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Exclusive: Scripts set out how corporation will reassure public in event of major power loss The BBC has prepared secret scripts which could be broadcast if energy shortages cause blackouts or the loss of gas supplies this winter. The scripts, seen by the Guardian, set out how the corporation would reassure the public in the event that a “major loss of power” causes mobile telephone networks, the internet, banking systems, or traffic lights to fail across England, Wales and Scotland. Northern Ireland would be unaffected because its electricity grid is shared with the Republic of Ireland. Continue reading… ​Exclusive: Scripts…

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Amendment to public order bill would make harassment of women by protesters a criminal offence Proposals to enforce buffer zones around abortion clinics in England and Wales have been backed by MPs. Under the proposed law, harassing, obstructing or interfering with any woman attending an abortion clinic will become a criminal offence. Continue reading… ​Amendment to public order bill would make harassment of women by protesters a criminal offenceProposals to enforce buffer zones around abortion clinics in England and Wales have been backed by MPs.Under the proposed law, harassing, obstructing or interfering with any woman attending an abortion clinic will…

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Up to 100 letters sent to 1922 Committee as Michael Gove says PM’s departure is ‘a matter of when not if’ Dismayed Tory MPs are continuing their plotting to oust Liz Truss, amid anger over plummeting poll ratings and the threat of the axe falling on public spending, despite Jeremy Hunt urging them to unite behind her for the sake of the economy. Briefings continued in earnest on Tuesday saying that Graham Brady, chair of the powerful backbench 1922 Committee, had received up to 100 letters calling on Truss to go, increasing the pressure on him to rewrite party rules…

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