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Themselves and colleagues. these include workers in energy and power infrastructure, police and fire service control rooms, border force, and food distribution and processing. network rail said its workers in big signalling centres and control rooms have received hundreds of tests, but it is not clear whether train drivers will be included at this early stage. energy workers — critical to keeping the lights on during the long winter nights — have been asked to test daily. wholesale distributors of food and drink have also begun to receive tests to try to ensure that shop shelves are restoc...

Cautiously welcomed the news. it does lift a layer of anxiety, but there is no absolute clarification in how developers are going to pay. but there is already concerned that house—builders won't pay when asked. well, they won't choose to pay. they will have to be dragged to the table to offer something up. i suspect it relies on showing will, whether it is by sampling the buildings, and showing that these buildings were not built to spec. the home builders federation said of the largest house—builders had already spent or committed £1 billion to remediate affected buildings, and that whil...

Significant than they sound. but making thousands of homes safe after the grenfell fire continues to be a huge financial challenge for the industry and government. simon browning, bbc news. travel firms say the demand for foreign holidays has started to recover following the relaxation of coronavirus travel rules across the uk. from this weekend fully vaccinated travellers and under—18s arriving in the uk no longer need to take a pre—departure lateral flow test. tim muffett has the details it's been a brutal time for the travel industry. lockdowns and restrictions have meant that for almos...

Covid and half didn't. they looked at the half that did not and they had much higher levels of t cells, memory immunity cells linked to previous exposures to common colds and coronaviruses. the conclusion they have come to is that it looks like if you have been exposed to this form of the common cold in the past it might be giving you more protection against covid, which is really interesting. it is something scientists have been thinking about for ages but it is one of the first studies suggesting that. let's get more on the news that 100,00 workers from what the government has categorised as...

The home builders federation said of the largest house—builders had already spent or committed £1 billion to remediate affected buildings, and that whilst house—builders were committed to playing their part, there were other organisations involved in the construction, which should also be involved in remediation costs. labour said the new measures appear far less significant than they sound. but making thousands of homes safe after the grenfell fire continues to be a huge financial challenge for the industry and government. simon browning, bbc news. travel firms say the demand for foreign...