Daily briefing Sunday 24th August

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0:43Professional adjudicators will be able to prioritise the cases of those staying in taxpayer-funded accommodations such as hotels. More demonstrations outside hotels are expected today. Lindsay Thompson is one of the Pink Lady protesters in Epping. She's told Times Radio the Bell Hotel houses men only and is 500 yards from the only secondary school in the area. There's been a gradual, I would say, increase in fears of the girls coming home from school as the men tend to sit and watch and leer and badger them for Snapchats and just make it feel very uncomfortable. Then we got letters from the school to say that please be vigilant, ask your girls to be vigilant because they are being approached by men in the high street.

1:31Judges will be able to ban criminals from football matches, pubs and concerts under sentencing reforms. A greater use of banning orders will apply to convicts on probation after being released from prison, as well as those given non-custodial sentences such as community orders. David Shipley is a crime and justice writer and a former prisoner. He's told Times Radio it's a confusing idea. It's hard to understand who it's really for. You know, if someone's dangerous, then presumably they should be in prison. If someone is offending a lot because they have drug issues or alcohol issues or mental health issues, it's hard to see how banning them from going to the football or their local pub is going to solve those things.

2:12British manufacturers are facing a huge increase in US import tariffs. Taxes are being imposed on more than 400 product categories that technically contain steel or aluminium. They cover things including washing machines, any metal part of a child's crib or high chair and shampoos or perfumes in aluminium packaging. Lucy Monks from the Federation of Small Businesses has told Times Radio it's likely to affect inflation. We are concerned that these tariffs are going to essentially be placed on the consumer at the end of the day. So there is a significant risk that this is just going to mean price rises again for the businesses and the consumers of products that are created in the UK.

2:54And Downing Street says the flying of Ukrainian flags is a visible symbol of the UK's unwavering support on the country's Independence Day. They'll fly on several government buildings to mark 34 years since Ukraine left the Soviet Union. Hannah Hopko is a former chair of the Ukrainian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. She's told Times Radio that Moscow's position in the war would be severely weakened if Donald Trump imposed more sanctions. Russia is really facing enormous cracks within their economic, financial systems, and not to impose tougher sanctions, new sanctions or even secondary sanctions, and not to increase pressure on Russia.

3:35It means to give Russia more chances to keep terrorizing Ukrainians daily and deprive us with our response. And you can follow the Times News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio online.

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