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In a statement, mark meznies said... our political correspondent iain watson has the story. this all got under way, really, when the times newspaper reported a bizarre story where apparently, last december, mr menzies, according to the times, had called, met a local official in his party, in his constituency at 3.15 in the morning demanding £5,000, which he said was a matter of life and death, because he had to be released from a flat in which he was locked by, quote, some bad people. in additi...

Here in uk — the mp, mark menzies, who was suspended from the conservative party over allegations he misused campaign funds, is to quit as an mp at the next election. in a statement, mark meznies said... 0ur political correspondent iain watson has the story. this all got under way, really, when the times newspaper reported a bizarre story where apparently, last december, mr menzies, according to the times, had called, met a local official in his party, in his constituency at 3.15 in the mornin...

Our political correspondent iain watson has the story. this all got under way, really, when the times newspaper reported a bizarre story where apparently, last december, mr menzies, according to the times, had called, met a local official in his party, in his constituency at 3.15 in the morning demanding £5,000, which he said was a matter of life and death, because he had to be released from a flat in which he was locked by, quote, some bad people. in addition to this, the times newspaper also ...

In a statement, mark meznies said... "it has been an enormous privilege representing the people of fylde since 2010, but due to the pressures on myself and my elderly mother i have decided to resign from the conservative party and will not stand at the forthcoming general election. this has been a very difficult week for me and i request that my familys privacy is respected." 0ur political correspondent iain watson has the story. this all got under way, really, when the times newspaper reported ...

It almost used to be that we were competing amongst other care homes for our care workers but suddenly, we are competing with amazon and the nhs and supermarkets in a way that we have never had to before. with the minimum wage up by 9.7% to £10.a2 an hour, supermarkets like tesco have been forced to boost pay beyond that to attract the new workers they need from a pool of available workers thats smaller than expected, partly because of record rates of long—term sickness. and lidl has given th...

What does it look like, craig, there. >> it looks okay for the first part of the afternoon. its later in the evening, closer to 11:00 this evening, where you have the chance for showers and thunderstorms. temperatures into the 70s. the winds going to come out of south about 10 miles per hour. we basically have a cap in place and a cap is about warm -- where the warm weather, warm temperatures thats preventing some storms from building in the area. that cap will be gone by this evening and later ...

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Trusts that were facing industrial action had to negotiate local deals with the union. following discussions with nhs england, they have now agreed to some national exemptions and that will provide limited cover for major emergencies and intensive care. the union stresses that staffing will not be normal levels and the strike will still be more intense than previous walk—outs. the mitigations have been welcome, but healthily to say the disruption has a knock—on effect in tackling backlogs an...

In the situation as soon as there are any more developments. now to uk news... a man has died and several other people have been stabbed in a brawl in bodmin in cornwall in the uk. police were called to the scene at around 3.15 this morning. the victim, who was in his 30s, died at the scene. at least seven other men and women were taken to hospital. a 24—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent. the bbc�*s alex gre...

In europe, its pretty close, but the uk was in february clearly the only one still in double digits, raising reasonable questions about whether the uk has become more inflation prone due to gas dependence or post—brexit barriers to trade and workers. food prices are driving this, so lets break that down, having a peek through a basket of groceries. spreadable butter is up nearly £1 since this time last year. a dozen eggs is now £3.18, up 72p. and tomatoes are averaging £3.15 per kilo, 48p u...