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Asylum seekers to be moved to former military sites
The government says its plan to house thousands of asylum seekers in “basic and functional” accommodation on former military sites in Lincolnshire and Essex, plus a non-military site in East Sussex, is part of its drive to reduce the amount spent on hotel rooms.
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Safe legal routes ‘aren’t working’ for asylum seekers, says Yvette Cooper
We spoke to Yvette Cooper, shadow home secretary, and asked her if, in principle, it is right or wrong to move asylum seekers from hotels to former military barracks?
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Paul O’Grady: TV presenter and comedian dies aged 67
Comedian, presenter, actor and gay activist – Paul O’Grady has died aged 67.
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‘Wherever there was a fight for equality, Lily Savage was there’: Labour peer and actor Lord Cashman on Paul O’Grady
We spoke to Paul O’Grady’s close friend, the Labour peer and actor Michael Cashman, and asked him how they met.
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Bank of England warns UK economy needs to urgently be made more resilient
The Bank of England has warned that the wider financial system in the UK – including pension and hedge funds – urgently needs to be made more resilient.
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Mexico: At least 38 people dead in migrant detention centre fire
When fire broke out in a migrant detention centre in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez on Monday, immigration officials quickly ran out of the building, along with 15 female detainees.
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Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin talks up Russia’s nuclear capabilities
The Russian president admitted today that sanctions over his war in Ukraine are having a negative effect on the Russian economy.
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France pension protests: Will Emmanuel Macron listen to public?
King Charles was meant to be beginning his European tour in France but as President Macron grapples with protests, sometimes turning violent, against his pension reforms, the trip was cancelled.
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‘Strikingly unprepared’: Committee gives damning verdict on UK’s plans to tackle climate change
“Strikingly unprepared” – that’s the stark verdict from the UK’s climate change committee about the country’s current status when it comes to adapting to environmental change.
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‘Really is critical to act on climate change now,’ says Baroness Brown
We spoke to Baroness Brown, Julia King, who leads work on adaptation at the climate change committee.
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Kathryn Stone on facing apparent intimidation as former parliamentary commissioner for standards
For almost half a decade, Kathryn Stone passed judgement on the behaviour of MPs in her role as the independent Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.
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Margaret Ferrier faces 30-day suspension for Covid train journey
Margaret Ferrier – who sits as an independent after losing the SNP whip – was found to have put the public at risk.
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Father and son shot dead in Cambridgeshire
Officers believe both men had been targeted as part of a family dispute.
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Gun crime ‘needs to be tackled with all seriousness’ in UK, says Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s MP
We spoke to Labour MP Ian Byrne about the death of Olivia Pratt-Korbel.
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Russia detains American journalist on spying charges
Evan Gershkovich from the Wall Street Journal was detained while he was on assignment in Yekaterinburg.
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‘False narrative’ that carbon capture can offset new oil fields says net zero review chair
We spoke to the Conservative MP Chris Skidmore.
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New UK net zero strategy: Will it work?
Will the UK government’s new plan to reach net zero actually work?
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UK government’s new plan to reach net zero goal faces criticism
The government has launched its revamped energy plan after being forced by the courts to do so by midnight tomorrow.
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Met Police officer referred to prosecutors over fatal shooting of Chris Kaba
Chris Kaba, who was 24, was killed by a single gunshot which was fired through the windscreen of his car, after it had been boxed in by police.
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Benjamin Netanyahu is ‘anti-democratic’, says former Israeli foreign minister
We spoke to the former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni.
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Who will back down as Israel descends into crisis?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his justice minister have urged supporters of the plans to turn out at a rally tonight in Tel Aviv.
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Olivia Pratt-Korbel: The gang rivalries and violence which led to child being shot
Oliva’s murder has inevitably raised questions about the gang rivalries and violence that led to a child being shot dead in her own home.
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Thomas Cashman found guilty of murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel
The trial revealed not just a child’s life stolen by a violent criminal – but the communities terrified by gangs and the witnesses petrified to come forward.
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Can Rishi Sunak win the next election?
Sunak may have made Conservatives feel a bit more positive, but there’s still a long way to go before the next election, and is time on his side?
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FactCheck: Raab to correct parliament record on rape claim
Dominic Raab said during Prime Minister’s Questions that the conviction rate for rape cases “has gone up, it is now at 69 per cent”. FactCheck takes a look.
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Exclusive: Video reveals ‘abhorrent’ practice of burying foxes alive
Trapped in a bag and buried alive.
