Brexit: UK urged to table ‘acceptable’ backstop remedies
Craig TaylorEU officials call for fresh proposals by Friday ahead of next week’s vote by MPs on the deal. BBC News – UK
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Explosive packages found at Heathrow, Waterloo and London City Airport
Counter-terror police probe devices found in postal bags at Heathrow, Waterloo and London City Airport. BBC News – UK
20,000 more care workers needed in Wales by 2030
bethkent ✅A campaign has been launched to recruit another 20,000 social care workers in Wales over the next 10 years. The ageing population in Wales and relatively older workforce are two factors for the expected demand for care workers. The jobs they are demanding for include care workers in people’s own homes, workers in residential care…
Struggling towns to get £1.6bn post-Brexit funding
Prosperity has been unfairly spread, says the PM, as Labour accuses her of trying to bribe its MPs. BBC News – UK
Knife attack on teenagers up by 93% in five years
Over the weekend two families have been left by the loss of their teenage children in stabbing attacks as new figures show a 93% increase in the number of young people targeted by knives. Police have said Jodie Chesney, 17, suffered from a single stab wound to the back by a teenage attack who struck…
Harold Hill stabbing: Jodie Chesney, 17, dies in park attack
Jodie Chesney’s grandmother said in a Facebook appeal the stabbing had been an “unprovoked attack”. BBC News – UK