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those two cases were on the 30th and sist those two cases were on the 30th and 31st of january and there would almost certainly be more. the central point according to these minutes is that government had a plan to deal with illness. yes. you didn t in fact, plan to deal with illness. 133 you didn t in fact, within the department of health and social care, commission until the 10th of february the plan, the battle plan as you describe in your statement, or the action plan as it was published on the 3rd of march. and therefore, what plan was it that you were referring to cabinet colleagues too, to deal with the illness? firstly, we had the pandemic flu strategy set out in 2011, but by this point we had a whole series of different plans for expanding different plans for expanding different areas. so we had a plan for the expansion of testing within the hd. that plan didn t go fast enough and i had to take serious action to change that in the middle of march. we had a plan for
the uk, you are watching bbc news. let s look at some other stories making news. strikes by london underground workers will go ahead from friday evening after last ditch talks failed to resolve a pay dispute, according to the rmt union. earlier this week careful want that there would be severe disruption across the tube network from the 7th of january until the across the tube network from the 7th ofjanuary until the morning of friday the 12th. workers are walking out of pay, grading structures and travel facilities. two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 16 year old boy was killed on new year s eve. harry pitman was fatally stabbed as people gathered near a viewing platform in primrose hill in north london to watch the fireworks. earlier this week, three teenagers were released on bail pending further inquiries. a record number of electric cars were sold in the uk last year 315 thousand in all< with the majority taken by business and fleet buyers who benefit f
killed since the attacks in israel on october the 7th. he was in an office in beirut. run by hamas. that is when the strike happened. israel has confirmed correct or not confirmed or denied it was responsible but it is widely believed it carried out the attack. lebanon have accused israel of a crime? accused of dragging lebanon into a new phase of confrontations with israel. we have heard from hezbollah this morning that this will not go without a response or a punishment. and it was really in an attempt to calm things down without claiming responsibility that we had an adviser to the israeli prime minister calling this a surgical strike, and saying it should not be seen as an attack on the lebanese state. but israel s military does say it is prepared for all scenarios, and it has been reinforcing its air defences in the
council staff in harlow are carrying out extra checks this week on a block of flats at the centre of a gas scare. three families were asked to go to hospital as a precaution after fire fighters found high levels of carbon monoxide at edmunds tower on saturday. the council says housing officers will be speaking to other residents later. transport for london is advising customers there will be severe disruption across the tube network next week, if a planned strike by rmt members goes ahead. they say there will be little or no service between sunday the 7th ofjanuary until the morning of friday the 12th. let s take a look at the tubes now.