, reform uk, 1427.mber of official ballot papers — the number of official ballot papers rejected was as follows: want _ papers rejected was as follows: want of — papers rejected was as follows: want of official mark, three. voting — want of official mark, three. voting for more than one candidate, 20. writing or mark by which — candidate, 20. writing or mark by which voting could not be identified, zero. unmarked or avoided — identified, zero. unmarked or avoided due to uncertainty, 51. the total— avoided due to uncertainty, 51. the total number of objected ballot — the total number of objected ballot papers were 74. the total— ballot papers were 74. the total number of votes cast across _ total number of votes cast across north shropshire at this election— across north shropshire at this election on 16 december 2021 was 38,096. the total electorate is 82,314. therefore i electorate is 82,314. therefore i give _ electorate is 82,314. therefore i give public notice that morgan, helen margaret lillian, is

3 it something for three parties, and the conservative party and reform uk are trumpeting that theirsd hs2. they pay for seats, they pick their targets, i think they did not think this was one that they were particularly going to do well and they did not. thank fraudsters have stolen billions of pounds by abusing the government's bounce—back loan scheme — that's the initiative that was designed to help small businesses survive during the covid pandemic. according to a new report from the national audit office, more than one in ten of the loans may have been fraudulent, costing the taxpayer almost £5—billion. the report says that measures put in place to stop fraud were implemented too slowly. 0ur correspondent, angus crawford, reports. a hard stop. police arrest a drug dealer, a member of a manchester gang that used a front business to hide their crimes. and this is it. from a couple of portakabins, they planned to take over the local cocaine market. but what's really extraordinary is they managed to get a £25,000 bounce back loan to help their business through the pandemic. and they

reform uk is out campaigning, even though their candidate has covid, hoping to capture disillusionedpushing at the door as well. au summit has become a little frustrating. i’m well. au summit has become a little frustrating.— little frustrating. i'm sick death of— little frustrating. i'm sick death of everyone - little frustrating. i'm sick death of everyone telling people not to believe that intermodal because they go straight into the recycling bill. �* ., , straight into the recycling bill. �* ., straight into the recycling bill. ., ., ., bill. i'm a bit more tolerant, i think, bill. i'm a bit more tolerant, | think, that _ bill. i'm a bit more tolerant, i think, that my _ bill. i'm a bit more tolerant, i think, that my wife. -- - bill. i'm a bit more tolerant, | i think, that my wife. -- bin. i think, that my wife. —— bin. parties— i think, that my wife. —— bin. parties need to think long and hard _ parties need to think long and hard about how they treat their constituents.— constituents. there are multiple _ constituents. there are multiple factors - constituents. there are mul

, labourand marginal between the conservatives, reform uk, labour and the lib dems.hich way it will fall?— way it will fall? let me pick you up on one of those _ way it will fall? let me pick you up on one of those points. _ way it will fall? let me pick you up on one of those points. it - way it will fall? let me pick you up on one of those points. it was i way it will fall? let me pick you up on one of those points. it was a i on one of those points. it was a safe conservative seat. your candidate, kirsty walmsley, is a former conservative councillor. i'm not clear why people would vote reform, therefore, when they can have a conservative candidate? it’s have a conservative candidate? it's very clear. — have a conservative candidate? it's very clear. i _ have a conservative candidate? it�*s very clear, i coined the expression, socialist, the conservative party now represents the highest taxes for 70 years, higher regulations and authoritarian nanny state. that is actually socialism. we, our campaign of cutting taxes, smart regulation, cheaper energy, smart energy p

and reform uk, formerly the brexit party, came third. 11,189.t, even if the opposition had hoped recent negative headlines about so—called sleaze could chip away at their strong majority. people look at the westminster issues, they see a number of issues and allegations being thrown around at different parties, you know? it wasn't something that was coming to me, people know i'm not involved. i haven't been in westminster, you know? people have said, "louie, we need to get in and deliver on these priorities," and that's what i'm fully committed to doing. labour are encouraged by this result, with their candidate, daniel francis, arguing a swing like that could translate into future gains for them elsewhere. well, it's been an incredibly good result tonight for labour here. we had a swing of over 10%. if that swing was replicated across the country, we would be making significant gains from the conservatives and on a path back to government. but tory party chairman oliver dowden says a solid hold midway through an election term, when the governme

reform uk is out campaigning even though their candidate has covid, hoping to capture disillusioned votersut leaflets through my door because theyjust literally go straight into the recycling bin. i'm a bit more tolerant, i think, than my wife. what i do think, though, is that parties need to think long and hard about how they treat their constituents. there are multiple factors at play here — local issues, the national picture. whatever colour people pick could determine just how merry this christmas is for the parties in this race. alex forsyth, bbc news, in shropshire. there are a total of 1a candidates standing in the north shropshire by—election. here's a full list of them. and you can find more details about the by election on our website bbc.co.uk/news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. this is bbc news. the headlines — nearly 100 members of britain's governing conservative party have voted against new coronavirus restrictions in defiance of the prime minister, borisjohnson. however, the new restrictions were passed with the support

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and reform uk, formerly the brexit party, came third. 11,189.o—called sleaze could chip away at their strong majority. people look at the westminster issues, they see a number of issues and allegations being thrown around at different parties, you know? it wasn't something that was coming to me, people know i'm not involved. i haven't been in westminster, you know? people have said, "louie, we need you to get in and deliver on these priorities," and that's what i'm fully committed to doing. labour are encouraged by this result, with their candidate, daniel francis, arguing a swing like that could translate into future gains for them elsewhere. well, it's been an incredibly good result tonight for labour here. we've had a swing of over 10%. if that swing was replicated across the country, we would be making significant gains from the conservatives and on a path back to government. but tory party chairman 0liver dowden says a solid hold midway through an election term, when the government might expect a knock, is a good result for them. obviously,

the green party saying local services have been neglected and reform uk is out campaigning even though'm sick to death of it and i'm sick of them putting i of it and i'm sick of them putting leaflets in mono because they go straight into the recycling bin. i’m straight into the recycling bin. i'm a bit more — straight into the recycling bin. i'm a bit more tolerant than my wife but what i _ a bit more tolerant than my wife but what i do _ a bit more tolerant than my wife but what i do think is that parties need to think_ what i do think is that parties need to think long and hard about how they treat — to think long and hard about how they treat their constituents. there are multiple _ they treat their constituents. there are multiple factors _ they treat their constituents. there are multiple factors at _ they treat their constituents. there are multiple factors at play - they treat their constituents. there are multiple factors at play here i are multiple factors at play here stop local issues, the national picture, whatever colour people pick, could determine how merry this christma

reform uk is out campaigning even though their candidate has covid, hoping to capture dissolution photost into the recycling bin. i'm a bit more tolerant than my wife, but what i do think is that parties need to think long and hard about how they treat their constituents. whatever colour people pick could determine how merry this christmas is for the parties in this race. there are a total of candidates. here is a full list and you can find full details on our website/ news. the highest temperature ever recorded in the arctic, 38 degrees celsius, has received official recognition. the world meteorological organisation confirmed the record took place on the 20th ofjune last year, in the siberian town of verkhoyansk — which sits just inside the arctic circle — as the region sweltered under an unprecedented heatwave. the extreme heat fanned wildfires across the forests and peatlands of northern russia, releasing record amounts of carbon. it's not the only one the wmo has recorded. there were other very high temperatures and california and italy in the last 18 months. alice duvivier is from

reform uk is out campaigning even though their candidate has covid, hoping to capture dissolution photosink is that parties need to think long and hard about how they treat their constituents. there are multiple factors at play here stop local issues, here — local issues, the national picture, whatever colour people pick, whatever colour people pick could determine how merry this christmas is for the parties in this race. alex forsyth, bbc news, north structure. there are 1a in total. you can find more details on the bbc website. all the details are there. time for a look at the weather. it's been a mild day today thanks to south—westerly winds and some places were lucky enough to see a bit of sunshine. through the rest of the week, there'll be a lot of cloud around. there will be some areas of mist and fog, and the rain that we're seeing will push away. it is mainly coming from this band of figure cloud. that's that wiggling weather front that will weaken as it runs southwards. down across western scotland to bring some patchy rain. down into northern ireland and into cumbria as well. p

uk. also on the programme... reforming social care system in england — more details emerge of the £1.7 billion to be raised by a new levy. in england, scotland and northern ireland, university staff go on strike over pay and pensions — students say their education is being damaged again. efforts continue to restore power to the tens of thousands of people in parts of england, scotland and wales who have spent a fifth night without electricity after storm arwen. and why the welsh government says there are too many second homes in wales, and that action is needed. and coming up on the bbc news channel: johanna konta announces her retirement from tennis but tells the bbc she plans to remain in the sport in some capacity. welcome to bbc news at six, which comes from cardiff today from the new headquarters of bbc wales. mark drakeford — the first minister of wales — has been in talks this afternoon with the cabinet minister michael gove and the first ministers of scotland and northern ireland. they're coordinating their efforts

uk. also on the programme... reforming social care system in england — more details emerge of the £1.7 billion to be raised by a new levy. efforts continue to restore power to tens of thousands of people in parts of england, scotland and wales who've spent a fifth night without electricity after storm arwen. why the welsh government says there are too many second homes in wales and that action is now needed. and the art installation depicting a traditional irish pub, named as the winner of this year's turner prize. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel... a busy night in the premier league with six matches, including the merseyside derby between everton and liverpool. welcome to bbc news at ten, which comes from cardiff tonight, in the new headquarters of bbc wales in the heart of the welsh capital. during the day ministers from scotland, northern ireland, england and wales held talks to co—ordinate their efforts on the roll—out of the booster programme. a target of the end ofjanuary, to complete the programme

it has announced reforms for england and promised more money for all parts of the uk — an extra £5.11 that�*s been playing out in the lives of some care home residents and the staff who look after them. four seasons, which remains in administration, has sold or returned leases on 15 homes here, including this one in ballymoney. nicky worked at the court care home for 16 years. i worked as a senior care assistant. and i enjoyed working for them, so i did, four seasons. we had a dementia unit. all aspects of care in our home. in september 2020, staff were told new operators had ta ken over the lease. we were told that we were being bought over by businessmen. they were going to take us over, yep, somebody else is coming in. the new owners had their own plan to make the home viable. it didn�*t involve private equity. instead, they were offering what was described as an outstanding investment opportunity. all i heard was there was "invest rooms", where they own our building, they run the care home and basically, they sell each room for a substantial amount of money. they were selling leas

reform. henry mentioned the skewing of representation in the united states. that's partly a population trend which is going to get worse and worse. in the ukually elect a government. that has been pretty questionable! yet these systems are now so locked in extremist confrontation that the idea that they can reform themselves to give a better deal to voters, that seems pretty challenging. i think middle ground is really under attack everywhere. so is democratic legitimacy. thank you. let's move on to our last section. since isabel mentioned the united kingdom, let's focus a little more closely to home. boris johnson's year has ended badly. do you want to talk about the features that have opened up, do you want to talk about the fissures that have opened up, notjust in his party, but arguably has basic governing philosophy, the idea of leveling up and the uk becoming a more homogenous entity after years in which distinctiveness was regarded as something to encourage. isabel also mentioned this in terms of the fact that the coronavirus has thrown everything for a loop, and worsened inequalities around the world. including here in britain. it

the white house says the summit will include commitments, reforms and initiatives to defend democracy and human rights. >>> canada and the ukhe latest to announce a diplomatic boycott of the beijing winter olympics. they join the u.s., australia and lithuania which have chosen not to send delegations to the games. chinese officials in canada say prime minister justin trudeau is humiliating the country by politicizing the games while the chinese embassy in the uk accuses the government of a political smear campaign. cnn's chriss ti lieu stout joins me from hong kong with the latest. kristie, momentum behind the boycott is building. china is desperate to stop that in its tracks with some fairly threatening language. >> reporter: some forceful language as more nations join the united states in its diplomatic boycott of the beijing winter olympic games. we heard from china's ministry of foreign affairs saying that these countries will also, quote, pay the price, unquote. on wednesday we heard from the british prime minister boris johnson announced that the uk will also participate in a lip dough matt i can boycott. you have the

uk and u.s. were eventually convinced to pull all investments from the country, it crippled the economy, forcing the apartheid regime to reformhe had been awarded the nobel peace prize a year earlier which he credited with helping signal the beginning of the end of apartheid. free elections were held in 1994 and at 63 years old, tutu cast his first vote. >> the hearing of the truth and reconciliation commission is now in session. >> reporter: he chaired the truth and reconciliation commission to investigate crimes during white minority rule and later became a critic of a south african government he thought hadn't delivered on his dream. >> we dreamt about a society that would be compassionate, a society that really made people feel they mattered. >> reporter: he'll be remembered for his wit and wisdom, a man who used humor to inspire hope. >> there's a lot of awfulness in the world. >> yes, i know. >> and most of us know that. but what we don't also recognize is there's a great deal of good. >> reporter: desmond tutu was described as the conscience of his nation. his struggles for universal human rights and racial equality is

why should kids in the uk be better protected than kids in the united states? and so, along with reformroad immunity that platforms have a legal shield that almost no other industry has. i think we need strong reforms. and the trust that would be required for self-policing or self-regulation just has been squandered. >> senator blumenthal, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> we will continue to this frgz conversation down the road. >>> up next, chilling video and emotional testimony in the trial of a former police officer who claims she mistakenly pulled her gun instead of her taser when she shot and killed a black man. we will have the latest from the courtroom, when we come back. [music: sung by craig robinson] ♪ i'm a ganiac, ganiac, check my drawers ♪ [sfx: sniffs / long exhale] ♪ and my clothes smell so much fresher than before ♪ ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ i'm a ganiac, ganiac, check my drawers ♪ ♪ it's a freshness like i've never smelled before ♪ one sniff of gain flings and you'll be a gainiac too! the only detergent with oxiboost and febreze. oh yeah, we gotta take off. you d

why should kids in the uk be better protected than kids in the united states? and so, along with reformunity that platforms have a legal shield that almost no other industry has, i think we need strong reforms. and the trust that would be required for self-policing or self-regulation just has been squandered. >> senator blumenthal, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> we will continue to this conversation down the road. >>> up next, chilling video and emotional testimony in the trial of a former police officer who claims she mistakenly pulled her gun instead of her taser when she shot and killed a black man. we will have the latest from the courtroom, when we come back. and you have thinkorswim mobile- -so i can finish analyzing the risk on this position. you two are all set. choose the app that fits your investing style. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ are you taking a statin drug to reduce cholesterol? it can also deplete your coq10 levels. i recommend considering qunol coq10 along with your statin medication. the brand i trust is qunol. hey, it's ryan reynolds, owner of mint mobile with a holi

actually stop the deinstructive content and then also section 230 reform the sites have very extensive immunity near unique in any industry and the ukecting children that provides for a duty of care maybe we should look at that, too. i think there are a variety of bills to pull together and if you saw that hearing yesterday what was so striking and so remarkable is the unanimity of bipartisan concern and outrage there is nothing partisan of harming kids or really about trying to protect kids from this kind of harm. >> yes. >> i wanted to pick up on the algorithm. that was a big theme a lot of fear and legislation and it and auditing and being more transparent what is that can you define the algorithm and define how to use legislation to get at that? i would say that's the trade secrets of the company. >> well, many times what you will hear the social media p platforms says is they say they feed you more 0 of what you want because the longer online and the more eyeballs they attract the richer the data. one said they were a big ad company and good to get that admission from him that that is what they are. they're an advertising compa

here, the uk government has outlined more details of its ten—year—plan to reform social care in englandal care system. the care minister, gillian keegan, said successive governments had failed to tackle the problem. this white paper contains more detail on what we plan to do over the next three years. to transform the sector over the next decade, the white paper is underpinned by three core principles. first, that everybody has choice, control and support to live independent lives. second, that everyone can access outstanding personalised care and support. and third, that adult social care is fair and accessible for everyone who needs it. cast your mind back to september last year when the campaign for us presidential election was white hot. donald trump was in cleveland, ohio for his first debate againstjoe biden. two men of an advanced age in a relatively confined space and at the height of the pandemic. now, under the rules of that debate, each candidate was required to take a test for the virus within 72 hours of the start. but today, there are explosive details that come from mark

and uk stopped all investments in south africa that crippled the south african economy and that forced the government into reforming, and when the international community awarded him the nobel peace prize in 1984, he accepted it on behalf of a movement. it signaled really the beginning of the end for apartheid. free elections were held in 1994, and at 63 years old, tutu cast his first vote. in 2009, president barack obama awarded him the presidential medal of freedom. have a listen. >> desmond tutu possesses that sense of generosity, that spirit of unity, that essence of humanity that south africans know simply as -- [ speaking foreign language ] >> tutu was 90 years old when he died. what a man. what a legacy. will. >> james longman, that essence of humanity, a towering figure, a man of peace. james, thank you so much. >>> and we're going to shift now to politics as president biden marks the holidays and it approaches the end of his first year in office. abc's maryalice parks is live at the white house with more. maryalice, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president biden and the first lady chose to spend