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No ‘immediate’ move to Covid Plan B says Sunak – but councils canvassed for thoughts
No plans to “immediately” move to Covid Plan B, the Chancellor’s language was deliberately careful today.
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Saudi Newcastle takeover: shake-up or sportwashing?
Newcastle United’s Saudi Arabian backed takeover is being hailed by many fans in the city as a great moment the chance for the sleeping giant to finally reach the summit of the Premier League.
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Lockdown and inflation spike would be ‘disaster‘ for Sunak says IFS
I talked to Paul Johnson who’s Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank and I began by asking him whether it will be inflation, Brexit, supply chains or covid keeping the Chancellor up at night.
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Thousands of Tesco shoppers unable to place web orders after suspected hacking attempt
Thousands of Tesco shoppers have been unable to make or change orders online, as the supermarket’s website and app crashed after a suspected hacking attempt.
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Colombian drug trafficker captured after more than a decade on the run
Colombia’s most sought after drug lord has been captured.
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Nigerian LGBTQ+ activists campaigning and demanding to be seen and heard
Now despite the strides towards equality around the world, homosexuality remains a crime in some 69 countries, almost half of them in Africa.
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Stephanie Boyce becomes first Black President of the Law Society and is named on the Powerlist 2022
The first Black person, and the sixth woman to become president of the Law Society, Stephnie Boyce, ran four times before smashing through that glass ceiling and now represents some two hundred thousand solicitors in England and Wales.
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The man protecting hundreds of endangered animals from traffickers in Peruvian Amazon
In the Peruvian Amazon, traffickers are increasingly desperate to catch, kill and sell exotic animals to make ends meet.
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£6.9bn to be unveiled for public transport in next week’s Budget
English regions will be given a total of almost seven billion pounds to improve urban transport, to be unveiled in next week’s Budget.
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Saudi Arabia pledges to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2060
Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s biggest oil exporters, has pledged to try and reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2060 although it will still continue to produce fossil fuels.
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Alec Baldwin ‘handed safe to use loaded weapon’ by assistant director which then killed cinematographer on film set
The actor Alec Baldwin was handed a loaded weapon by an assistant director on his film set and was allegedly told it was safe to use, before cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot.
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‘Unacceptable number of people still dying of Covid‘, says Professor Peter Openshaw
I spoke to Professor Peter Openshaw who’s a member of the Government body, Nervtag, a subgroup of SAGE which advises on the threats from respiratory viruses.
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UK could face another ‘lockdown Christmas’ unless Covid cases are curbed, says leading government scientific advisor
A leading government scientific advisor has warned that unless ministers act soon to curb soaring Covid cases, the country could face another “lockdown Christmas”.
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Trans liberation will liberate everyone – Shon Faye
Shon talks to Krishnan about how the liberation of Trans people would benefit everyone in society, the problems with the ‘debate’ about Trans people in the media and how transitioning saved her life.
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Archbishop calls on world leaders to be bolder on climate change
The Archbishop of Canterbury has called on world leaders to be “bolder” in tackling the climate crisis when they meet for the UN’s COP26 summit in Glasgow, saying the era of fossil fuels must come to an end. But before he became ordained and heard, as he puts it, “God calling”, the Archbishop spent more…
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‘There are usually strict protocols to prevent this from happening’, says director of photography
We spoke to Steven Hall, who’s a director of photography. He’s worked on a range of major films including Gladiator, Fury and War Horse. We asked him what he thought of this awful tragedy and the loss of fellow director of photography Halyna Hutchins.
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Alec Baldwin ‘heartbroken’ after fatally shooting woman on film set with prop gun
Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin has said “there are no words” to convey his shock and sadness following the death of a colleague on the set of his new movie. The actor had been firing a prop gun while filming a scene, fatally shooting the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring the director Joel Souza. Mr Baldwin…
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Proposals to legalise assisted dying debated by peers
The former Labour MP Frank Field has told fellow peers that he is terminally ill, and said he had changed his mind and now supported a new law to allow assisted dying. A statement was read out on his behalf at the second reading of the bill in the House of Lords which urged colleagues…
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Different vaccination programmes complicate delivery, says JCVI member
We were joined by Jeremy Brown, professor of respiratory infection at UCL and member of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, the group of experts which advises the government on vaccines.
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Covid: UK government should prepare to implement Plan B restrictions, say advisers
Act now to control surging Covid cases or risk tougher measures later: that’s the message from the government’s scientific advisers. Boris Johnson says all measures are under review, but urged people to get their booster jab. This is as figures show England’s average daily hospital admissions for Covid patients are now at their highest for…
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Georgia’s booming baby market
Anja Popp went to Georgia, and found a largely unregulated surrogacy market, where there is no shortage of vulnerable women to meet the demand.
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People are being chilled out of participation in public life, says journalism professor Emily Bell
We spoke to Emily Bell, director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, and began by asking her if she thought the Online Safety Bill goes far enough.
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Will Online Safety BIll help tackle abuse against MPs?
Less than a week since Sir David Amess’ death, Labour have accused the government of failing to make good on their promise to get the Online Safety Bill through its first stage in parliament by the end of the year.
