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times higher than before the covid pandemic, according to the telegraph. it s also interviewed the foreign secretary james cleverley about ukraine. he cautions that any peace talks with the russian president could be used to rearm troops. the daily mail reports on what it describes as a surge in strep a cases. it suggests that could be linked with lockdowns and lower childhood immunity. according to a poll about brexit published by the i, one in seven leave voters say they would now vote remain. but the survey found no majority for the uk to rejoin the eu. the royal college of nursing has said that a&e, cancer and maternity departments will not be excluded from its strikes later this month. analysis by the newspaper suggests up to 140 thousand patients could have operations and consultations cancelled.
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year it reached 28,500. well, by last night, we werejust less than 100 short of 40,000. and talking to witnesses and to rescuers today, it s clear that more than 100 have crossed since midnight last night. so that red line has gone over 40,000. and of course, we re only in mid november and last year, around 8000 crossed in the last two months of the year. so it s likely that the figure by the end of the year is going to be closer to 50,000 than 40 thousand if the weather stays good. it s very, very awkward for ministers, not least of all, because it makes them look as if they re not in control of the southern coast of the united kingdom, but also because of the risk of people dying. it was only in november last year that 27 people died in a single night when boats got into trouble on the channel. and yes, there s more talks going on with the french to try and increase patrols on the beaches, maybe put some british officers into the french control rooms. but that s not going to make a m
months of the year. so it s likely that the figure by the end of the year is going to be closer to 50,000 than 40 thousand if the weather stays good. it s very, very awkward for ministers, not least of all, because it makes them look as if they re not in control of the southern coast of the united kingdom, but also because of the risk of people dying. it was only in november last year that 27 people died in a single night when boats got into trouble on the channel. and yes, there s more talks going on with the french to try and increase patrols on the beaches, maybe put some british officers into the french control rooms. but that s not going to make a massive amount of difference to the people crossing in the short term. and yes, while the weather s been bad for the last couple of weeks, ministers have managed to reduce the number of people being held in the manston processing centre. but as the weather s gone good again, those numbers are going to start to rise again.