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So it was pretty easy to get going for tonight. we had lots of enthusiasm from the team and as well as vaccinating overnight last night and up until six oclock today, we will be going every day this week up until christmas. it is all very well having a facility available in the middle of the night for people to come and get vaccinations, where people actually turning up in the dead of night? yeah, we have had a surprising number of people come for their first vaccination, who found it convenient...

Much-needed resources to the devastated communities. storms unleashed more than 30 tornados late friday into early saturday, destroying buildings and claiming lives across six states, and one twister, just one, may be responsible for damage along a 250-mile stretch from arkansas to kentucky. officials now fear as many as 80 people may have lost their lives. here in edwardsville, authorities say a recovery effort could take three tase days, as we look at whats left of this amazon warehouse behi...

By academic and administrative staff in a dispute over pensions. members of the university and college union said universities needed to urgently revoke the pension cuts and return to the negotiating table to avoid strike action. universities uk says changes are required to avoid escalating contribution costs. a shortage of taxi drivers across the country is leading to concerns about public safety, according to the industry trade body. the licensed private hire car association says more than hal...

Every community or city. thats on the coast needs to know what the hecks _ going on here because if not theyre going to start washing away. dennis wants whats happening to his community to stand as a warning to the world. justin rowlatt, bbc news, alaska. a shortage of taxi drivers across the country is leading to concerns about public safety, according to the industry trade body. the licensed private hire car association says more than half of licenced drivers havent returned to work after the ...

Secure, and successful. in fact you have twice as much of a chance to be hit by lightning in the state of texas than you have to find a case of voter fraud. >> youre more likely to be hit by lightning than you are to have a case of voter fraud? well, the difference is i cant do anything to stop somebody from getting hit by lightning. but i think youre obligated to do something in the state to keep fraud from occurring. >> despite what even many texas republicans admit was a safe and secure elect...

Than you have to find a case of voter fraud. >> youre more likely to be hit by lightning than you are to have a case of voter fraud? well, the difference is i cant do anything to stop somebody from getting hit by lightning. but i think youre obligated to do something in the state to keep fraud from occurring. >> despite what even many texas republicans admit was a safe and secure election, the gop-controlled legislature proposed a new voting bill under the banner of election integrity. >> were m...

Scientists uncover a circadian rhythm in heart cells that aids the understanding of their functional changes.

Quitting? >> yeah, those are great questions. what you point out, we do know that during the pandemic and in this great resignation as we hopefully exit the pandemic, especially women caregivers are leaving the workforce at a higher rate than others, which is especially troubling. beyond that, in terms of generation, in terms of parts of the country, we dont really have a great feel for this yet. and i think part of that challenge again comes from the split that i see between workers are individ...

Law today. this is what it means for people trying to vote, okay? no 24-hour voting which helps shift workers in communities of color. no drive-through voting. it also makes it harder to vote by mail even though were still in the middle of a deadly pandemic. and it is a felony for public officials to send out unsolicited mail-in ballot applications, and thats not even all of it. the law is already facing an immediate legal challenge from voting rights groups as well as two federal lawsuits that ...

>> id be astonished if a law like this was not challenged in court. weve seen it happen wherever laws like this are passed. the first thing the democrats do is run to the courthouse and try to challenge it. i feel extremely confident that when this law makes it through the litigation phase, it will be upheld in a court of law. >> the law facing an immediate legal challenge from voting rights groups and two federal lawsuits were filed before the bill was signed so here is some of the real life ef...