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Armed counter-terror police to board London buses and patrol bus stops in bid to thwart attacks

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Counter-terrorism police will board London buses and patrol bus stops and stations as part of a team dedicated to thwarting terrorist attack in the capital. The Met police has confirmed the new team will be backed by armed officers and will also patrol transport interchanges and carry out regular vehicle checks in key locations across … Read more

David Dimbleby considers bid to become next BBC chairman to thwart No. 10

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Veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby considers bid to become next BBC chairman to thwart No.10’s plan to potentially install an arch-critic at the corporation He was ‘horrified’ after reports No 10 wanted to give the job to Charles Moore Ex-Question Time host says role should go to ‘someone with a more open mind’ David Clementi, the … Read more

Test and Trace shambles as malfunctioning phones thwart efforts to find 40,000 missed off database

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NHS coronavirus contact tracers struggled to reach tens of thousands of potentially infectious people yesterday after phone lines crashed following an IT malfunction. As workers attempted to catch up on a backlog of calls to the 16,000 infectious people missed from the database – due to an error caused by an outdated version of Microsoft’s … Read more