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citizenJA wrote:Happy Year of the Ox, everyone.

tinyclanger2 wrote:(are Clangers included in "people"?)

UK reports further 758 deaths

The government said a further 758 people had died in the UK within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Friday, bringing the UK total to 116,287.

Last Friday, the daily death toll had been 1,014, and yesterday’s 678.
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UK immigration officials 'have had no information' about hotel quarantine

Border staff not briefed about even basics of Covid protection system starting on Monday, says union

Immigration officials expected to enforce a mandatory quarantine intended to protect the UK from new coronavirus variants have not been briefed on even the basics about how the system will work, little more than 48 hours before it begins, the Guardian has been told.

The Immigration Services Union (ISU), which represents many of the Home Office’s immigration officers, said that before the start on Monday of the new policy, staff had not been told if they would be expected to check for arrivals who had not properly declared their status, or when and how those obliged to quarantine would be taken to hotels.

“They’ve had no information at all,” said Lucy Moreton, the general secretary of the ISU. “They can watch the media, read statements from ministers, but that’s pretty much it.”

Sky'sGoneOut wrote:Newsnight might be interesting tonight, I wonder if they'll offer any kind of apology to Camila Batmanghelidjh and Kids Company after joining in the right wing feeding frenzy at the time with unfounded allegations of sexual abuse. That was during Allegra Stratton's tenure of course.

tinyclanger2 wrote:Well if it doesn't make you shout at the telly what's the point of it?

AnatolyKasparov wrote:The former Graun journalist Allegra Stratton, you mean?