21/09/2016
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Nearly 80,000 care workers in England who do not have British citizenship could lose their right to work in the UK following Brexit according to a report by Independent Age. Janet Morrison is the chief executive of Independent Age and Robert Stephenson-Padron is the managing director of London-based home care provider Penrose Care. Β
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UK astronaut Major Tim Peake will be speaking at a conference marking the official launch of a new UK healthcare βclusterβ that will forge a crossover between space science and biomedical sciences, with the intention of benefiting healthcare on Earth. Sir John Bell is Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford. Β
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Lack of political progress in Iraq and Syria risks undermining military operations against so-called Islamic State militants, MPs have warned. The Commons Defence Committee is calling for a βgrand strategyβ to defeat IS. The Labour MP Ruth Smeeth is a member of the committee which drew up the report.
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A plan by Royal Bank of Scotland to sell more than 300 branches has been thrown into doubt after the main bidder, Santander, pulled out of talks. RBS was bailed out by the government during the financial crisis and must sell the branches by next year under EU state aid rules. Simon Jack, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ business editor.
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The United Nations General Assembly will adopt a declaration today agreeing to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. Professor Dame Sally Davies is the chief medical officer for England.
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Author of Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer, Peter Marra, claims that if cats are killing billions of birds and other animals annually around the world, there is an argument for the euthanasia of feral cats, and keeping domestic cats indoors. Jeff Knott is the head of nature policy for the RSPB.
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The United States says that Mondayβs air strike on an aid convoy in Syria must have been carried out by Syrian or Russian planes.Β Β Moscow has reacted furiously, saying the accounts are βunsubstantiatedβ. Monzer Akbik is the Syrian opposition spokesperson and Peter Ford is the former British ambassador to Syria.
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Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will not allow an "industry of vexatious allegations" against UK troops over claims of abuse in Iraq. Johnny Mercer MP, is a member of the Defence Select Committee and former army officer who served in Afghanistan. Nicholas Mercer is the former chief legal adviser for the British Army during the Iraq War in 2003.
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The US has charged Ahmad Khan Rahami with planting bombs in New York and New Jersey. State department correspondent Barbara Plett Usher has been to his hometown in New Jersey in search of clues as to what might have motivated such actions.
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Front-line police officers dealing with domestic abuse incidents are being trained to spot the signs of coercive or controlling behaviour. David Tucker is the head of crime and criminal justice at the College of Policing. Dr Amanda Robinson is the reader is criminology at Cardiff University.
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Homophobic abuse is regularly heard at football matches, according to a survey for the charity Stonewall. Mark Gonnella is the director of communications at Arsenal and Chris Paouros is the co-chair and founder of Proud Lillywhites, the gay Spurs supportersβ club.
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