flat owners in the uk won t have to pay to remove dangerous cladding from lower height buildings under new government plans, the bbc understands. three white men who murdered ahmaud arbery in the us state of georgia are given life sentences his family say they never lost faith in justice. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. lawyers acting for tennis star novak djokovic have released documents that say he had a vaccine exemption to enter australia due to a recent covid infection. in the early hours of thursday morning djokovic was denied entry to australia after landing in melbourne this week to play in the australian open. he is currently in an immigration detention with a court challenge due on monday. but documents released by his legal team today claim that his first positive pcr test was recorded on 16 december. djokovic, who has said he is opposed to vaccination, had been granted a medical exemption to play in the tournament in a decisio
new government plans, the bbc understands. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. lawyers acting for the tennis star novak djokovic have released documents that say he had a vaccine exemption to enter australia due to a recent covid infection. in the early hours of thursday morning, djokovic was denied entry to australia after landing in melbourne this week to play in the australian open. he is currently in an immigration detention hotel, with a court challenge due on monday. but documents released by his legal team today claim that his first positive pcr test was recorded on 16th december. it s emerged the same day that novak djokovic s legal team says he tested positive for covid, serbia s post office presented him with postage stamps in his honour. the tennis player tweeted about it the day afterwards, on the 17th. djokovic, who has said he s opposed to vaccination, had been granted a medical exemption to play in the tournament in a decision th
the world s top tennis player is spending the weekend in an immigration detention hotel. his supporters have turned up for a third day. this is novak djokovic arriving in melbourne on wednesday. the documents his legal team presented to the court state he d received the exemption from tennis australia with a follow up letter from the home affairs department saying he was allowed into the country. i explained i had recently been infected with covid in december 2021, and on this basis i was entitled to a medical exemption in accordance with australian government rules and guidance. his legal team added that onjanuary the 1st djokovic received a document ist djokovic received a document from home affairs telling him his responses indicated he met the requirements for quarantine free arrival into australia. what is becoming clear is the break down in communication among those making the decisions, and what the judge communication among those making the decisions, and what thej
it may be a wet and windy start to the weekend for many, but as we go into the afternoon across many western areas we should see a bit more sunshine at times. it s saturday, the 8th of january. our top story: up to 500,000 flat owners across the uk will no longer be liable for the cost of replacing dangerous cladding on their properties, under new government proposals. the plans, set to be announced by the housing secretary michael gove, would instead see developers forced to pay up to an additional $4 billion to help resolve the crisis, which has left many unable to sell their homes. our policy editor lewis goodall has more. it s estimated that more than half a million people are caught up in britain s fire safety crisis. and we can exclusively reveal the government s latest plans to deal with it. up up until now, the government s approach breakdown as follows. dangerous cutting removal would be paid for by the building safety front only for buildings of 18.5 metres in heigh
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