Mike Robinson, Mark Anderson and Debi Evans with today's UK Column News.
New Proposed Health Restrictions: Public Consultation on New Measures for Northern Ireland
00:19 Department of Health (Northern Ireland): Consultation on a new Public Health Bill for Northern Ireland
Consultation closing date: 27 September 2024—Documents
Crisis in Care: Two-Thirds of Migrant Nurses Consider Leaving the UK Amid Cost-of-Living Pressures
05:00 NHS Networks: Internationally educated nursing staff
Royal College of Nursing: RCN calls for unfair benefit rules to be scrapped, as new report shows migrant nursing staff twice as likely to be in financial difficulty
Evening Standard: What is the sloth fever? Symptoms of virus that is spreading across Europe and the US
GOV.UK: Students urged to protect themselves from deadly meningitis
GOV.UK: Antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea cases are on the rise
GOV.UK: UKHSA warns of back to school measles surge
GOV.UK: Marketing campaign launches to drive up childhood vaccinations
GOV.UK: National RSV vaccination programme announced
The rollout, which will start from 1 September 2024 in England, includes a vaccine for pregnant women
NHS: NHS vaccinations and when to have them
UK Column interview: You are not alone—Peter Todd, Consultant Solicitor, ‘Maverick’ Vaccine Injury Expert (2023)
CVIB Legal Fund: Covid Vaccines Injured & Bereaved Legal Fund
Crowd Justice: Covid Vaccines Injured & Bereaved Legal Fund
Reuters (2023): Pfizer is sued by Texas over Covid vaccine claims
The Hill: Kansas sues Pfizer over Covid vaccine
JD Supra: FDA Approves Moderna’s and Pfizer/BioNTech’s Updated Covid–19 Vaccines
Pfizer (YouTube): Pfizer School of Science Mobile Experience
Pfizer (YouTube): Introducing PfizerForAll
Pfizer (YouTube): PfizerForAll—Magic Moments
Is the World Running Out of Children?
14:15 Life News: Baby Hope, Born at 25 Weeks, Proves Unborn Babies are Human Beings
Daily Record: Scots mum finally holds premature baby daughter born at 25 weeks
The National Interest: Indiana Abortions Drop 98% as Abortion Ban Saves Babies
Population Research Institute: The world is running out of children as global birthrates collapse
UK Column On Location: Bristol—October 2024 (Limited tickets)
20:19 Support Independent Journalism from the UK Column with only £5 a month
Access UKC News Extra—UK Column Community
UK Column Shop: Agenda 21—Your Life In Their Hands by Martin Edwards
UK Column shop: UK Column Really Live: Saturday, 19th October 2024 (Bristol)
UK Column interview: The Wonky Scales of Justice—with Clare Wills Harrison
UK Column symposium: The International Center for 9/11 Justice and UK Column presents: AVIATION IMPOSSIBILITIES—Deconstructing the Official Story of the 9/1 Hijackings and Air Defense Failures—Sunday, September 8 2024 6–10 pm BST (1–5 pm EDT)
Children’s Health Defense: Attack on Food and Farmers and how to fight back Symposium—September 6th and 7th
Brian Gerrish (YouTube): Walking The Dog Episode 5: The Light Festival, Cumbria—Premieres at 11.00 a.m. 8 September 2024
Event: Died Suddenly Exhibition: London, November 2024. Exact location TBD; contact: jakehfern@yahoo.co.uk
Prison Overcrowding: Could Sending Offenders to Estonia Solve the Crisis?
23:20 Sky News: Offenders could serve sentence in Estonian prisons to ease overcrowding
The government is considering sending offenders to Estonia as a means of alleviating severe overcrowding on the UK prison estate
UK Parliament: Parliamentary Bills: Criminal Justice Bill
Make sentences longer for the most dangerous criminals, including by making rapists serve every day of their sentence behind bars
The Times: Risky offenders will go free, warns prisons watchdog
Walter Russell Mead on the End of the American Unipolar Moment
27:00 UK Column archive: UK Column News—4th September 2024
American Enterprise Institute: The American Dream Lecture Series: Walter Russell Mead on American Foreign Policy in the Next Presidency
The National Interest: Toward a New Pax Americana
Swedish Casualty Claims—Fact Checkers in the Hot Seat as Sweden’s Top Diplomat Steps Down
38:40 BBC: Ukraine says soldiers among 51 killed in Poltava missile attack
Logically Facts: False claim that Swedish people died in missile strike
Bloomberg: Sweden’s Top Diplomat Billstrom, Who Led NATO Talks, Resigns
Pay-Per-Mile Controversy: Are They Just Stirring Up More Outrage?
40:48 Twitter/X: NickWalker1972—Mix Master Mirage
CAR Magazine (2007): Road-pricing petition closes
RAC Foundation (2019): The road pricing petition
UK Parliament (2019): Committees: Transport Committee to kickstart conversation on national road pricing
The Telegraph: Hit petrol car drivers with pay-per-mile tax, RAC urges Reeves
Express: New pay-per-mile car tax changes could force huge number of UK drivers to ditch vehicles
Cinch: Pay-per-mile road UK: what you need to know for 2024
London.gov: Pay-per-mile in London—Greater London Authority
Full Fact: Is the Mayor of London planning to introduce pay-per-mile road charging?
Mr Khan has repeatedly said he’s ruled out bringing in a pay-per-mile scheme while he is mayor. The Conservatives have argued this pledge can’t be trusted
GOV.UK (2020): Sales of new petrol and diesel cars to end in the UK by 2030
GOV.UK: Read the full outcome: Outcome and response to ending the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans
BBC: Is the move to electric cars running out of power?
i News: All new cars must be electric by 2030 to hit net-zero target
Express & Star: Volvo abandons plan to sell only pure electric cars by 2030
International Fire & Safety Journal: Data highlights increase in electric vehicle battery fires in the UK
RAC Shop: EV Batteries—How Much Do They Cost and How Often Do They Need Changing?
Geoff Buys Cars (YouTube): We are being LIED to about Road User Charging and Pay Per Mile
GBNews (YouTube): Jacob Rees-Mogg's State Of The Nation—Tuesday 3rd September
IoT World Today: Humanoid Robot Prototype Launches; for Home Use
1X (YouTube): Introducing NEO Beta—A Humanoid Robot for the Home
Abusing the System Through NGOs And CSOs: RT Indictments, and Telegram CEO’s Stand Against Censorship
51:57 United States Department of Justice: Two RT Employees Indicted for Covertly Funding and Directing U.S. Company that Published Thousands of Videos in Furtherance of Russian Interests
The Guardian: US conservative influencers say they are ‘victims’ of Russian disinformation campaign
UK Column interview: Abusing The System Through NGOs & CSOs
UK Column: Insight Vox—Smart Power & The NGO Complex
CNBC: Telegram CEO says French charges against him are 'misguided'—read his full statement
Telegram: Du Rove's Channel - Thoughts from the CEO of Telegram (Pavel Durov)
Yoti: Yoti’s key recommendations for the Digital Information and Smart Data Bill
The Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT): CFIT Forms Industry Coalition – ‘Fighting Economic Crime Through Enhanced Verification’
FindBiometrics: Mauritius Launches Digital ID as Part of Digital Transformation Strategy
Next Billion: Brazil Strengthens DPI and Digital ID Push to Boost Economic Growth Ahead of G20
Biometric Update: Azerbaijan plans rapid digital ID adoption to boost economy
Biometric Update: Kenya's digital ID rollout holds trust, transparency lessons
Biometric Update: Fime adds digital identity advisory expertise with Consult Hyperion acquisition
The Council of Europe: Council of Europe opens first ever global treaty on AI for signature
Reuters: US, Britain, EU to sign first international AI treaty
GOV.UK: UK signs first international treaty addressing risks of artificial intelligence