Boris Johnson’s wait for the findings of an official inquiry into alleged lockdown-busting parties in No 10 and Whitehall rolls into another day.

Omicron variant of coronavirus led to huge spike in cases over New Year but has since subsided, prompting Boris Johnson to drop social restrictions

The latest deaths, registered in the week ending January 21, take the total number of coronavirus-linked fatalities recorded by Nisra to 4,142.

Michael Gove said the insurance market is ‘failing’ some leaseholders who live in blocks of flats with unsafe cladding.

Boris Johnson is coming under pressure from some Tory MPs to scrap or delay the April tax change.

It’s harder to detect than original Omicron and may be even faster at spreading but, say scientists, is probably no more dangerous

Former constable charged over alleged attack in Teddington in 2004

The project has been designed to accommodate larger, wider, and deeper vessels, while providing landside facilities for the offshore wind industry.

Force is running parallel criminal probe into potential lawbreaking at Downing Street

Jonathan Chew, 24, approached England’s chief medical officer as he walked through St James’s Park in Westminster

Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish leader Anas Sarwar are calling on the SNP and the Conservatives to help people make ends meet.

Scotland Yard said it has been in contact with Sue Gray’s team to ‘avoid any prejudice to our investigation’.

Twenty-six-year-old says he ‘only intended to protect those being attacked’ as he speaks out for first time

A nightmare scenario where new border rules are enforced without a solution could see tourist traffic grind to a halt, the Dover port boss warned.

Begbies Traynor said that companies are bracing for the ‘full force of debts to hit’.

Some of the suggested measures include patching systems as well as improving access controls and enabling multi-factor authentication

Charity accuses government of failing to improve prison safety

Findings of Cabinet Office inquiry yet to be presented to PM

Sales are expected to soar this weekend as it follows the first pay day after Christmas for millions of workers.

The PSNI has appealed for information over the incident in Bessbrook.

Sir David Thompson has led the force since 2016.

Emergency services were called to the four-storey building on Thursday night after a fire started in a ground floor flat.

The front pages feature Downing Street turmoil and a potential Loch Ness monster sighting in Wimbledon.

Sunday’s election for a new parliament and government in Portugal is providing a stage for voters to air old grievances

Minister says delayed scheme may go beyond bottles and cans

Gavin Black had been the director of the bank’s money markets and derivatives desk in London.

Boris Johnson’s wait for the findings of an official inquiry into alleged lockdown-busting parties in No 10 and Whitehall rolls into another day.

Some of the suggested measures include patching systems as well as improving access controls and enabling multi-factor authentication.

Malaki Thorpe of Tottenham will appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

Officials have said measures can be lifted due to the success of the Covid-19 vaccine programme and falling rates of the Omicron variant.

Watch the latest UK weather forecast from the Independent for today.

Current spending plan will do more to drive up greenhouse gas emissions than cut them over next four years, analysis warns

Grant Shapps says many environmental protesters are ‘anarchists’ who ‘just want to find a basis upon which to take extremist action’.

Police in Northern Ireland are appealing for information on the murder of Constable Stephen Montgomery in Co Tyrone 33 years ago.

The County Durham town became well-known after Dominic Cummings reportedly took a trip there to test his eyesight.

Labour MP says government are being ‘slow’ to act on ‘such a critical issue’

Tory MPs pressing for change of direction to ease cost-of-living crisis

Malaki Thorpe, 18, is charged with two counts of racially aggravated ABH and one count of possession of an offensive weapon.

Attack being treated as a hate crime

Portraits of people who survived Nazi persecution were displayed on Piccadilly Circus’ giant billboard.

Number of women who do not have a child when they turn 30 up 32 percentage points in 50 years

An updated version of Joe Danger was made available for iPhone users on Thursday.

Wales will now complete move to alert level zero on 28 January

The University and College Union said the action is a ‘damning indictment’ of management.

Number of rapes recorded by police hit record high in same period, as government accused of failing to tackle violence against women

Jonathan Chew, 24, pleaded guilty to intent to cause harm after he approached Professor Sir Chris Whitty in a central London park.

The youngster, who was born on December 18 at Africa Alive in Suffolk, has been given the name Zawadi after a public poll.

Unionists must see progress ‘imminently’, says Northern Ireland’s first minister

Launch of police investigation into alleged lockdown breaches has knocked inquiry off schedule

Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg and shadow minister David Lammy were among those taking part in a commemoration in Portcullis House.

Researchers hope process will be adopted ‘more widely’

Kayley Mahood told the court in a note that she was truly sorry for the death of Oliver O’Toole.

Asylum seekers had all possessions seized, despite committing no crime, amid Home Office ‘misunderstanding’ over law

Unite says customs paperwork causing delays – despite government’s denial Brexit to blame

New evidence suggests No 10 involved in evacuation discussion

The motorway was closed in central Glasgow after a potentially explosive item was found in premises on nearby Milnbank Street.

Lawyers for Glasgow City Council sued First Glasgow (No 1) Ltd at the Court of Session last year claiming it acted negligently.

‘Our lives changed when we were vaccinated and that happened months ago’: Families and social care workers question why restrictions have only just been lifted

Exclusive: ‘We need to take them to court to get justice – and justice we will get,’ says one claimant

Retail NI chief executive Glyn Roberts said he was ‘encouraged’ following the meeting with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.

The Foreign Secretary said private Government jets were available “precisely so that ministers can travel”.

The Foreign Secretary was in Belfast on Thursday for meetings with business and political leaders.

Chris Skidmore, who signed the UK’s net-zero target into law, said recent decisions had seen the UK ‘go backwards’ on plans to reduce emissions.

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has called for the Government to re-consider introducing regulations on vaccination.

Sanjeev Gupta thanked senior minister for help, letter shows

Project Kraken has been in operation since 2008 and is due to relaunch again in the coming months.

German car maker working with UK forces after Cumbria PC Nick Dumphreys, 47, died in January 2020 when engine of his patrol car caught fire

The SNP president welcomed the news that a team of civil servants has started work on the matter.

Protection against death increases to 95% two weeks after receiving the booster jab.

Women born in 1990 were the first cohort where half were not mothers by their 30th birthday.

Staff clear out and change of direction needed, says PM’s former Brexit chief

It has long been believed that small dogs exist as a result of domestication.

The increase in spending coincided with alcohol becoming 72% more affordable in the UK over the same period, according to the NHS Digital report.

Malik Faisal Akram held four people hostage during the incident, but they were later released unharmed.

More than half of all areas have recorded a week-on-week rise in rates.

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots claims he does not have the legal cover to continue the checks without the wider approval of the Stormont Executive.

The scheme was originally launched in December after a series of Covid-19 curbs were introduced in response to the emergence of the Omicron variant.

Frontline staff will be required to have had both doses of a coronavirus vaccine by April 1 as a condition of deployment, unless they are exempt.

Declan Haughney, 40, charged with two counts of deception

The increase is the equivalent of a 4% rise in council tax.

Take-up is likely to have been affected by the level of infections across the country.

Duke of York has repeatedly denied sexual abuse allegations levelled at him by Virginia Roberts Guiffre

‘Everyone wants to get living but some people have to do it with a leap of faith,’ immunocompromised Tom Pearman said.

Bulwell, Rise Park and Highbury Vale Police pulled the Mini One driver over on Wednesday evening.

Researchers used a new device that could be 3D printed to multiply, sort through and harvest hundreds of millions of cells.

A review of Storm Arwen makes 15 recommendations for improvements for emergency preparation and responses.

Jonathan Chew was jailed for eight weeks at Westminster Magistrates’ Court

The announcement of a Scotland Yard investigation into some of the alleged parties has complicated the process.

Opposition parties nicknamed the Foreign Secretary ‘Lavish Liz’.

The writer appeared on stage, screen and radio throughout his illustrious career but “never forgot his roots”.

The child was taken to hospital but medical staff said he had sustained no serious injuries.

The comedy writer and performer, who had a career spanning seven decades, has died aged 86.