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October 23, 2021

Struggling Food Banks Set For ‘Nightmarish' Winter

Squeeze on supply as demand soars after benefits cut

5 mins

Prepare For Plan B Now, Advisers Warn Government

Senior scientific advisers to the government have told ministers to start preparing for the “rapid deployment” of basic Covid measures amid rising infections and hospitalisation rates, as local councils and authorities urged Downing Street to “act now, rather than later”.

4 mins

Allow Migrant NHS Staff To Remain In The UK, Say MPs

Ministers are being urged to grant migrant NHS workers the indefinite right to remain as the health service braces for what could be one of the most difficult winters it has ever faced. Cross-party MPs, along with medical bodies including the British Medical Association (BMA), have backed calls to change the law so that foreign health and social care staff are given the right to stay in the UK in honour of their commitment during the pandemic.

3 mins

Queen ‘back at desk' as she recovers from hospital visit

The Queen has returned home after spending a night in a private hospital in central London, and is reported to be “in good spirits”. She was admitted for preliminary checks after “reluctantly” cancelling a trip to Northern Ireland on medical advice. She returned to Windsor Castle at lunchtime on Thursday, and carried out light duties in the afternoon.

2 mins

Baldwin ‘heartbroken' over fatal shooting on film set

Alec Baldwin has expressed his deep “shock and sadness” after he accidentally killed a cinematographer and wounded a director when discharging a prop gun on the set of his latest film in New Mexico, police have said.

3 mins

Firearm rules while filming

What actors are told when dealing with prop guns on the set

4 mins

Southend falls silent one week after Amess killed

Southend yesterday held a two-minute silence remembering local MP Sir David Amess one week after he was killed at a constituency surgery shortly after midday last Friday in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.

2 mins

MPs to be offered ‘trained' security guards at surgeries

MPs are set to be offered “trained and accredited” guards at constituency surgeries in order to bolster security in the wake of the killing of Sir David Amess last week.

2 mins

Three arrested as police investigate 164 injection and drink-spiking cases

Three men have been arrested over suspicions of spiking drinks or using injections, as police revealed more than 160 people have reported claims to them in two months. Two teenagers – aged 18 and 19 – were arrested by Nottinghamshire Police on suspicion of conspiring to administer poison with intent to injure, annoy or aggrieve. And Lincolnshire Police said they had arrested a 35-year-old man at 3am on Friday in connection with an attempted drink-spiking at a nightclub in Lincoln.

2 mins

Little Hope For Giveaways In Budget After Net Zero Plan

Rishi Sunak has been a chancellor defined by crisis. Now he must show what an economy taken off life support will look like in next week’s Budget.

4 mins

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