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Over in the US of A in the great state of Texas and in surrounding states locals are experiencing unusually cold weather and are suffering from the effects. But instead of blaming their not fit for purpose electrical systems they are blaming the Green New Deal, even though it has not been implemented.
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Top story: Hunt warns on lifting lockdown too early
Morning, everyone. I’m Martin Farrer and here are the top stories this Friday morning.
Ministers are under fire for delays in implementing plans to detain arrivals to the UK from high-risk countries in coronavirus quarantine hotels, with Labour accusing the government of “putting people at risk”. Lack of details about the plan forced the government to announce yesterday that the health secretary, Matt Hancock, would take personal charge of the scheme under which passengers from a “red list” have to pay for their own accommodation from 15 February. It had been hoped that mandatory isolation would be in place by now to stop the spread of new variants of Covid-19. The shadow home secretary, Nick Thomas-Symonds, said the scheme was “half-baked” as hotel chains said they had been kept in the dark about the plans.