of tipping off indian authorities about a british national, who claims he s been tortured while in prison police in liverpool have named the nine year old who was shot dead in her home last night. olivia pratt korbel s death has sent shock waves through her community and beyond after she was shot in the chest by a gunman who was targeting a man who d run into the house. our correspondent danny savage is at the scene. it was shocking and offer many people this morning to wake up to the news the nine year old girl had been shot dead in her own home, but then came the details from the police at lunchtime today, and in three decades of reporting, i think this is the most tragic and upsetting series of events surrounding the death of a child that i ve ever heard. a mum and daughter at home at night, minding their own business, the your commotion on the street outside, mum opens the door, and what happened is the most terrible set of events thereafter which ended up with the ni
and a vat reduction. they ve secured a meeting on thursday. whoever becomes our next prime minister may also have to add saving the chippy to a lengthening to do list. robin markwell, bbc points west, sam bt. robin markwell, bbc points west, sam bay. for the pandemic claimant women in england and wales will continue to claimant be able to and after a consultation with a doctor. before the pandemic, the pills had to be taken at a clinic or hospital, but temporary measures introduced because of covid pressure on the nhs will now become permanent. a man has appeared at the old bailey via video link, charged with the murder of an 87 year old man in west london. lee byer is accused of stabbing thomas o halloran to death while he rode his mobility scooter in greenford last week. the west midlands has become the latest area to be classified as in drought. officials say rainfall has been insufficient to replenish rivers, groundwater or reservoirs to normal levels, but there s enough water for
should ve been built up much earlier in the pandemic, in line with some other countries. halting community testing in the early weeks had cost lives, according to the report. just one of the government s failings, said the former downing street adviser who d given evidence to mps. me and others put into place work to try and improve the system in 2020 after the first wave. unfortunately, the prime minister, being thejoker that he is, has not pushed that work through. the covid pressure in care homes is examined in detail. the mps say that sending elderly people from hospitals into care homes without prior testing may have been understandable, but it contributed to the spread of the virus. staff entering care homes also may have carried infections. staff shortages and problems getting ppe hadn t helped. in hong kong and germany, they took more precautions early on to protect care homes, and they had fewer deaths as a result. that s definitely one
stark conclusions couldn t be ignored. to use language that this . was one of the worst public health failures in the uk, - that is a damning indictment. and my thoughts are with - the families who ve lost people because of these failures. the mps report is highly critical of the test and trace system in england. it says it was set up much too late and that capacity should ve been built up much earlier in the pandemic, in line with some other countries. halting community testing in the early weeks had cost lives, according to the report. just one of the government s failings, said the former downing street adviser who d given evidence to mp5. me and others put into place work to try and improve the system in 2020 after the first wave. unfortunately, the prime minister, being thejoker that he is, has not pushed that work through. the covid pressure in care homes is examined in detail. the mps say that sending
the virus, though the emergence of a new variant wasn t then known. labour said the report s stark conclusions couldn t be ignored. to use language that this . was one of the worst public health failures in the uk, - that is a damning indictment. and my thoughts are with - the families who ve lost people because of these failures. the mps report is highly critical of the test and trace system in england. it says it was set up much too late and that capacity should ve been built up much earlier in the pandemic, in line with some other countries. halting community testing in the early weeks had cost lives, according to the report. just one of the government s failings, said the former downing street adviser who d given evidence to mps. me and others put into place work to try and improve the system in 2020 after the first wave. unfortunately, the prime minister, being the joker that he is, has not pushed that work through. the covid pressure in care homes