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The government will introduce a new vaping tax on top of measures to stop children vaping.

A major TV and film studio complex is to be built in Sunderland after the government confirmed a devolution package for the north-east of England.Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a “trailblazer” devolution deal, which will eventually unlock up to £120m towards the development of Crown Works Studios.Fulwell Cain – a joint venture between Fulwell 73 and Cain International – said it had already raised £450m in private investment to pay for its construction.About 8,500 jobs are expected to be created by the development which will be built on former shipyard sites by 2027, if planning permission is approved later this month.…

Crew members are being rescued after a loud bang and smoke were reported, a security firm says. Source link

The chancellor says changes mean 170,000 families will not pay charges on the benefit. Source link

The inquiry is shown a briefing that PHW prepared on 11 March making the case for the Welsh government to declare a major incident.It outlined predictions that Wales would see 1.5 million symptomatic cases, 200,000 requiring hospital admission, an estimated 18,000 needing mechanical ventilation and 25,000 predicted deaths.The briefing also said that a “recurring theme of lessons learned” from past situations was that “major incidents are not declared soon enough”.Sandifer tells the hearing: “I just felt we needed to lay our cards on the table and say to Welsh government ‘this is how we see it, are you going to…

The Nobel Prize-winning author’s son explains why the “betrayal” of his father’s wishes is justified. Source link

The protests are resuming after they were suspended the end of February over the death of a farmer. Source link

Workers at the retailers will get a rise above minimum wage as shops battle for staff. Source link

“We’re sad that it’s come to this with someone whom we’ve deeply admired – someone who inspired us to aim higher, then told us we would fail, started a competitor, and then sued us when we started making meaningful progress towards OpenAI’s mission without him,” OpenAI said in its blog. Source link

The British writer, known for controversial works that helped overturn theatre censorship, was 89. Source link