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UK: Army wipeout, ongoing Masterchef row

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am today
A BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher fires towards Russian positions on the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on April 23, 2023, amid the Russian invasion on Ukraine. (Photo by Sergey SHESTAK / AFP)

A war on the scale of that in Ukraine would take a heavy toll on the British Army, says the country's Defence Minister Photo: SERGEY SHESTAK / AFP

UK correspondent Harriet Line looks at the comments from Britain's Defence Minister Alistair Carns that the British Army would be wiped out in as little as six months if force to fight a war on the scale of the Ukraine conflict.

The BBC is engulfed in a row over Masterchef presenter Gregg Wallace and the two-child cap on benefits will be scrapped in Scotland - piling fresh pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to end the policy.

Harriet Line is Deputy Political Editor of the Daily Mail.