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UK government expected to issue temporary visa scheme for foreign lorry drivers amid fuel shortages
So in what would be a major u-turn… the government is expected to outline a new temporary visa scheme to enable foreign lorry drivers to work in the UK.
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Keir Starmer forced to water down leadership rules ahead of annual Labour party conference in Brighton
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has arrived in Brighton for the party’s annual conference, saying he wanted to “set out our vision for the future”.
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Angela Merkel backs her centre-right party candidate Laschet amid tight election
Germany’s outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed her centre-right party’s candidate Armin Laschet to succeed her, as Germans head to the polls tomorrow.
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Canary Islands volcano continues to erupt for a sixth day
Rivers of lava and ash have been pouring out of a volcano in the Canary Islands for a sixth day running, forcing three more villages to be evacuated.
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German Green Party will be ‘strongest ever’ after election, says German MEP
German Green Party MEP Reinhard Bütikofer claims the party will be the “strongest ever” after the country’s elections, adding the group is ready to stand up for human rights and foreign policy.
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German elections: Will floods and climate crisis decide country’s poll?
Today the Greens poll around 17 per cent of the vote. It had been higher this summer and many thought the devastating floods, widely blamed on climate change, would make all the difference. But did they?
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Former MP Keith Vaz subjected aide to ‘sustained and unpleasant bullying’, panel finds
At Westminster, the former Labour Minister Keith Vaz has been found by an independent panel to have subjected a female parliamentary staff member to “sustained and unpleasant bullying”.
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Government ‘actions need to follow’ words on climate, Sir David King says
We were joined by Sir David King, chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group, which provides analysis of global warming by independent scientists from across the globe.
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Boris Johnson says humanity needs to grow up and take action on climate change
Prime Minister Boris Johnson used his prime time at the podium at the UN General Assembly to warn the world, and I quote, that “the adolescence of humanity must come to an end”.
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Sabina Nessa: Police investigate if she was killed by a stranger
Detectives are investigating whether primary school teacher Sabina Nessa was killed by a stranger who is still at large.
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‘Real challenges’ around Christmas, says business expert
We were joined from West Sussex by Hannah Essex, co-executive director of the British Chambers of Commerce.
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Fuel shortages close some petrol stations, as inflation rise is predicted
Now the Bank of England has predicted that rising domestic energy bills will push inflation above 4 per cent.
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FactCheck: Raab says workers better off by £4,000 a year under Conservatives
The figure doesn’t account for inflation.
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La Palma volcano: Hundreds more evacuated as eruption continues
Hundreds more people have been evacuated from a village in La Palma, as a volcano on the Canary Island continues to erupt.
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Infected Blood Inquiry: Lord Norman Fowler challenged on HIV/AIDS campaign
An inquiry into how and why people were given blood products, infected with HIV and hepatitis, today heard from the health secretary in charge at the time.
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MPs launch attack on Google and Facebook for failing to tackle online fraud
MPs have launched a blistering attack on the social media giant Google for failing to tackle online fraud.
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Freshers week: How students and universities are coping after Covid disruption
We were joined by Professor Peter Slee, the vice chancellor of Leeds Beckett University, and by Stephanie Macaulay, a third year student in the business school at Leeds Beckett.
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Universities reopen their doors after Covid causes worst disruption since WW2
Over the next two weeks in Leeds, more than 70,000 students will arrive at the city’s five separate universities.
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Pregnant women should only be in prison as an ‘absolute necessity’, says Tory MP
We spoke to Sir Bob Neil, the chair of the Commons Justice committee, about a report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman which highlighted a series of failures in the care of the teenager who gave birth at HMP Bronzefield in September 2019.
