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in this big speech he gave in blackpool this week he said covid—i9 was the disease of disparity.tial impact on non—white people of covid—i9 reflects structural racism, in your view? no, i don't think it is structural racism. i think there clearly is a disparity and the facts speak for themselves in terms of outcomes and how had covid—i9 hit certain communities and in that speech i talked about how if you look at people who either fell ill through covid—i9 or ended up in hospital sadly died there was a disproportionate impact on people from black and minority ethnic communities. but it was not racism? no, i think there can be many... i don't believe it is. i think there can be many reasons for that. so, for example, a disproportionate number of people from those communities work in frontline jobs so we may be more exposed to that, may be if you think about vaccine take—up. now, there is no racism, of course, in our vaccine plans. everyone is eligible. something else in the speech you talked about levelling up in health and getting the health outcomes of the people, reducing the ga

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blackpool�*s famous illuminations are lighting up the seaside town again.ives a boost to business. happy memories of childhood visits to see the eliminations one over in blackpool and it did not disappoint and it doesn't to this day. —— in october. now it's time for a look at the weather. for much of england and wales, has been a distinct lack of sunshine of late. today is no exception, lots of crowds —— cloud across the country, it starts to thin and break in many places, so we should have a better afternoon. the best of the sunshine is in wales and south—west england, but some of this cloud since so we glimpse the sunshine but you can see the difference —— distance we see the difference —— distance we see the cloud, with 16 with the highs of 22 or 23. sunday, the changes on the way, the high—pressure drifts away that has been the south easterly breeze introduces some warm air from the continent and a whether france will bring some much—needed rain into northern ireland north—west scotland, gradually through the morning and then turning heavy as we go into

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blackpool's famous illuminations are lighting up the seaside town again.iconic tower ballroom. they'll stay on untiljanuary with the hope that the extra two months will bring more tourists to the area and give a boost to businesses. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5:35pm. bye for now. good afternoon, i am here with your latest sports news. hannah cockcroft has won her second gold medal of these paralympics in tokyo and seventh overall. she set a new paralympic record in the t34 800 metres, in what was a british one—two, as kare adenegan took silver. cockcroft dominated the race from the start, to secure her second gold of these games. she broke her own world record to retain the 100 metre crown last sunday. she joked afterwards that she was gutted that she was unable to get the world record today. her team—mate, kare adenegan, recorded a personal best, though, as she won the silver. i have been told to since i was born the things that i can't do and i am now a gold medallist and, you know,

and that is the cleanest the blackpool dance floor has ever. the blackpool dance floor has ever been.?— previously? we know that the tostcode previously? we know that the postcode that _ previously? we know that the postcode that you _ previously? we know that the postcode that you are - previously? we know that the postcode that you are born i previously? we know that the postcode that you are born in | previously? we know that the - postcode that you are born in will determine the quality of your education and how accessible it is, and there is a feeling in quite a lot of community that university is not for them purely because of where they are born and we want to try and remove that. we have launched a campaign which gives students a free travel pass for three years, laptop and free food for lunch for three years. so those are some of the obstacles that the students face. so how do you find those students? obstacles that the students face. so | how do you find those students? we have how do you find those students? - have to go into those communities and embed ourselves and gets t

blackpool with the kids to see the liuhts. �* , ., .,, lights. will boost the number of _ lights. and they are hopeful it will boost the number of people - lights. and they are hopeful it will boost the number of people who i lights. and they are hopeful it will. boost the number of people who want to go as the season comes to an end. it is coming past 26 10am, let's look at what the papers are saying this morning. several of them lead with developments surrounding the vaccination of12— to 15—year—olds. the times is reporting the rollout of the vaccine to schoolchildren is due to begin as soon as next week, despite thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation deciding not to recommend it. the daily telegraph adds that ministers are confident that chris whitty and the other chief medical officers will approve the plan in the middle of next week. whilst the guardian notes that it will be the first time minsters deviate from the recommendations of scientists. we will be spending a bit of time this morning throughout the morning talking with so

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we see much wider gaps, just above two years, in parts of the north, for example, like blackpool, butcountry, keir starmer quoted tony blair from country, keir starmer quoted tony blairfrom one of his country, keir starmer quoted tony blair from one of his speeches before he became prime minister, education, education, education, he said he was proud to copy that phrase, one of the pledges labour made. a lot of labour politicians talk about what was achieved in london schools in the period of the labour government but there is a more mixed record in other parts of the country at least in some of the country and you are illustrating that. this is a problem which has not been addressed. what is the failure caused by? you can't work at policy until you know what is causing the problem? it is difficult to thinoint causing the problem? it is difficult to pinpoint why — causing the problem? it is difficult to pinpoint why we _ causing the problem? it is difficult to pinpoint why we see _ causing the problem? it is difficult. to pinpoint why we see long-standing to pinpoint why we see long—s