Tag: Urgent
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Government calls ‘urgent meeting’ with BBC over controversial Gaza documentary | Politics News
Read Latest News The government has called an “urgent meeting” with the head of the BBC over a controversial documentary about Gaza. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has said she will be meeting with the chair of the corporation today to get “assurances that no stone will be left unturned” in the inquiry into the programme.…
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‘Urgent changes’ needed to draft budget
Read Latest News Cemlyn Davies Political correspondent, BBC Wales News Getty Images Mark Drakeford published his draft budget in December, with the Senedd voting on the plans on Tuesday The Welsh government’s draft budget is “riddled with empty words”, according to a group of Senedd Members. The Senedd’s finance committee said “urgent changes” were needed…
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England’s special educational needs system is a postcode lottery in urgent need of funding and reform, say MPs | UK News
Read Latest News Thousands of children are being failed because of the “inequitable” special educational needs system, MPs have said. In a damning report the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says too many families are struggling to access support their children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) “desperately need”. Over the past nine years, the…
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The Wanted star Max George to have urgent heart surgery | Ents & Arts News
Read Latest News Singer Max George has said he is to have urgent surgery on his heart after being diagnosed with a block. The Wanted star first revealed he was having problems last week, but has now updated fans to say he has been diagnosed with a “2:1 block” and needs an operation “way quicker…
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The Wanted singer to have urgent heart-block surgery
Read Latest News Getty Images George said messages of support had “given me a much needed boost” Max George, of boy band The Wanted, has said he needs surgery for a heart condition, “way quicker than the doctors first thought”. Taken into hospital on Wednesday, the singer, 36, had a scan on Monday and then…
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Urgent search for woman stuck in Solway estuary mud
Read Latest News Police Scotland Police said Shona Campbell was visiting the area when she got into difficulties in mud on the Solway estuary A major search operation is under way for a woman who went for a walk on the Solway estuary but phoned to say she was stuck in the mud. Shona Campbell,…
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Winchester Prison: ‘Urgent’ repairs and safety improvements planned at ‘dilapidated’ site | UK News
Read Latest News “Urgent” repairs to cells and an immediate review of CCTV are to be carried out at a prison so “dilapidated” an inmate managed to “remove his own cell door”. Winchester Prison will also have extra staff and better safety training to tackle violence and improve safety while a new prison-wide strategy will…
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Non-crime hate incidents guidance needs urgent change, shadow home secretary Chris Philp says | Politics News
Read Latest News Non-crime hate incidents guidance needs to be urgently changed because officers are “not the thought police”, the shadow home secretary has said. Chris Philp told a major policing conference that the police should “apply common sense and not waste time and resources” investigating incidents unless there is “an imminent risk of criminality”.…
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Fixing social care is urgent, says minister, after claims of impasse
Read Latest News Getty Images Reforming the social care system in England is “urgent”, cabinet minister Louise Haigh has said, after sources told the BBC there was a “genuine impasse” at the top of government over the issue. The transport secretary said the government had already taken steps to improve pay and tackle vacancies in…
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Arts Council Wales warns Welsh arts industry needs urgent funding
Read Latest News BBC Performers gathered on the steps of the Senedd in protest against cuts in May If funding cuts to the arts industry continue “there will be no professional sector in 10 years”, the chief executive of Arts Council Wales has warned. Dafydd Rhys is calling for statutory funding for the sector from…
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Urgent care director felt ‘out of depth’ over Lucy Letby claims
Read Latest News Cheshire Constabulary Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole life prison sentences after being convicted of seven murders and eight attempted murders A hospital director said she felt “out of her depth” when dealing with doctors’ concerns about the serial killer nurse Lucy Letby. Karen Townsend, divisional director of urgent care at the…