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TOP CIVIL SERVANT DURING PANDEMIC FACING COVID INQUIRY – Will he take revenge on Boris Johnson? Lord Sedwill, who was the head of the Civil Service at the start of the pandemic, has explained why his messages and his phone from the government have not been given to the government’s Covid inquiry. Comments by and about Lord Sedwill have already made headlines in the past few weeks, thanks to his suggestion that people should go to “chicken pox parties” to intentionally catch COVID. He said it was “normal procedure” for messages on his phone to be deleted – this was…

HOUSE PRICES BACK ON THE RISE FOR FIRST TIME IN SIX MONTHS, HALIFAX SAYS The steepest falls came in the southeast where prices declined 6% over the year After six months of falls house prices across the country are on the rise again, according to analysis from part of the UK’s biggest mortgage lender. Last month, for the first time since March, the cost of buying a house increased as the number of properties on the market shrunk, according to the Halifax house price index. Despite a rise of 1.1% in October, following a 0.3% fall in September, prices are…

CHINA, AUSTRALIA TO RESTART ANNUAL MEETINGS AS TRADE RESUMES – Albanese agrees with China on upholding their respective national interests  Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing this morning, in what Albanese said was an annual leaders’ meeting that would continue as relations between the trading partners stabilised. Albanese is in China on the first visit by an Australian leader in seven years, after a diplomatic dispute had put a halt to once-annual meetings of leaders. He received a ceremonial welcome with Li in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday. Albanese…

AMAZON WORKERS AT UK WAREHOUSE STRIKE AGAIN – As employees demand better wage rises to deal with high inflation The workers, who walked out of the U.S. retail giant’s site in Coventry, also plan to strike on Wednesday and Thursday, as well as Nov. 24, which is Black Friday and a key date in Amazon’s calendar. The latest action comes at the back end of a year that has seen wider industrial unrest in the UK as employees demand better wage rises to deal with high inflation. Amazon, which employs 75,000 in the UK, said last month that from Oct.…

PM RISHI SUNAK VISITS GAS TERMINAL CLAIMS UK NEEDS TO BOOST ENERGY SECURITY – Sunak said the new licences are compliant with the government’s environmental targets Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Bacton Gas Terminal in Norfolk on, after the government said it would legislate for annual North Sea oil and gas licence rounds to create certainty for the industry during a transition to greener energy. In July the government said more than 100 new oil and gas licences in the North Sea would be granted, and the new legislation on future rounds will be set out when King Charles outlines…

KINGS SPEACH SETS OUT SUNAKS AGENDA FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR Tougher sentences for most serious crime and a crackdown on grooming.. Tougher sentences for the country’s most serious offenders and a crackdown on grooming have taken centre stage in the first King’s Speech in decades. The King struck a personal note when he began his speech – the first by a king in over 70 years – by acknowledging the “legacy of service and devotion to this country” shown by his “beloved mother, the late Queen”. Reading out Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s agenda for the upcoming year, the King said…

DJOKOVIC CRUSHES DIMITROV TO WIN PARIS TITLE Dimitrov’s last win against Novak a decade ago  World number one Novak Djokovic cruised to a record-extending seventh Paris Masters title when the top-seeded Serbian outclassed Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 6-3 in the final. In a clash featuring the two oldest players in the world’s top 20, the 36-year-old Djokovic drew first blood, breaking the 17th-ranked Dimitrov for a 4-3 lead in the opening set, and he closed it out comfortably in 51 minutes. The unseeded Dimitrov’s only victory over Djokovic in 12 previous meetings came a decade ago and although the 32-year-old…

EMOTIONAL DIAZ GOAL RESCUES DRAW FOR LIVERPOOL AT LUTON Dedicated his goal to his father who is in the hands of Colombian kidnappers Liverpool forward Luis Diaz came off the bench to score a late equaliser in a 1-1 Premier League draw at struggling Luton Town and dedicated the goal to his father who is in the hands of Colombian kidnappers. The 26-year-old dropped out of Liverpool’s game last week as news broke that his parents had been seized by armed men, but he asked to be back in the squad and manager Juergen Klopp sent him on for the…

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS BLINKEN SAYS HUMANITARIAN PAUSE – Could Advance Prospect of Getting Hostages Released  Secretary of State Antony Blinken said U.S. officials were working to secure a humanitarian pause in Gaza that would advance several priorities including getting more aid into Palestinians and getting hostages held by Hamas released. Speaking to reporters after an unannounced stop in Baghdad, Blinken said there were now 100 trucks of aid moving into the besieged coastal enclave each day, but he added, “It’s grossly insufficient.” After a visit to the occupied West Bank earlier on Sunday, Blinken landed in Baghdad on his first…

FORMER PM BORIS JOHNSON AND SCOTT MORRISON VISIT KIBBUTZ – Stressed that antisemitism “simply cannot be tolerated”. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited Kibbutz Kfar Aza, which was devastated by Hamas militants in the October 7 attacks. Accompanied by Israeli soldiers and officials, Johnson and Morris walked into some of the houses burned during the attacks. Johnson said he believed that the attacks, which killed over 1,400 Israelis, might suggest that the memory of the Holocaust is “starting to fade” but stressed that antisemitism “simply cannot be tolerated”. Israeli forces continued on Sunday…