内容摘要："It is a good thing because, in the UK today, we need to build resilience and also nurture our own supply chain within our country," he said.

"It is a good thing because, in the UK today, we need to build resilience and also nurture our own supply chain within our country," he said.

On the first day, he heard the barristers outline their clients' positions and also listened to the views of a number of local people.Some have been quite emotional when outlining their concerns.

Penny German, from Caldecott, told the inspector: "The planned 24-hour operations would be life-changing for our villages."In the current mental health crisis our country is facing, the village is in danger of adding to those statistics."Graham Mellor, who lives in Shutlanger, told the hearing he had seen the applicant's air quality assessment and "as a scientist, I found it ridiculous and, as a resident, I find it insulting".

After the hearing, the inspector will consider all the evidence and issue a decision on behalf of the secretary of state.A veteran will travel in a World War Two jeep with a police escort to his 100th birthday celebrations in West Sussex today.

George Durrant, a Burma Star veteran from Crawley, reached the milestone on 4 July but his party was delayed after he caught Covid-19 four weeks ago.

His daughter Ann Russell said he made "a great recovery" and now he plans to mark the day with a barbecue party.Social care will be hit by a

The sector welcomed an extra £600m in funding to local authorities for adult and children's social care.But care groups said this would not be enough and would be "wiped off instantly" by increased staffing costs.

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to exempt social care from the rise in National Insurance.The party said the chancellor had provided extra funding for the NHS and other public sector organisations to cover the cost of the tax rise - but because the vast majority of care providers are private they would not benefit from this.