Land,' Obama writes that during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon crisis, Trump called up White House adviser David Axelrod 'out of the blue to suggest that I put him in charge of plugging the well.'   'When informed the well was almost sealed, Trump had shifted gears, noting that we'd recently held a state dinner under a tent on the South Lawn and telling Axe that he'd be willing to build "a beautiful ballroom" on White House grounds - an offer that was politely declined,' Obama wrote.     Former President Barack Obama wrote about some of his early interactions with now President Donald Trump in his new book, 'A Promised Land'  In 2010, Obama wrote that Trump called up White House adv

Lisa Marie Presley's divorce and custody trial is set to end Friday - three months after it began and four years after she split with her fourth husband, musician Michael Lockwood. Elvis' only child, now 52, showed up at a court in downtown Los Angeles wearing a cream pantsuit, cream silk blouse, beige high heels and a black mask. With her was a tall, shaven-headed bodyguard and her lawyer Gary Fishbein. Friday's hearing was delayed from Monday because Presley had an unspecified 'medical emergency' and as she was ushered into the courtroom, a Sheriff's deputy asked her: 'Are you feeling better today?' Lisa Marie answered: 'Much better, thank you.' Lisa Marie Presley's divorce and custody trial is set to end Friday - three months after it began and four years after she split with her fourth husband, musician Michael Lockwood Elvis' only child is in a divorce and custody battle with her musician ex Lockwood, 59, over their twins Finley and

Viewers of this year's Great British Bake Off are claiming this year’s contestants are far worse than previous years. Fans of the Channel 4 bakery show, now in its 11th season, have been voicing their dismay and frustration on Twitter after a string of botched bakes and 'poor' show stoppers this year. They claim that standards have slipped compared to the glories of previous years, despite judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith continuing to praise performances. Mark's chocolate and orange Ziggy cake was criticised by viewers with one calling the cakes on the episode 'terrifying'  Lottie's Japanese Kawaii cake looked a bit strange, despite the fact she won star baker that week  Hermione's first pond pudding fell apart straight away as she took it out of its case and before judging almost all of them collapsed  Laura's ice cream cake was left melting and lopsided during the warm conditions in the tent  Viewers of this year's season of The Great Brit