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NewsPA Media: UK NewsGPs threaten industrial action over Javid’s reform package
The British Medical Association’s GP committee formally rejected the proposals for England and will ballot on industrial action.
EntertainmentPA Media: UK NewsJudi Love to miss upcoming Strictly Come Dancing show after positive Covid test
Last week the comedian survived the dance-off.
NewsPA Media: UK NewsGovernment suffers series of defeats in Lords to overhaul of post-16 training
Amendments to the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill set the stage for a parliamentary tussle known as ping-pong.
HealthThe GuardianGPs in England threaten industrial action over in-person appointments
GPs in England threaten industrial action over in-person appointments. Family doctors reject plan to force them to see any patient who wants face-to-face appointment
NewsPA Media: UK NewsBoris Johnson rejects calls to activate Covid Plan B
The Prime Minister said pressing ahead with booster jabs for the over-50s is the best way to combat the spread of the disease.
NewsPA Media: UK NewsNew Lumo train service linking London and Edinburgh launches
The firm is competing with state run train operator London North Eastern Railway and airlines in providing Anglo-Scottish travel.
CelebrityPA Media: UK NewsGarraway thanks Charles for support during her husband’s Covid battle
The Prince of Wales chatted to the Good Morning Britain host during a Prince’s Trust award ceremony.
NewsThe GuardianEnglish schools must not teach ‘white privilege’ as fact, government warns
English schools must not teach ‘white privilege’ as fact, government warns. Comments ahead of new guidance ‘simplistic and unhelpful’, say teaching unions
CelebrityPA Media: UK NewsCharles moved to tears by young man helped by Prince’s Trust
The Prince’s Trust awards were presented virtually earlier in the year, so the event gave Charles the opportunity to recognise winners in person.
NewsThe GuardianTory mask converts and holdouts witness an object lesson in disinformation
Tory mask converts and holdouts witness an object lesson in disinformation. By the end of the vaccines minister Maggie Throup’s Commons performance we knew less than we had at the start
BusinessPA Media: UK NewsUK avoids US retaliation over tax on internet giants
The tax will be replaced in favour of a global agreement in 2023.
NewsPA Media: UK NewsLabour MP says party ‘absolute embarrassment’ over gender identity
Rosie Duffield stayed away from last month’s conference over abuse after being labelled a transphobe.
NewsThe GuardianLaura Kuenssberg in talks to step down as BBC political editor
Laura Kuenssberg in talks to step down as BBC political editor. Exclusive: those with knowledge of negotiations say Kuenssberg could become presenter on Today programme
SportPA Media: UK NewsLatest Covid-19 case rates for UK local authority areas
Around four in five local areas are currently recording a rise in rates.
NewsThe GuardianYouth justice services still failing black and mixed heritage boys, finds report
Youth justice services still failing black and mixed heritage boys, finds report. Probation inspectorate finds lack of curiosity behind inaction on youth offending disparities across England
NewsPA Media: UK NewsMother of five-year-old boy found dead in river charged with murder
Angharad Williamson has been charged with the murder of her son Logan Mwangi.
NewsPA Media: UK NewsGun dealer who shot dead his wife to be detained in mental health hospital
Peter Hartshorne-Jones believed he had Covid-19 and complained his wife was not paying him enough attention.
NewsPA Media: UK NewsSchools told not to teach contested views on ‘white privilege’ as fact
It comes after a report from MPs claimed that such terminology may have contributed towards a ‘systemic neglect’ of white working-class pupils.
NewsThe GuardianWhat did New Labour ever do for us? How about this lot for starters
What did New Labour ever do for us? How about this lot for starters. Readers react to a recent letter that dismissed the achievements of the Blair government
NewsPA Media: UK NewsPlan to light up Belfast City Hall for NI centenary blocked by Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein councillor Ciaran Beattie said the partition of Ireland is ‘nothing to celebrate’.
NewsPA Media: UK NewsBoris Johnson hails ‘very moving’ church service to mark NI centenary
Boris Johnson attended the service along with Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney and Northern Ireland First Minister Paul Givan.
BusinessPA Media: UK NewsCrackdown on buy now pay later sector looms as consultation is launched
The Treasury has launched a consultation into bringing the buy now pay later sector under regulation.
NewsThe GuardianNew rose named after one of UK’s first documented black gardeners
New rose named after one of UK’s first documented black gardeners. John Ystumllyn was abducted from west Africa in 1746 and taken to Gwynedd, north Wales
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