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‘Clap for Carers’ returns as ‘Clap for Heroes’
The revived Clap for Heroes is the new version of the Clap for Carers, which provided a rallying point for the country during the pandemic’s first wave last Spring. It’s now been re-designed to celebrate the contribution of all key worker...


Brexit could lead to the next generation of genetically tampered crops, campaigners warn 
A week after Brexit, is the next development of Frankenstein food heading for our tables? That’s what environmental campaigners are claiming, as the government launched a consultation on gene editing of crops and livestock. Until now the practi...


Government under pressure to help rough sleepers during lockdown
With temperatures tonight set to plunge well below freezing, the Westminster government is coming under increasing pressure to help rough sleepers who once again face being back on the streets. During the first lockdown, the groundbreaking scheme ...


Army will use ‘battle preparation techniques’ in Covid vaccine rollout
Boris Johnson has pledged the full force of the Army and its “battle preparation techniques” to ramp up the rollout of the Covid vaccine, as frustrated GPs said they simply had not been given enough supplies. For exhausted hospital staff,...


‘We’re after a power share, not a power grab’ – Sir Lenny Henry on diversity in TV industry
More black, more female and employing more disabled people. That's what Lenny Henry says broadcasters must become or they risk viewers switching off.


Families turning to charity for help with computers
Many families will be desperate for any help now, as parents and children are having to share devices


Covid patients in Wales occupying a third of hospital beds
In Wales, more than a third of hospital beds are now occupied by patients with coronavirus


British public ‘have been coerced to stop seeing the people they love’ – Tory MP Charles Walker
One MP who made an impassioned speech in the Commons earlier about the dangers of a lockdown was Conservative Sir Charles Walker. 


MPs back England Covid lockdown
MPs have backed the latest lockdown measures for England.


Vaccines Minister challenged over speed of rollout
We spoke to the minister for Covid vaccine deployment, Nadhim Zahawi


MPs vote on England Covid lockdown
MPs have voted to approve England's new lockdown laws.


Covid: UK records highest daily death toll since April
The government figures for the last 24 hours are undoubtedly sobering.


Essex lorry deaths: the journey of 39 Vietnamese migrants
When the bodies of 39 Vietnamese migrants were discovered in a lorry container in Essex in 2019, it shocked the nation. We look into the story of one woman found in that container - who risked it all to come to the UK.


MP Margaret Ferrier arrested over alleged breach of Covid rules
There is breaking news from Scotland.


People ordered to stay at home in new English lockdown
Our correspondents Victoria Macdonald and Gary Gibbon react to the PM’s statement.



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