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Fri, 22 Oct 2021 08:32:37 GMT
Boris Johnson news – live: PM ‘selling out’ workers, says Labour as Tories urged to alter ‘anti-refugee bill’
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Fri, 22 Oct 2021 08:29:35 GMT
Minister says Covid deaths ‘very low’ and defends not implementing plan B measures
Health minister says focus should be on booster jab rollout and anti-viral treatment

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 08:22:42 GMT
Top of the Pops’ Tony Dortie: ‘Black representation on TV is the best it’s ever been’
Exclusive: After 30 years of silence, the former Top of the Pops host tells Nadine White about his experience of being one of very few Black TV presenters in Britain during the Nineties, behind-the-scenes politics and his views on current media dive...

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 06:39:03 GMT
Wait before Covid booster jabs ‘could be cut to five months’ to speed up rollout
Delay between doses could reportedly be cut from six months to five

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 06:30:27 GMT
Barbados elects first-ever president to replace Queen Elizabeth as head of state
The landmark election was hailed as a ‘seminal moment’ for the nation

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 02:06:36 GMT
Queen spends night in hospital after cancelling Northern Ireland trip
95-year-old is back at Windsor and said to be in ‘good spirits’

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 01:21:34 GMT
Pride in London responds to calls for inquiry following racism allegations
Exclusive: Activists demand intervention from mayor over practices within Pride in London

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 00:53:25 GMT
GPs to be balloted on industrial action over Javid’s ‘name and shame’ reforms
From November, GPs will have to publicise their NHS earnings of more than £150k per year

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 00:40:02 GMT
Twitter finds its own algorithms amplify ‘political right’ but it doesn’t yet know why
Findings of an internal study show apparent bias in amplification, but not what causes it

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:57:31 GMT
Government cuts caused rising court backlogs even before pandemic, report finds
Victims will suffer delays to justice for ‘years to come’, says National Audit Office

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:55:30 GMT
Celebrities urge Boris Johnson to ‘think again’ over ‘anti-refugee Bill’
The government has been urged to not ‘turn its back’ on refugees

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:23:58 GMT
Tory reforms redistributed schools cash from poor to rich areas, MPs find
Public Accounts Committee contradicts government claims to be ‘levelling up’

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:01:00 GMT
Parliament’s Victorian walls and ceilings are crumbling
The Palace of Westminster is a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 22:35:02 GMT
G7 trade leaders gather in London amid global supply chain chaos
The meeting in London comes as the disruption from shipping to haulage threatens the economic recovery from Covid-19

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:24:48 GMT
Laura Kuenssberg ‘in talks to step down as BBC political editor’
Jon Sopel reportedly poised to replace her as he returns from Washington role

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:24:48 GMT
‘I got out of the car and ran’: Ex-police officer says she was sexually assaulted by senior officer in forest at night
Exclusive: ‘They were rating appearances, saying women are fat. They would openly flirt with women,’ Rhianon Argent tells Maya Oppenheim

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:01:01 GMT
Peter Egan and Ricky Gervais call for ban on charities fighting animal experiments to be ditched
Exclusive: As MPs prepare for long-awaited debate, star says he’s shocked RSPCA and others are barred by law from opposing testing

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:00:24 GMT
Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of ‘selling out’ workers over failure to support fire and rehire bill
Covid crisis used as a ‘smokescreen to erode workers’ rights’, Starmer writes

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:02:35 GMT
Tories won’t start wearing masks in Commons because they ‘know each other’, Jacob Rees-Mogg says
No 10 refuses to say whether Boris Johnson will start wearing one – despite Sajid Javid’s recommendation

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 18:16:02 GMT
Police allowed Manchester Arena bomber’s brother to flee UK before giving evidence at public inquiry
Families demand answers from Greater Manchester Police after Ismail Abedi ‘laughs in face’ of inquiry

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 18:13:50 GMT
Labour muddle over support for Covid ‘plan B’ as Keir Starmer contradicts health spokesperson
Jonathan Ashworth says ‘we are in favour’ – but party leader calls controversy ‘the wrong focus’

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 18:01:09 GMT
Kent Police apologises ‘unreservedly’ to journalist unlawfully arrested while documenting Napier Barracks protest
Exclusive: Chief constable admits arrest and detention of Andy Aitchison were unlawful and breach of human rights

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:55:47 GMT
Logan Mwangi: Boy, 14, charged with murder after five-year-old found dead in river
The teenager appeared in Cardiff Magistrates Court today

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:49:27 GMT
Government refuses to publish Northern Ireland Brexit plan legal text for scrutiny
Lord Frost says opposition parties do not need to see legal text

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:30:49 GMT
Cancer rates higher in England’s most deprived areas, NHS data shows
Data, published for first time, found cancer diagnoses were 16 per cent higher in most deprived areas

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:12:49 GMT
Boris Johnson blames people not getting booster jabs for slow rollout
Two million eligible people have not received an invitation, Labour says - but prime minister insists it is ‘a demand issue’

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:10:57 GMT
David Amess: Murder suspect Ali Harbi Ali accused of plotting to kill MPs since 2019
Suspect appears in court charged with murder and preparing acts of terrorism

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:24:51 GMT
Emiliano Sala: ‘Not an hour goes by’ without plane operator thinking about fatal crash, court told
‘I felt numb. It was a total surprise. I’ve had huge anxiety,’ says David Henderson

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:23:29 GMT
Expert economist Julian Jessop’s expert answers to your supply crisis questions
As the supply crisis rumbles on and affects our day to day lives, from getting petrol to heating our homes, understandably the questions keep on coming, and here is what an expert has to say on the matter

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:12:50 GMT
Brexit news: Asia taking UK ‘to the cleaners’ on trade deals, says Labour after New Zealand agreement
Follow the latest updates from Thursday

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 14:03:58 GMT
New Zealand’s Maori haka dance protected under trade deal with UK
Boris Johnson and Jacinda Ardern agree deal via video call

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:45:41 GMT
David Amess: Ali Harbi Ali charged with murder of Conservative MP
Suspect has also been charged with preparing acts of terrorism

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:38:30 GMT
New Zealand trade deal ‘to undercut British farmers with lower animal welfare standards’
Government predicts deal will have negligible economic impact but could hurt farmers

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:26:17 GMT
UK secures trade deal with New Zealand
The agreement should make it easier for Brits and Kiwis to travel to one another’s countries for work, the government said

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:09:19 GMT
Covid booster jab programme ‘stalling’ and won’t be completed until March, Labour warns
‘Isn’t the truth the vaccination programme is now stalling?’ says Ashworth

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:00:26 GMT
Anti-vaxxers serve ‘legal documents’ citing ‘Nuremberg Code’ to NHS hospital staff
Group arrives at Colchester Hospital brandishing brown envelope with ‘evidence to prove coronavirus is an absolute “plandemic”’

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 10:52:46 GMT
Lorry plunges into Bristol harbour
‘I’ve seen people go into the harbour, even a statue, but never a lorry,’ witness says

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 10:42:08 GMT
Police force receives 12 spiking reports involving ‘something sharp’ this month
Nottinghamshire Police says first reported was made on 12 October

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 10:28:46 GMT
Fifa evacuates 100 refugees from Afghanistan including national women’s football players and coaches
Exclusive: ‘This has been a long negotiation since August’ says source close to operation

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:54:34 GMT
Black boys are being let down by youth offending services, inspectors find
Youth justice staff told inspectors that the majority of Black boys that they work with have multiple and complex needs - yet many of these children are only receiving support with these issues for the first time through the criminal justice system

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:53:43 GMT
Covid: Health minister claims NHS is under ‘sustainable pressure’ - despite warnings from doctors’ union
Minister also dismisses reports of a ‘plan C’ to control the spread of Covid



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