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Fri, 07 Jan 2022 09:54:02 GMTTributes to ‘kind and dedicated’ paramedic, 21, who died after ambulance crash
21-year-old Alice Clark described as ‘beautiful daughter’
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 09:38:33 GMTBoris Johnson news - live: Nothing untoward in flat refurb, says minister as PM accused of ‘cash for access’
Controversy concerns published WhatsApp exchange between Mr Johnson and Lord Brownlow
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 09:34:53 GMTRussian submarine hits UK warship’s sonar during chase in North Atlantic
Footage shows the crew shouting: ‘What the hell was that?’
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 09:13:56 GMTWhat is an NHS Covid pass and when do I need to use it?
Know where you will need to use them and how to get one
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 09:13:39 GMTDominic Raab’s department wasted ‘staggering’ £238m on array of botched projects last year
Electronic tagging systems that were never used and software so bad it is causing industrial disputes are among sources of waste at the Ministry of Justice
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 08:57:14 GMTRussian submarine hit Royal Navy warship in North Atlantic
The warship had been tracking the submarine before the collision took place.
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 08:54:14 GMTOvernight snow brings disruption for motorists
A Met Office weather warning is in force until midday on Friday.
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 08:44:10 GMTPiers Morgan warns ‘threats have consequences’ after suspected troll is arrested
The TV star and his son both allegedly received death threats.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:15:00 GMTTories say BBC should be made to play God Save The Queen at 1am every day
Culture secretary says national anthem suggestion is ‘fantastic’
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 08:17:44 GMTWill the UK go into another lockdown in January?
New Covid variant is highly transmissible and remains serious cause for concern this winter
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 08:06:56 GMTAverage UK house price rose by more than £24,500 in 2021 says Halifax
Last year marked the strongest annual cash increase in house prices since 2003, Halifax said.
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 08:06:03 GMTRenewed calls for Hillsborough Law to ‘break the cycle’ of injustice
Families will join politicians and other public figures at an online event on Friday to call for changes to the justice system.
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 08:03:03 GMTMilitary deployed to London hospitals due to Covid staff shortages
Around 200 troops sent into London hospitals amid absences caused by Omicron variant
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 07:57:57 GMTCovid announcement: When will Boris Johnson give another update?
PM says no further social restrictions for now as Omicron infections hit record high
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 07:10:06 GMTMichelle Mone: Tory peer ‘to be questioned by police’ over claims she sent racist message
Baroness allegedly called a man of Indian heritage a ‘waste of man’s white skin’
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 02:45:54 GMTDaily Covid figures will become less relevant due to LFT shift – Bauld
The public health expert said clear communication around the use of lateral flow tests will be crucial.
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 02:45:24 GMTKate’s keep calm and carry on approach as she developed her royal role
The duchess is celebrating her 40th birthday on Sunday.
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 02:45:04 GMTKate’s ‘commitment’ to early years praised as she turns 40
Catherine Elizabeth Middleton was born to Carole and Michael Middleton at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading on January 9 1982.
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 01:57:58 GMTWhat the papers say – January 7
Friday’s papers carry cost of living woes, allegations of Tory peers profiting from the pandemic and the arrest of Piers Morgan’s ‘troll’.
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 01:46:08 GMTInmates going weeks without time outdoors in overcrowded and rodent-infested prison, report finds
‘Desperately bored’ prisoners in one of England’s busiest jails having to choose between showering, exercising and accessing services, inspectors find
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 01:29:00 GMTAlec Baldwin joins tributes praising ‘larger than life’ Peter Bogdanovich
Celebrities including Jeff Bridges, Laura Dern and Barbara Streisand also remembered the US film director, describing him as a ‘friend and teacher’.
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 01:16:58 GMTPolice arrest 16-year-old boy after body found in Dorset home
The victim in his 30s was found dead with serious injuries on the evening of Tuesday, January 4.
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 01:11:42 GMTMore than 1m people to pay higher tax rate by 2026, says new research
The analysis by the House of Commons Library says the total cost to families will be £10.9 billion by 2026.
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:42:44 GMTGovernment ‘failing’ on classroom ventilation as thousands will not get air purifiers
Pledge of 7,000 air purifiers ‘barely scratches the surface’, says teachers’ union boss
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:40:03 GMTBorn Free star Virginia McKenna warns of lions extinction after populations drop 90%
Bronze sculptures exhibition marks what would have been husband and co-star Bill Travers’s 100th birthday
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:01:25 GMTLabour demands answers over PM’s ‘Great Exhibition 2’ promise to Tory donor
Whatsapp messages suggest Boris Johnson appeared to support plan by Lord Brownlow while requesting help with flat revamp.
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:01:00 GMTTroops deployed to support London hospitals amid Omicron surge
Two hundred military personnel are being made available to the NHS in the capital as Covid-related staff absences continue to grow.
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:01:00 GMT‘Inconsistent and unclear’ UK Covid alert system ‘costing lives’, report says
The National Preparedness Commission says conflicting Covid advice has led to a lack of trust among the public and consequent lack of compliance.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 23:45:46 GMTWhat are the Covid rules in the four nations of the UK?
The PA news agency looks at the coronavirus regulations across the UK.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 23:36:16 GMTStars pay tribute to US director Peter Bogdanovich after his death at 82
Laura Dern, Cher and Barbara Streisand have led tributes to their ‘friend and teacher’ who died aged 82.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 22:09:54 GMTTwo people struck by trains within an hour – ScotRail
The incidents caused cancellations to trains running between Glasgow Queen Street and Croy, and Kilmarnock and Ayr.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 22:05:51 GMTPolice officer charged over ‘inappropriate relationships with multiple women while on duty’
Oliver Perry-Smith, 38, is accused of misconduct in public office and computer misuse
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 22:00:00 GMTAlert level 2 rules remain in place for Wales as post-Christmas Covid cases soar
Mark Drakeford will be holding a press conference at midday on Friday.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:20:11 GMTHarvey Parker: Body found in River Thames confirmed as missing student
Police will compile report for coroner after search for 20-year-old musician called off
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:15:00 GMTBoris Johnson flat investigation: A timeline of scandal over Downing Street refurb
PM condemned by his own ethics adviser for failure to share messages during saga dating back to 2020
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 20:58:58 GMTSkiers back on the slopes as resorts open after snowfall
People made the most of fresh snow at Glenshee while high winds and snow closed Aviemore’s access road.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 20:56:06 GMTMother of missing Musselburgh man appeals for help
Police have renewed their appeal for information about Dean Conner who was last seen at 5pm on Hogmanay.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 20:42:32 GMTBody recovered from Thames is missing man Harvey Parker
The student was last seen on Friday leaving a nightclub in Westminster.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:56:49 GMTBoris Johnson in fresh sleaze row over ‘Great Exhibition 2’ plan of Tory donor funding lavish flat refit
Prime minister pledged to explore idea in message calling his flat ‘a tip’ – and pleading for more money
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:53:17 GMT‘Completely wrong’: Boris Johnson hits out at anti-vax campaigners spreading ‘mumbo jumbo’
PM also stresses government will keep ‘voluntary approach’ to vaccine rollout
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:08:11 GMTCovid cases in Scotland’s care homes ‘incredibly worrying’ – Labour
Nearly a quarter of all Scottish adult care homes have at least one suspected Covid-19 case, according to government statistics.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:05:18 GMTGolf dinner guests ‘assured by organisers that event was Covid compliant’
No-one at the event expressed any concerns about coronavirus rules being broken, the trial of two politicians and two hoteliers was told.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:03:28 GMTVan driver who hid £16.5m of drugs in catering supplies jailed for 10 years
The 26-year-old drug smuggler was carrying 183kg of cocaine and heroin hidden inside canisters of gas used to make whipped cream.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:00:00 GMTScientists creating ‘risky’ self-spreading viruses in US and EU, paper warns
The paper, written by a team of academics led by King’s College London, warns the research could have ‘irreversible consequences’.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:56:54 GMTCalls for peer found guilty of child sex abuse to be stripped of title
‘There’s no crime more horrific than paedophilia and no punishment too severe,’ says critic
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 10:23:21 GMTTory MP Robert Jenrick claims court’s Colston statue verdict ‘undermines rule of law’
MP himself acted unlawfully by approving a £1bn luxury development for Conservative donor
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:53:39 GMTWhat was in the ‘missing exchange’ about the PM’s £112,000 flat revamp?
The PM apologised to his standards adviser after failing to disclose ‘highly material’ exchanges with a Tory donor.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:23:12 GMTUK Covid hot spots with fastest growing infection rates revealed
Record numbers of people suffering long Covid, new statistics suggest
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 20:05:21 GMTTelevision producer cleared of deliberately causing car to crash into his bike
Prosecutors claimed Paul Crompton had deliberately blocked the path of driver Derek Pipe in 2020 in a road rage incident.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:37:51 GMTA21 crash: Paramedic killed as ambulance collides with cement lorry in Kent
Two other ambulance workers - including student - hurt as lorry driver suffers minor injuries
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:26:11 GMTHealth bosses deny imposing ‘swingeing’ cuts in children’s beds
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde hit back at claims from Scottish Labour.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:20:58 GMTMP Margaret Ferrier to face trial accused of train travel to London with Covid symptoms
Prosecutors say she ‘culpably and recklessly’ travelled after being told to self-isolate.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:13:53 GMTUK's Johnson apologizes after ethics investigator criticism
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized after a government ethics investigator criticized the U.K. leader and his staff for failing to disclose messages he exchanged with a donor about financing the redecoration of his official residence
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:11:52 GMTRights group verifies Polish senator was hacked with spyware
Amnesty International says it has independently confirmed that an Israeli company's powerful spyware was used to hack a Polish senator when he was running the opposition’s 2019 parliamentary election campaign
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:07:09 GMTAmnesty plans do not have support to ‘proceed legitimately’ – Labour
Shadow secretary of state Peter Kyle called on the Government to abandon plans to introduce a statute of limitations on Troubles-era prosecutions.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:00:00 GMTBird of prey known as the ‘flying barn door’ spotted in Cornwall
The rare white-tailed eagle spotted on Bodmin Moor was part of a reintroduction scheme on the Isle of Wight in 2019.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:59:10 GMTCalls to strip Lord Ahmed of title after child sex abuse convictions
Tory MP Alexander Stafford says child abusers should automatically lose peerages.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:52:51 GMTLatest Covid-19 case rates for UK local authority areas
A total of 94% of local areas have seen a week-on-week rise in rates.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:50:56 GMT‘Substantial number’ of children likely to get Covid as schools return
Chief scientific adviser Professor Ian Young also said the spread of Omicron was surpassing testing capacity.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:30:24 GMTFarm filmed dumping thousands of chickens killed in bird flu outbreak in open-air skips
‘It was once a very rare disease but today outbreaks occur every year: this helps explain why,’ says animal rights charity
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:29:09 GMTFailure to disclose texts to Tory donor ‘shook confidence’ of PM’s adviser
In one message, Boris Johnson told Lord Brownlow the Downing Street flat was ‘a tip’.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:28:44 GMTITN chief Deborah Turness appointed £400,000 new head of BBC News
She won acclaim as a successful editor of ITV News until 2013 – the first woman in that role
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:28:00 GMTRespiratory incidents involving Covid in UK care homes double in fortnight
There were 1,126 acute respiratory infection incidents reported in care homes in the week to January 2, official figures show.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:23:16 GMTAfghanistan resettlement: Anger as relatives of British nationals already in UK to be included in scheme
Concern that vulnerable people promised sanctuary under scheme have been left at ‘back of the queue’
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:10:37 GMTNHS support being ‘massively increased’ as PM renews call to ‘get boosted’
Boris Johnson urged the public to ‘behave sensibly’ in the face of high daily Omicron cases.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:10:27 GMTMan handed life sentence for attacking girlfriend and killing her unborn baby
Asa Davison, 35, was convicted of child destruction and GBH.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:04:36 GMTWitnesses sought after fatal hit-and-run crash
Gabriel Lungu, 43, was killed in the collision in Aberdeen on December 30.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:03:09 GMTTwitter suspends account which mocked death of DUP MLA’s disabled son
Diane Dodds welcome the move but said Twitter must act to protect users from online abuse.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:52:10 GMTPre-departure Covid test no longer required to enter Scotland
The change will come into force from 4am on Friday.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:49:11 GMTFormer justice secretary defends jury trials despite ‘perverse’ Colston verdict
Robert Buckland said he ‘strongly believed’ in the jury system.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:48:52 GMTAlmost 10% of NI police officers unavailable for work due to Covid-19
The PSNI moved to emergency shift arrangements in late December.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:40:18 GMTBritain braces for thundersnow as temperatures plunge overnight
Drivers warned to check weather conditions before travelling
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:35:16 GMTLitter enforcement officers urged to target Black and Asian people, tribunal is told
Gary Forrester told an employment tribunal staff were told to go after minorities because they less likely to understand the law
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:33:24 GMTPolicy to make non-mask wearers provide proof of exemption suspended
The First Minister said no business should be asking those exempt from wearing a mask to provide proof.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:10:04 GMTToppling Colston statue was ‘like trying to edit Wikipedia entry’, says Boris Johnson
Britain’s historical legacy must be ‘preserved’, says PM after activists cleared
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:16:58 GMT‘Mumbo jumbo’ of anti-vax campaigners ‘completely wrong’ – Johnson
It comes as weekly figures from NHS England show that more than a fifth of adults in some parts of the country have not had a first vaccine dose.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:15:11 GMTUK records 179,756 new Covid cases as more hospital trusts declare critical incidents
Another 231 people have also died
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:13:48 GMTWhy are millions of people not yet vaccinated against coronavirus?
Almost nine million adults have not yet had their booster, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said this week.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:11:47 GMTHow to search the 1921 census online
Life in England and Wales a century ago defined by enormous social upheaval, mass unemployment, a housing crisis, the Spanish flu pandemic and bitter legacy of war
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:10:00 GMTTake-up of booster and third doses among adults in England, by local authority
There are 20 local authorities with take-up below 50%.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:02:02 GMTVehicle tech takes centre stage at CES
A colour-changing BMW and a fully autonomous tractor have been showcased at the technology convention.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:54:07 GMTRoad rage driver who rammed moped jailed after pillion passenger’s death
Paul Biggs was jailed for 11 years and his car passenger Dale Sharpen for nine years.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:52:19 GMTNo further Covid-19 restrictions for Northern Ireland – First Minister
Paul Givan said further restrictions are not necessary because of the vaccine programme and the public following advice.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:45:18 GMTHysteria whipped up over golf dinner but no Covid rules broken, trial told
Two politicians and two hoteliers are accused of breaching coronavirus regulations with the Oireachtas Golf Society event.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:38:17 GMTBoris Johnson condemned by watchdog for failing to check for missing WhatsApp messages about flat refit
‘The greatest possible care should have been taken to assemble all relevant material and this standard has not been met’
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 13:15:54 GMTRishi Sunak vows to press on with ‘responsible’ tax rise despite Rees-Mogg revolt
‘It’s always easy to duck difficult decisions,’ says chancellor on National Insurance hike
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:20:04 GMTEvidence on effectiveness of face masks in schools ‘inconclusive’, review finds
Pupils in secondary schools and colleges in England have been asked to wear face coverings in class due to a rise in Covid-19 cases.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:17:16 GMTOne in five parents pay children’s pocket money by bank transfer – survey
More than half of parents believe their child is good at managing their money, according to research from Barclays.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:00:52 GMTSurging Omicron cases see Covid infections top 1m in Scotland
Scottish Government figures show 1,010,660 cases of the virus have now been detected since the start of the pandemic.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:56:09 GMTAnnual stocktake of nearly 10,000 animals under way at UK’s largest zoo
Nandi, a young rhino born at Whipsnade Zoo last year, will be counted for the first time, along with a number of chameleons and fish.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:33:37 GMTVine says Gove’s ‘mistress was politics’ as she denies affair behind divorce
The former couple had their divorce finalised during a hearing in London.
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:26:31 GMTBird flu: ‘Very rare’ case detected in person in southwest England
World Health Organisation notified and contacts traced, with individual said to be ‘well and self-isolating’