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P&O crew refused to leave their ship after 800 staff were made redundant

P&O Ferries has caused outrage after sacking 800 workers via a recorded video message. The company plans to replace them with cheaper agency workers. Chris gets the latest from the 大象传媒鈥檚 Danny Savage in Hull, where a P&O crew had been refusing to leave their ship.

Covid infection rates have been increasing rapidly across the UK 鈥 one of the people to catch the virus is Adam. GP Ellie Cannon worries about the long-term mental health fallout of the pandemic.

And Chris asks Britain鈥檚 chief Brexit negotiator, Lord Frost, if Boris Johnson is governing as a Conservative. His answer: 鈥淯p to a point.鈥

This edition of Newscast was made by Danny Wittenberg and John Murphy. The assistant editor was Alison Gee.

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