fergus walsh, thank you.leader, sir keir starmer, has been outlining his party's latest and most comprehensive response to the cost of living crisis. it will be up to the government to decide how to respond to the spiralling bills, but his plans add to the mounting pressure on ministers. labour's plan would freeze the energy cap in britain at the current level ofjust under £2,000 for most customers for the next six months. the cap limits the maximum amount suppliers can charge for gas and electricity. labour says the plan would cost £29 billion — a substantial sum which it says it's fully costed. to pay for it, the party wants to increase taxes on energy company profits and also scrap the government's £400 energy rebate for all households. we'll see how the plan compares to tory proposals in a moment, but first our political correspondent alex forsyth reports from exeter on labour's plans. bracing for what's to come. some are gearing up for the economic storm predicted, plenty are already struggling with pric

our medical editor fergus walsh is here to tell us more. fergus.cause paralysis, and there hasn't been a case acquired in the uk for nearly a0 years. but now the virus has been found in sewage in eight london boroughs. these are also areas that have some of the lowest immunisation rates for polio, which may be helping the virus to spread undetected in the community. it's thought to have originated from someone vaccinated overseas with the live oral vaccine, which can grow the virus in the gut and can mutate, and potentially infect others through contaminated water or food. it's important to stress that here in the uk, the polio vaccine is quite different. it's an injection that does not contain live virus and cannot cause the disease. in the next four weeks, around 900,000 children aged one to nine in greater london will be offered an extra dose of the polio vaccine, even if they are already fully immunised. these are very safe and effective vaccines, and it will boost their immunity, which we are giving as an extra precaution to protect them thems

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our medical editor fergus walsh is here to tell us more.can cause paralysis. there hasn't been a case acquired in the uk for nearly a0 years. but now the virus has been found in sewage in these eight london boroughs. they also have some of the lowest immunisation rates which may be helping the virus to spread in the community. it's thought virus was brought to england by someone vaccinated overseas with the live oral vaccine which can in rare cases mutate in the gut and infect others through contaminated water or food. it's important to stress that here in the uk, the polio vaccine is quite different. it's an injection that does not contain live virus and cannot cause the disease. health officials say as a matter of �*urgency�*, in the next four weeks around 900,000 children aged one to nine in greater london will be offered an extra dose of polio vaccine, even if they are already fully immunised. these are very safe and effective vaccines and it will boost their immunity which we're giving us an extra precaution to protect them themselves.

our medical editor fergus walsh is here with more details.f a new era in covid vaccines. until now, they have all been designed against the originalform of the all been designed against the original form of the virus which emerged in wuhan in china at the end of 2019. they still give strong protection against severe illness, but they are not very good at preventing you getting a milder covid infection, that is because covid—19 has mutated substantially, with several new variants that can dodge some of our immune defences. moderna's new vaccine targets the wuhan strain and are now dominant 0micron variant, so it is a jewel or bivalentjab. in trials, it produced higher antibody responses among volunteers, with mostly mild side—effects. so this new bivalent vaccine will aim to prevent against infection of 0micron. however, for those who contract the infection, that they are less likely to get serious outcomes of their health, such as hospitalisations or confinements in the intensive care unit, or even deaths. what is unclear at this stage isjust

cause paralysis have been found more than 100 times in the city's waste water. 0ur medical editor, fergus walsh a case acquired in the uk for nearly 40 years, but now the virus can be found in sewage in these eight london boroughs. they also have some of the lowest immunisation rates which may be helping the virus spread in the community. it's thought the virus was brought to england by someone vaccinated overseas with the live oral vaccine, which can, in rare cases, mutate in the gut and infect others through contaminated water or food. it's important to stress that here in the uk, the polio vaccine is quite different — it's an injection that does not contain live virus and cannot cause the disease. so, in the next four weeks, around 900,000 children aged 1—9 in greater london will be offered an extra dose of the polio vaccine, even if they're already fully immunised. these are very safe and effective vaccines, and it will boost their immunity, which we're giving as an extra precaution to protect them themselves. but also, the increasing immunity will help to reduce spread, both to friends and

here's our medical editor fergus walsh. polio is a viral disease which can cause paralysis.ion rates, which may be helping the virus to spread in the community. it's thought the virus was brought to england by someone vaccinated overseas with the live oral vaccine, which can, in rare cases, mutate in the gut and infect others through contaminated water or food. now, it's important to stress that here in the uk, the polio vaccine is quite different. it's an injection that does not contain live virus and cannot cause the disease. so in the next four weeks, around 900,000 children aged 1 to 9 in greater london will be offered an extra dose of the polio vaccine, even if they're already fully immunised. these are very safe and effective vaccines, and it will boost their immunity, which we're giving as an extra precaution to protect them themselves. but also, increasing the immunity will help to reduce spread both to their friends and families and to the wider community. the hope is the booster will help stop the virus spreading. in new york last month, a 20 year old unvaccinated

our medical editor fergus walsh is here with more details. start of a new era of covid vaccines. until now, they've all been designed against the original form of the virus which emerged in wuhan in china at the end 2019. they still give strong protection against severe illness but they're not very good at preventing you getting a milder covid infection. that's because coronavirus has mutated substantially with several new variants that can dodge some of our immune defenses. moderna's new vaccine targets the wuhan strain and the now dominant omicron variant, so it's a dual or bivalentjab. in trials, it produced higher antibody responses among volunteers with mostly mild side effects. so this new bivalent vaccine will aim to prevent against infection of omicron. however, for those who contract the infection, that they are less likely to get serious outcomes of their health, such as hospitalisations or confinements in the intensive care unit or even deaths. now, what's unclear at this stage isjust how much more protection the new moderna vaccin