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Government's Coronavirus Tracing App Finally Launches

Millions of Britons will be encouraged to download the mobile tracing app which is finally being launched nationwide today, four months late.

Health officials hope it will play a vital role in containing the virus at a critical point when cases are on the rise again, but the app is likely to create even more demands for tests at a time when labs are already under tremendous pressure and thousands of patients have been unable to book slots. 486 more words

MPs urge Chancellor to extend job retention scheme

MPs have urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) to help avoid mass redundancies.

The CJRS is set to be wound down in October and changes were implemented to reduce the amount paid by the government from August. 150 more words

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We are so proud of our own Daughter Dr Betta Edu- Chairman Abi council

Abi LGA Committed to Preventing COVID-19 & other diseases in the LGA, Holds, Sensitization drive, Sample collections & trainings

As more Local Government Areas key into the drive to strengthen the Health sector at the grassroots, the Abi Local Government area chairman has pledge the commitment of the council to improve health care in the LGA. 505 more words

Scotland's 'green jobs' fiasco

Electricity bill payers are in effect subsidising work that’s being exported round the world while promises of so-called green jobs for Scottish workers, and the government’s own ’emissions’ policies, are forgotten or ignored. 480 more words

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UK Column News - 23rd September 2020

Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson and Alex Thomson with today’s UK Column News.

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King has several options after Anwar’s power play

Malaysia’s king is set to play a key role in what happens next after opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim claimed he had majority support to form a government. 308 more words

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GUYANA: President Ali to investigate the US$150M decade-long CJIA renovation scandal…

I will not accept this project …President Ali tells Chinese contractor, other stakeholders

 Sep 22, 2020  News–  –– investigations to be launched

Years of anger over the ongoing US$150M-plus expansion at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, culminated yesterday with an angry President Irfaan Ali making it clear that Guyana will not be accepting the project as is. 1,433 more words

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