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Thursday, 02 September 2021 22:42
NHS needs extra £10bn next year
Health bosses say that patients will be put at risk unless the NHS receives an extra £10bn next year to recover from the pandemic. A five-year settlement will see the funding increase by £33bn by 2023-24,…
Thursday, 02 September 2021 22:40
HGV driver shortages
Many businesses are complaining about the UK's shortage of lorry drivers causing serious supply chain problems. The coronavirus pandemic, Brexit, and tax changes have contributed to a lack of qualified drivers. The shortfall is 100,000 workers.…
Thursday, 02 September 2021 22:36
The Good Childhood Report
The Children’s Society said modern life continues to erode young people’s happiness and children deserve drastic changes. 306,000 10- to 15-year-olds are unhappy with their lives: in 2010 it was 173,000. ¼ million children did not…
Thursday, 02 September 2021 22:33
Italy: overcrowded boat with 539 migrants
The Italian coastguard rescued 539 migrants crammed onto a decrepit fishing boat off the tiny southern Italian island of Lampedusa. A Médecins Sans Frontières nurse said the passengers included three women and several unaccompanied minors in…
Thursday, 02 September 2021 22:18
Belarus: criminal charges for church's outdoor worship?
At a meeting in Parliament and in two letters, officials warned New Life Pentecostal Church that continuing to meet for worship in the car park of their seized church in Minsk could lead to administrative or…
Thursday, 02 September 2021 22:15
USA: Hurricane Ida
Ida, the strongest hurricane ever to make landfall in Louisiana, hit as Category 4 while the region's hospitals were under siege from rising Covid cases. Debbie and her family cowered on a stairway landing while four…