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News  11  February 
More money to remove unsafe cladding
Government (has) promised an extra £3.5billion to remove bad cladding from high rise buildings. Funds for buildings over 18 metre tall only. Many flat owners unable to sell their flats for a long time They may have to pay costs for other work like fire safety after the cladding has been removed. People living in small buildings can borrow money as much as £50 per month. Campaigners are very disappointed with the announcement and say the real total is £15 billion more than £3.5 billion given.
More trouble with Brexit paperwork again.
To send a lorry full of fish to EU, one has to fill out 71 pages of paperwork.  The administration takes nearly one whole day before the lorry can arrive in France. This cost extra £51,000 per year.  Too  costly for fish exporters like Samways.  The firm works with 150 local fishermen in Lyme Bay to send the fish over to EU.  Because of delays in deliveries, the fishermen are now thinking of taking their fish direct to the French ports to avoid delays and paperwork. That could mean the end of Samways.
More than one million people received their first vaccine dose in Scotland. They have caught up with fast pace of vaccinations. But there are worries that perhaps supplies will be less towards end of February.