#UK: Health Secretary Quits After Breaking COVID Rules With Mistress

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock has resigned after admitting breaking coronavirus rules, the prime minister's office said Saturday.

In his letter of resignation, Hancock said: "The last thing I would want is for my private life to distract attention from the single-minded focus that is leading us out of this crisis.

Closed caption television images of Hancock kissing his mistress, a subordinate working in the health ministry, were published by The Sun newspaper. The images were from May 6 - more than a week before the easing of social distancing rules around close contact indoors for people from separate households.

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#CANADA: Police Arrest People's Party Leader #Bernier For Violating Quarantine Order In Manitoba

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Police in Manitoba have arrested People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier during his provincial tour for violating covid-19 quarantine regulations.

Bernier was in Manitoba with a plan to host events in multiple cities, but was warned by the province's public health authorities that he would be required to quarantine for 14 days upon arriving in the province.

The People's Party leader instead vowed to continue on with his rallies in spite of the warning.

Bernier said in a TV interview that the $1,200 fine he received as a result of the rally he attended violated his constitutional rights under Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

He said that after his arrest, police followed him back to his hotel.

"The police were very strict with me and they said you must leave the province early tomorrow morning and they followed us when I was driving to my hotel to be sure that I'm going to my hotel. I was feeling like being in a communist country," he said, on the Right-leaning Ezra Levant Show on Rebel News.

In court, the judge issued a $1,000 Bond for his release, and set a July 27th court appearance.

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