Evening Briefing Monday 2nd November

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0:34Hello, this is your Times Radio evening briefing for Monday the 2nd of November with me, James Kitchen. The Home Secretary has watered down her plans to make migrant care workers already living in the UK wait up to 15 years for permanent settlement. Shabana Mahmood's announced that those who meet their visa conditions and earn at least£25 ,000 will be eligible for indefinite leave to remain after five years instead. The climb down follows criticism from senior Labour figures. Earned settlement institutes a new paradigm in our migration system long overdue. That one of our greatest rights that we can offer now depends upon a contribution made and responsibilities met.

1:16The right to live in this country forever must now be earned. Refugees who arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel by small boat will have to wait 20 years for settlement, rising to 30 years if they do not enter work or study. Andy Burnham will devise a formal apology for Britain's role in the slave trade. It comes amid a row that's threatened to overshadow the king's tour of the Caribbean. Number 10 said the historic statement would be decided in consultation with the countries and communities most affected. The process will begin while the Prime Minister is in Antigua and Barbuda this week.

1:51Labour says it will end its power-sharing arrangements with the Green Party in 11 local authorities. It follows the Greens passing a motion last month, which declared Zionism is racism. The policy is being condemned by all the other major parties. The Greens have accused Andy Burnham of failing to respect the choices made by local voters. Russell Brand's lawyer says the former comedian genuinely believed some of the women making allegations against him were consenting. Brand is charged with seven offences, including rape and sexual assault. The jury at Southwark Crown Court has heard a summary of his defence.

2:26The Times' newsroom reporter Ollie Cole was there. Ian Winter Casey, acting on behalf of Brand, told the court the delays in reporting the allegations meant people would only be litigating in a quagmire of doubt over decades-old recollections. He said the reason some of the women claimed Brand was acting normally after the alleged offences took place showed he genuinely believed that they were consenting. Brand's lawyer told the jury his promiscuous past may have been distasteful, but was not unlawful. The former comedian denies all the charges. Shops across Europe have been forced to dispose of food after fridges and freezers were hit by a suspected cyber attack.

3:03Supermarkets have been targeted in Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden, Estonia and the Netherlands. The tech journalist Chris Stoker-Walker says cyber security experts have warned the stores are easy targets. They've tracked 20 such attacks against these systems since January. and around about four in five of one specific fridge and freezer system is basically not updated whenever it is available to the internet. So that is something like 80 % of all of this particular type of fridge or freezer is just basically sitting there waiting to be attacked by someone with a little bit of knowledge. A man who hit a cyclist and dragged him for more than a mile under his car has been sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for murder.

3:45Simon Richardson, who's 35, failed to give way at a stop sign in Greater Manchester and struck headteacher Michael Mullins. Prosecutors said he chose to drive on from the scene despite knowing the victim was trapped beneath his vehicle. Remember, you can follow The Times Radio News Briefing on Spotify and you can listen live to Times Radio Online.

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