Mike Robinson, Vanessa Beeley and Charles Malet with today's UK Column News.
Antimicrobial Resistance: The Big Talking Point
00:20 The Telegraph: AstraZeneca withdrawing Covid vaccine worldwide
NHS England: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
GOV.UK: A look back at the UKHSA annual conference for 2023
GOV.UK: New 5-year plan to combat antimicrobial resistance
GOV.UK: Chief Medical Officer on the Amesbury nerve agent incident
[…] wash your clothes and wipe down any personal items, shoes and bags with cleansing or baby wipes before disposing of them in the usual way
Bluetongue Vaccines—Policies For Poison
06:11 GOV.UK: Bluetongue virus risk set out for the year ahead—GOV.UK
BBC: Bluetongue farm virus warning for sheep and cattle as midges blown into UK
Farmers Guide: Farmers relieved as bluetongue spread now “highly unlikely”
GOV.UK: SFI annual health and welfare review
GOV.UK: Animal Health and Welfare Pathway
GOV.UK: Animal health and welfare items and specifications
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UK Column Insight documentary: Slaughtered on Suspicion
GOV.UK: GB Bluetongue Virus Disease Control Strategy (PDF)
European Medicines Agency: Syvazul BTV
Xi Jinping In Europe For First Time In 5 Years
19:00 Reuters: Macron, von der Leyen press China's Xi on trade in Paris talks
Reuters: Chinese tariffs could leave cognac makers with too much brandy
Reuters: Companies invest in EV battery factories in Europe
State Council of the People’s Republic of China (English): Full text of Xi's signed article in French media
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UK Column article (March 2024): BBC’s ‘Local Democracy Service’ broadens mass media cartel’s monopolistic network
Glastonbury Event: The Lawful Remedy Roadshow: Self-Preservation for a Sovereign Life—Sunday 26th May 2024
UK Column interview: J. Michael Waller discusses his book Big Intel: How the CIA and FBI Went from Cold War Heroes to Deep State Villains
Forthcoming UK Column interview: The Indoctrinated Brain: Michael Nehls MD PhD - Thursday 13:00
Event: Western Empire and The Great Reset: Saturday 11th May 10:30 am—The Steyning Centre, Fletcher's Croft, Steyning, Sussex
Forthcoming Documentary: The TRUST FALL: Julian Assange
Rafah Invasion
29:58 Israel's government services and information website: Statement by PM Netanyahu on 7th May 2024
Middle East Eye: Israeli control of Rafah crossing blocks vital aid deliveries
Motasem A Dalloul (on X):
The US asked Hamas to accept the ceasefire proposal, claiming its refusal is the only obstacle ahead of ending the genocide in #Gaza. Hamas ACCEPTED the ceasefire. Israeli occupation rejected the proposal. The US said that Hamas undermined the proposal and has to make more concessions!
Common Dreams: 'This Is a Crime Against Humanity': 600,000 Children in Line of Fire as IDF Moves on Rafah
France24: US completes construction of Gaza aid pier
Local Elections With A Thin Veneer of Democracy
38:09 Association of Police and Crime Commissioners: Role of the PCC
GOV.UK: Police and crime commissioners
Institute for Government: Local elections 2024: Police and crime commissioners
UK Electoral Commission: Changes to the voting system for mayoral and PCC elections
Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC): Pre-election Period (Purdah) Guidance
For PCC Elections May 2021 (PDF)
Petersfield Post: Police commissioner agrees to questioning at Petersfield town meeting
Charles Malet notices the Conservatives’ campaign rosette
Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC): Submit a complaint
Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner: Donna Jones secures second term as Police & Crime Commissioner
Legislation: Fraud Act 2006: CHAPTER 35
Private Prosecution: What Do Police Actually Do These Days?
43:57 The Telegraph: Serial burglar first to be jailed following prosecution by private police force
TM Eye Ltd: The UK's Eye on the Street
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS): Private Prosecutions
GOV.UK: Police funding for England and Wales 2015 to 2024
GOV.UK: Government plan to save 38 million hours of police time
Online Safety Bill: ID Proof Online
48:01 Ofcom: Tech firms must tame toxic algorithms to protect children online
Sites and apps must introduce robust age-checks to prevent children seeing harmful content such as suicide, self-harm and pornography
Bluelink Geofence
50:11 GOV.UK: Vote of confidence in UK economy as British AI company Wayve secures over $1 billion to develop AI for self-driving vehicles
Wayve: Solving the Long Tail: A New Paradigm in AV Safety with E2E AI
Scientific American (2022): Who Is Liable When AI Kills?
Verizon Connect: What is a Geofence?
GOV.UK: Finding the way forward: Location data to enable connected and automated mobility
GOV.UK: Transport Location Data Competition brochure (PDF)
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Tenth Amendment Center Blog: California Assembly Passes Bill to Restrict Geofence Location Tracking
MyHyundai: Bluelink Safeguard Alerts
Hamish De Bretton-Gordon On Chemical Weapons In Ukraine
55:10 The Telegraph: I’ve seen first hand how deadly Putin’s chemical weapons can be (Archived)
WikiSpooks: Hamish de Bretton-Gordon
New York Times: U.S. Accuses Russia of Using Chemical Weapons in Ukraine (Archived)
RTÉ: 'Insufficient' claim of chemical weapons use in Ukraine—watchdog
And Finally: Transporting Air Around The World...
59:40 GOV.UK: Carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS): non-pipeline transport and cross-border CO2 networks