UK’s Afghanistan evacuation into ‘final hours’ – with no more people to be called forward
The UK’s evacuation mission at Kabul’s airport has “a matter of hours” left and no more people will be called forward, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said.
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August 26, 2021 Police ‘confident’ they have found suspect in double murder investigation
Police say they have found a man wanted in connection with two murders in Westminster on a canal barge in west London with serious injuries.
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August 23, 2021 Free antibody tests to measure Covid virus immunity
Antibody tests will be offered for free to those testing positive for Covid to improve understanding of who is most likely to get infected, the Government has announced.
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August 23, 2021 UK plans offshore asylum centres in other countries for Afghans
Britain plans to establish offshore asylum centres for Afghan refugees in countries such as Pakistan and Turkey, as ministers admit that the UK will not be able to rescue those eligible for resettlement before troops leave Kabul.
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August 22, 2021 Antibody testing programme to be rolled out across the UK for COVID positive people
An antibody testing programme for people who have tested positive for COVID-19 is to be launched across the UK.
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August 21, 2021 Schools could bring back Covid bubbles after just two positive cases, union warns
Schools may choose to put kids back into Covid bubbles with just a couple of cases “as they can very quickly become more” it has been warned by a union boss.
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August 19, 2021 British university students heading to Spain face visa delays due to Brexit
British students due to start university in Spain within weeks could have their plans put on hold due to visa delays.
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August 18, 2021 Train passengers brace for major rail fares rise after inflation soars to 3.8%
Train passengers are braced for a major rail fares rise next year after RPI inflation soared to 3.8% – the highest for more than three years.
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August 18, 2021 Gas boilers could be banned by 2026 as ministers push for Net Zero
The sale of gas-only boilers in the UK could be banned by 2026, with all new systems to run on hydrogen instead as Prime Minister Boris Johnson pushes ahead with his radical Net Zero climate change agenda.
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August 17, 2021 Millions of UK homes could be heated with hydrogen by 2030
About 3 million households in the UK could begin using low-carbon hydrogen to heat their homes and cook rather than fossil fuel gas under government proposals to attract at least £4bn of investment to the hydrogen economy by 2030.
