Page 32 - Barry Sheerman News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Dec 26, 2020 More than 10,000 Covid-19 tests have been carried out to help ease the backlog of lorries. Subscribe to our daily newsletter! Sign Up Thousands of international lorry drivers will spend Boxing Day in their cabs after almost a week of disruption at the English Channel border. Around 3,000 hauliers were still waiting to cross into France from Kent on Friday evening despite hundreds of troops being drafted in to help clear the backlog. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said, while 4,500 lorries had crossed the channel since French authorities eased restrictions on Wednesday, more vehicl...

Troops will be on the streets of Kirklees in the coming weeks as mass Covid testing is rolled out. And the borough’s four MPs and political leaders are hopeful that already falling infection rates will tumble still further as a result on community testing. MPs Barry Sheerman, Jason McCartney, Tracy Brabin and Mark Eastwood joined leaders of the five main political groups to respond to Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s announcement that community testing is imminent. The MPs along with Shabir Pandor (Labour), David Hall (Conservative), John Lawson (Lib Dems), Andrew Cooper (Greens) a...

BBC Radio 4's Today programme aired the wrong segment for Yesterday in Parliament this morning - and took four minutes to notice. Listeners were left baffled when the slot opened with Health Secretary Matt Hancock hailing the dishing out of the Covid vaccine, which happened on Tuesday. But presenters Justin Webb and Martha Kearney failed to spot the blunder and the clip was played from 6.40am to 6.44am. It was then abruptly stopped and Mr Webb awkwardly said: 'Oh! Goodness! How very strange. That suddenly stopped. Yeah.' Presenters Justin Webb and Martha Kearney (pictured) failed to notice t...

EU wants to 'punish' Britain with unacceptable trade deal, Boris Johnson tells Cabinet Boris Johnson warns of 'strong possibility' of no-deal Cat Neilan, Politics Live Editor 10 December 2020 • 9:08 PM Boris Johnson has said the Brexit "deal on the table is not at the moment right for the UK", and there is "a strong possibility" of a no deal.  Start your free trial to continue reading Start free trial Enjoy unlimited access to all articles Get unlimited access for free for your first month Cancel anytime Login To continue reading thi...

Peevish Rachel Reeves is no match for Penny Mordaunt's quicksilver wit Ministers asking the Paymaster General Penny Mordaunt about the Government's no-deal preparation were accused of borderline treachery 10 December 2020 • 9:03pm In a week of moving parts and ever-heightening stakes, Penny Mordaunt drew the short straw - having to field Labour’s urgent question on no deal preparedness. In this unenviable gig she was deputising for Michael Gove - busy selling his own deal on the NI protocol - but Mordaunt met the challenge with aplomb. In fact, listening to the Paymaster General at the D...