Morning briefing Monday 17th November

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0:47People arriving from Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo could be blocked from getting visas. It's part of wide-ranging measures to dramatically increase deportations. The Times' Matt Dathan has more. It's a real warning shot from Shabana Mahmood. Clear messages that are saying, look, these powers have sat on our statute book for several years now, but I am willing to use them. And there are much bigger countries waiting in the wings who are also quite resistant on returns. Pakistan, India, Nigeria, Bangladesh among them. So it's an opening salvo from the Home Secretary who's really saying I'm taking this much more seriously than my predecessors.

1:26A man's been arrested on suspicion of murder after a young woman was found dead in a boatyard in the Welsh town of Cardigan. 21-year-old Corinna Baker was found on Saturday afternoon and police have urged anyone who was in the area of Netpool Boatyard from around 9pm on Thursday to come forward. Her family says she will be missed by all those who were blessed to have known her. The head of the NHS says the turnout in the latest round of doctor strike action is down. Resident doctors have walked out for five days in a dispute over pay and working conditions. Sir James Mackey, the CEO of the health service, says there are early indications that fewer numbers striking than in the previous 12 rounds of industrial action.

2:07Dr Fasher Makabe, a GP who voted in favour of strike action during the last ballots, has given her reaction to Times Radio. I personally only striked at the very beginning purely because I thought it wasn't going to continue this long. It's been very disappointing that this has been a revolving door situation. A lot of doctors are going to be in that position where they're worrying about whether or not they're going to get remunerated and they're going to see an even bigger dent on their paycheck, essentially, from doing these strikes. And Saturday night saw the UK's coldest night of the season so far.

2:41The Highlands recorded a low of minus 7 degrees Celsius, with chilly weather set to continue over the next few days. Jim Dale, senior meteorologist at the British Weather Services, told Times Radio what we can expect. From Tuesday onwards, but particularly across Wednesday and Thursday, temperatures will plummet and ice will become widespread early and late, with a low point of minus 10 degrees C expected in the glens of Scotland on both mornings. Along with the ice peril, there will also be some large-scale and aggregating snow for Scotland and parts of northern England and north Wales. And you can hear more on all of those stories throughout the day over on Times Radio.

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