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Chancellor unveils new scheme to save jobs
Rishi Sunak has unveiled his plan to protect jobs through the winter.
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Will jobs scheme prevent mass unemployment?
The Chancellor says his new plan will help to save jobs. But will it really stave off mass unemployment?
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Students in Scotland banned from visiting parents
The Scottish government imposed stricter rules after a major Covid outbreak at Glasgow University where over a hundred students tested positive.
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NHS Covid app launched after months of delay
After months of delays, the new NHS Covid-19 app has been launched in England and Wales.
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Donald Trump refuses to commit to peaceful transition of power
Two police officers were shot in Louisville Kentucky as protests erupted at a decision by a grand jury not to charge police officers with the shooting dead of Breonna Taylor in her own home.
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Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds: the unlikely hero of Wrexham FC?
Hollywood actor and the star of Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds, is emerging as a possible saviour.
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Acclaimed newspaper editor, Sir Harold Evans, dies aged 92
He started on local newspapers as a 16-year-old and rose to become the editor of the Sunday Times.
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Former police officer charged with ‘wanton endangerment’ in Breonna Taylor case
A US Grand Jury has indicted one police officer over the killing of Breonna Taylor.
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‘Now is not the time to start raising taxes’ – former Treasury minister Mel Stride
We’re joined by Mel Stride and Frances O’Grady.
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Sunak replacement for furlough scheme more targeted and less generous
Our political editor Gary Gibbon joins us from Westminster.
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Sunak to announce replacement for furlough scheme as he cancels budget
There will be no budget this year. Instead, the Chancellor will focus on plans to protect millions of jobs in the sectors worst hit by the latest coronavirus restrictions.
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‘Boris Johnson has put all of his casino chips on tightening enforcement’
Reacting to the Prime Minister’s announcement about Covid restrictions, we are joined by our political editor, Gary Gibbon.
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Johnson addresses nation on Covid restrictions
Here is the statement from Boris Johnson in full.
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Indoor team sport banned in England
Indoor team sport like, five-a-side football, is now banned under the new coronavirus measures in England
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Greenpeace criticised by UK fishing industry for dumping giant boulders in North Sea to prevent “illegal” fishing
Dangerous, illegal and irresponsible – that’s how UK fishing organisations have described the actions of Greenpeace in the North Sea after campaigners dumped giant boulders in the Dogger Bank.
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Labour has ‘mountain to climb’ – Jon Ashworth
We spoke to Labour MP Jonathan Ashworth, the Shadow Health Secretary.
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Starmer urges former Labour voters to return to fold in first conference speech as leader
There was none of the usual fanfare for Sir Keir Starmer’s first conference speech as Labour leader.
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‘The much bigger question is: will Mr Trump concede?’ – former Bill Clinton adviser
We spoke to Paul Begala, a former advisor to President Clinton
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Anti-racism protests in US call to arms for militia groups across political divide
Krishnan Guru-Murthy been meeting a group called the Three Percenters – and the country’s biggest black militia, the NFAC
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‘I’m worried about ever-changing rules and rule by decree’ – Wetherspoons’ Tim Martin
We were joined by Tim Martin, the founder and chairman of one of the UK’s biggest pub chains, Wetherspoons
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Hospitality industry hit by added burden of 10pm curfew
For sectors like hospitality that have just about been clinging on – battered by social distancing requirements and the absence of office workers – there is now the added burden of a 10pm curfew in England, Scotland and Wales, and no prospect of an end in sight.
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Scotland bans visiting other people’s homes
Nicola Sturgeon has announced even tougher restrictions for Scotland, imposing a nationwide ban on visiting anyone else in their home
