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nhs leaders are warning that the health service is facing the brutal reality of an easter as bad as most winters, with figures due this morning expected to show record waiting times. i have been let out of the studio and sent to the seaside in the north wales coast and i have in speaking to voters all day to find out what is important to them in the elections in may. hello and welcome to bbc news. some asylum seekers are to be sent to east africa while their claims are processed under a new deal between britain and rwanda. it s understood that single men who travel across the english channel in small boats will be sent more than four thousand miles to rwanda. the government sees it as a way to discourage people from crossing the english channel in small boats while critics have called the plans cruel . last year almost 29,000 people crossed the english channel in small boats. yesterday alone 600 people made the crossing. the uk is expected to give 120 million pounds ....
welcome to newsnight on the road for the last of four special programmes taking pulse of the nations ahead of the general election. welcome to newsnight from the airspace at the imperial war museum, duxford, the european centre for aviation history. applause. we are in the constituency of south cambridgeshire, an area earmarked for international business growth which the government says it wants to make europe s science capital. we re in what is called the blue wall, in a conservative held seat that s a top target for the liberal democrats. we re here with an invited audience and a political panel, getting to grips with what matters most to people ahead of the election their priorities, what they believe are the big problems, and who they think can deliverfor them. on our panel, conservative mp and former minister of state vicky ford, labour s daniel zeichner, who is a shadow environment minister, daisy cooper, deputy leader of the liberal democrats, and adrian ramsay ....
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said in regard to that claim, he was mortified after making that comment and apologised. the person concerned agreed the matter was closed, no further action was taken. regarding the other claims, they are simply untrue. the report today emerged during the guardian s investigations into the cbi which is in turmoil after a whole broader series of allegations of misconduct. they have promised a review of its culture and a new director is at the helm trying to turn things around. tesco was one of dozens of businesses which have paused its membership concerned at these allegations. of course now tesco finds itself in the spotlight itself. it says that this is a serious allegation, if anyone has concerns and information, to get in touch. the prime minister has also been speaking about new plans unveiled , aiming to ease pressure on doctors surgeries by allowing pharmacies in england to prescribe certain medications. they will include the contraceptive pill and medication fo ....
in small boats would be banned from ever returning, under new plans by the british government. refugee charities say the proposals are unfair and unworkable. and we meet the team behind, the elephant whisperers the indian documentary hoping to win at sunday s oscars. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky says the country s military commanders want to continue defending the embattled eastern city of bakhmut. it follows reports from a us based think tank suggesting ukraine was probably withdrawing some of its forces from the city. russia is continuing it s all out assault to capture the eastern ukrainian city, while the city s deputy mayor has told the bbc that not a single building had remained untouched, and that the city is almost destroyed. our correspondent, james landale, sent this report from kyiv. after more than six months of fighting, much of bakhmut now lies in ruins, yet the fighting remains hard. street by street, house by house. for those few civilians ....