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Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:51:47 GMTBoris Johnson cancels vaccination centre visit after family member tests positive for Covid
PM will be following ‘guidance for vaccinated close contacts, including daily testing and limiting contact with others’, No 10 says
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:49:32 GMTBoris Johnson news – live: PM resisting calls to quit after party apology as Labour leads polls by 10 points
Prime minister reportedly telling MPs he’s done nothing wrong
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:47:03 GMTFrance lifts ban on UK holidaymakers
Travellers who are fully vaccinated will be allowed to enter France from Friday morning.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:44:08 GMTTory MP faces Commons suspension over ‘insincere’ apology for bullying
The Commons Standards Committee said Daniel Kawczynski undermined his apology in comments he made to the media.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:42:50 GMTLiz Truss says ‘deal to be done’ on Northern Ireland Protocol ahead of Brexit talks
Truss having first face-to-face meeting with European Commission vice-president Sefcovic
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:37:14 GMTCovid announcement: When will Boris Johnson give another update?
PM says no further social restrictions for now as Omicron infections remain high
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 09:09:56 GMTLorries stuck at checkpoints for four days due to ‘terrible’ new Brexit red tape
Exclusive: Logistics firm told HMRC is ‘too busy’ to deal with trucks stuck in customs controls
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:32:04 GMTProfessor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam to leave role as deputy chief medical officer
Sir Jonathan will continue to work for the Government until the end of March.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:29:41 GMTRees-Mogg ‘wrong’ to call Douglas Ross a lightweight, says former MSP
Adam Tomkins suggested some ‘serious thinking’ should be done about the links between the Tory party north and south of the border.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:29:22 GMTCabinet minister refuses to say Boris Johnson will quit if inquiry finds he broke rules over No 10 party
A Cabinet minister has refused to say that Boris Johnson will quit even if the inquiry into the lockdown-busting No 10 party he attended finds he broke the rules.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:15:11 GMTWill Boris Johnson resign?
The prime minister is under pressure over claims about a Downing Street party
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:13:12 GMTJohnson pulls out of planned trip after family member tests positive for Covid
The PM would have faced questions about his attendance at a Downing Street event in May 2020 on the visit.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:53:08 GMTSocial care providers ‘turning away new care requests and closed to admissions’
Research found that two thirds of home care providers are turning away new requests for care
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:52:13 GMTElderly man dies following collision involving car and tractor
Police are appealing for information about the collision that happened on Wednesday in the Highlands.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:41:28 GMTHalfords sales ease as Omicron keeps shoppers away
The retailer said its Autocentres performed strongly but store sales eased in December as the rise in Omicron rates deterred shoppers.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:39:42 GMTTesco keeps on 13,000 temporary workers due to surging Omicron absences
The supermarket giant increased its earnings outlook as it posted a 0.3% rise in like-for-like sales over the six weeks to January 8.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:23:46 GMTDrinker numbers drop over Christmas at All Bar One owner due to Omicron
M&B, which also owns the Harvester chain, said it is also facing a surge in costs due to higher wages and soaring energy prices.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:23:03 GMTEXPLAINER: How will Australian visa ruling impact Djokovic?
As Novak Djokovic awaits a final decision on whether his visa will be revoked, all eyes have turned to Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:22:31 GMTFreight train derailment blocks high-speed passenger services
Network Rail said the ‘low-speed’ derailment happened at the Hoo Junction depot between Gravesend and Strood in Kent in the early hours of Thursday.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 07:52:00 GMTFashion shoppers return to M&S as retailer hails ‘strong’ Christmas
Bosses said group sales rose by 8.6% to £3.27 billion over the 13 weeks to January 1, compared with pre-pandemic levels.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 07:51:03 GMTAsos takes a hit from Omicron as supply chain costs soar
The online fashion giant said sales in the UK held up but its European division suffered as lockdowns were imposed in various countries.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 07:16:16 GMTJason Momoa announces he and Lisa Bonet are separating
The Aquaman star said the couple are sharing the news so they can go about their lives ‘with dignity’.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 07:15:28 GMTVirginia Giuffre is not interested in purely financial settlement with Prince Andrew, lawyer says
‘Vindication’ is sought in this case, says David Boise
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 07:49:07 GMTBrian Wilson and Gene Simmons lead tributes to ‘iconic’ singer Ronnie Spector
The Ronettes singer’s famous friends described her as a ‘special person’ and said her spirit would ‘live on forever’.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 05:53:25 GMTAndrew accuser wants resolution ‘that vindicates her and other victims’
It comes as a legal expert said the episode threatened to set off a ‘constitutional crisis’ which could engulf the royal family.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 05:31:43 GMTBoris Johnson bruised in the press following lockdown party apology
The Prime Minister has again been resoundingly lambasted in the national papers.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 02:35:22 GMTBritish Council confirms release of Iranian employee Aras Amiri
Aras Amiri left Tehran this week after overturning a travel ban.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 01:52:34 GMTWhat the papers say – January 13
The front pages focus on the fallout from the Prime Minister’s admission yesterday and movement in a civil case against the Duke of York.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:33:51 GMTJacob Rees-Mogg brands Scottish Tory leader ‘lightweight’ after he calls for PM’s resignation
Leader of the Commons claims Douglas Ross ‘is not a big figure’
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:22:28 GMTBoris Johnson’s future as PM hangs in balance amid resignation calls
Cabinet ministers and No 10 repeatedly said it would be for Sue Gray to establish the facts.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:16:36 GMT‘Deeply distressing’: 118,000 disabled people denied compensation after being underpaid thousands of pounds
Parliamentary health watchdog demands ministers ‘urgently rectify the injustice’
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:08:39 GMT‘Chemical cocktail’ of pollution in rivers is a risk to public health, MPs warn
Experts say it provides ‘scathing snapshot’ of water quality of England’s rivers
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:01:00 GMTRare Roman wooden figure uncovered by HS2 archaeologists in Buckinghamshire
The figure, cut from a single piece of wood, stands at 67cm tall and is 18cm wide.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 23:47:42 GMTLabour opens up 10-point lead over Tories as pressure mounts on Johnson over lockdown party
PM falls further out of favour after party apology
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 23:41:11 GMTRishi Sunak says Boris Johnson ‘right to apologise’ in lukewarm support for PM over No 10 party
Chancellor waits several hours before commenting on prime minister’s admission about partygate scandal
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 22:31:48 GMTTrade secretary tries to kick-start post-Brexit deal with India on Delhi trip
Anne-Marie Trevelyan hoping to land ‘ambitious’ trade agreement after failure to get Delhi interested in 2021
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 22:30:00 GMTNegotiations for ‘golden opportunity’ free trade deal with India to begin
The International Trade Secretary will officially launch the process in New Delhi on Thursday.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 22:14:28 GMTBoris Johnson news – live: More tories call for PM to resign over BYOB party, as Sunak comes to his defence
Letters of no confidence said to have been submitted
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 22:13:25 GMTScotland’s drug deaths boss stepped down after being told to ‘speed things up’
The group was asked “tie things up” and submit its conclusions six months earlier than previously planned.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 22:03:38 GMTDog feared close to death happy and healthy after shedding half his bodyweight
Nine-year-old springer spaniel Philip could barely walk but now has found a love for swimming.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 22:02:57 GMTMan arrested after statue at BBC headquarters attacked with a hammer
The figures, depicting Prospero and Ariel from Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, were installed in 1933.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:53:29 GMTSon of ‘Windrush victim’ waits for ruling on first round of High Court fight
Damian Gabrielle wants the go-ahead to fight a Home Office decision to “refuse to regularise” his immigration status.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:46:56 GMTGovernment failing to take ethnicity pay gap seriously, experts warn
‘I’ll be honest and say I’ve struggled to engage the current equalities minister to get things moving,’ says Sandra Kerr CBE, race director at Business in the Community
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:34:36 GMTNurses and midwives call for delay to mandatory jab plans
Dismissing nursing staff during crisis would be ‘self-sabotage’, the Royal College of Nursing says as it called for the new policy to be delayed
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:24:00 GMTCabinet ministers circle the wagons to defend Boris Johnson
A number of ministers publically backed the PM.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:14:16 GMTRuthie Henshall: Care home residents’ rights ‘completely handed over’
Experts compared the care home sector to a ‘Wild West’ without rights as they told MPs and peers about the impact of visiting restrictions.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:00:28 GMTCrackdown on ‘sex-for-rent’ predators backed by peers in Government defeat
The Lords supported the creation of a new offence, amid concerns the existing law is failing victims of such exploitation.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 20:53:46 GMTFormer PM Gordon Brown backs more powers for Holyrood over drugs
The former Labour leader was speaking at an online event organised by Our Scottish Future.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 20:43:39 GMTGovernment fast track for ‘VIP’ PPE suppliers ruled unlawful by court
Companies with contacts won contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 20:43:38 GMTDevolved governments unite to demand urgent action on ‘cost of living crisis’
Finance ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland spoke out after talks with Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 20:29:11 GMTGuide dog gives birth to record-breaking litter of 16 puppies
The three-year-old German Shepherd’s litter is over three times the size of an average litter.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 20:27:47 GMTPolice face questions over how officers guarding Downing Street missed party Boris Johnson attended
Baroness Jones to write to Scotland Yard demanding explanation and questioning whether officers ‘aided breach of law’
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 20:24:09 GMTBoris Johnson facing revolt in Tory ranks after apology fails to quell anger
PM buys time in party row, but faces mutiny from Scottish Conservatives in Holyrood
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 20:21:07 GMTMan uses hammer on statue on BBC headquarters
The Metropolitan Police have confirmed officers are outside Broadcasting House in Portland Street, Westminster.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 20:14:44 GMTAndrew’s civil sex case ‘could lead to constitutional crisis for monarchy’
Judge Lewis A Kaplan dismissed a motion by the duke’s lawyers to have the case thrown out.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 20:13:26 GMTMan with hammer seen attacking statue outside BBC HQ
He uses ladder to reach artwork over entrance to Broadcasting House
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 06:00:11 GMTSimon Case: Top civil servant still in charge of party investigation fallout
Simon Case, cabinet secretary, will determine disciplinary action once fellow civil servant Sue Gray’s investigation concludes, despite having to recuse himself from the probe
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 19:44:26 GMTBoris Johnson: Three decades of scandals, blunders and rows
The Prime Minister survived when other politicians may have been brought down by controversy.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 19:41:38 GMTWilliam turns down Mr Motivator’s unitard offer as fitness guru is made an MBE
The fitness instructor, 69, ran online home exercises during the lockdown.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 19:30:06 GMTExecutive to consider £55m scheme to help with rising energy costs
Deirdre Hargey will bring a paper to the Executive on Thursday.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 19:10:31 GMTTeenage boy charged over hate crime incident at newsagents
The teenager has been reported to the Youth Justice Assessor.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 18:44:42 GMTCare home fined £640,000 after resident chokes to death on doughnut
The resident was on a diet of minced and moist food and was not supposed to have been given bread products.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 18:42:01 GMTMidwives call for delay to mandatory jab plans
The Royal College of Midwives said mandatory jabs will see record gaps in rotas
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 18:39:24 GMTUK Covid-19 infections hit new record high, though levels drop in London
The figures are the most reliable snapshot of how prevalent coronavirus is across the country.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 18:28:57 GMTJohnson faces Tory calls to quit over ‘bring your own booze’ event in lockdown
Boris Johnson admitted being at a gathering in the No 10 garden, although he insisted he believed it was a work event.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 18:25:58 GMTEnergy price crisis ‘fuelled by UK dragging feet on renewables’
‘It would still be bad, but it wouldn’t be as bad,’ think tank economist says
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 18:23:05 GMTPrivate hospital sector could earn up to £90m a month being on standby for NHS
Officials did not disclose the sum when the deal was announced on Monday.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 18:06:42 GMTScottish Tory leader urges Boris Johnson to resign after No 10 party admission
PM’s position ‘no longer tenable’ says Douglas Ross
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 18:04:47 GMTDUP leader tells Tory MPs that protocol is a ‘bad deal for UK’
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson met with members of the 1922 Committee over the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:57:26 GMTChildren born today will die five years earlier than predicted a decade ago as life expectancy falls
Coronavirus pandemic cited as factor for decline
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:44:45 GMTWe’ve been tortured because UK took away our citizenship, say Britons
Exclusive: Warning comes as politicians consider controversial Nationality and Borders Bill
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:29:50 GMTAndrew’s civil case: What is alleged and what happens next?
The motion to dismiss the case against the Duke of York was denied on Wednesday.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:28:39 GMTLatest Covid-19 case rates for UK local authority areas
Seven in 10 local areas have recorded a week-on-week fall in rates.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:28:11 GMTAndrew is a ‘dead man walking’ who should ‘fall on his sword’ and settle: lawyer
Virginia Giuffre is suing the Duke of York for allegedly sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:20:42 GMTStar Hobson’s mother could have eight-year jail sentence increased
The Attorney General, Suella Braverman, said the case was ‘tragic and extremely upsetting’.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:17:41 GMTNI Secretary accused of ‘breaching ministerial code’ over Bill briefing
Shadow Northern Ireland secretary Peter Kyle raised a point of order on the issue in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:06:41 GMTFolded arms and muted support as Boris Johnson attempts to explain party claims
The Prime Minister apologised several times for attending the “bring your own booze” event at Number 10 in May 2020.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:03:08 GMTJail for police officer who tried to meet girl, eight, and had indecent images
The 40-year-old, who was a trainee in CID, pleaded guilty to a string of offences and was sent to prison.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:53:26 GMTSinn Fein minister says Executive will resist proposal to halt Brexit checks
The prospect of Edwin Poots attempting to halt checks required under the protocol has emerged.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:44:44 GMTMan fined £100 for standing in the street same day No 10 accused of holding party
Nuradeem Mohammed was stopped by police in London and accused of being in gathering of more than two people ‘without reasonable excuse’
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:40:18 GMTBoris Johnson should quit over Downing Street garden party, says Douglas Ross
The Scottish Tory leader said the Prime Minister should resign after he admitted attending the gathering in May 2020.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:34:50 GMT£120m mental health fund is largest rise in history of devolution, says minister
The Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care, Kevin Stewart, said record mental health investment would continue.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:33:44 GMTPrince Andrew: The controversial royal facing civil case over sexual assault allegations
The Epstein saga and the Duke of York’s conduct during his Newsnight interview ultimately led to his reputation being tarnished
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:28:18 GMTBoris Johnson’s No 10 party defence ‘nonsense’ that would be ‘laughed out of court,’ lawyers say
Legal experts offer withering assessment of PM’s claim he thought boozy lockdown gathering was ‘work event’
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:20:26 GMTUniversities urged to ‘raise their game’ by allowing staff to teach remotely
The University and College Union has said employers must provide staff with better-quality face masks
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:10:49 GMTI believed it was a work event: Twitter users mock Boris Johnson’s apology
The account for comedy TV channel Dave joked that the Prime Minister will make you ‘down a pint’ if ‘this is a work event’ is said three times.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:10:35 GMTSupermarkets ‘paying for game birds to be kept in cruel and environmentally damaging’ cages
Exclusive: Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and Sainsbury's accused of double standards
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:09:01 GMTCash machine ram raiders target Post Office and Co-op store
Photographs show the crumpled roller shutters of Old Walsoken Post Office near Wisbech in Cambridgeshire.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:08:41 GMTVideo evidence of foxhunt not enough to prosecute, say police
Exclusive: Officers drop case after ‘refusing to take statements from witnesses because they are not independent’
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:53:28 GMTParamedics jailed for stealing medication from dying patients
Ruth Lambert and Jessica Silvester targeted people receiving end-of-life care, police say
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:42:23 GMTGordon Brown calls for special conference to avoid starvation in Afghanistan
The UK should jointly co-host a humanitarian event with the European Union, the former prime minister suggested.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:47:56 GMTAfghanistan facing ‘serious and worsening’ humanitarian crisis, minister warns
Vicky Ford told MPs in the Commons that Afghanistan is facing the world’s ‘most severe food security crisis’.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:33:35 GMTRobin Swann requests military aid in Northern Ireland hospitals
The Health Minister has made an official request to the Ministry of Defence to provide combat medical technicians (CMTs) and non-medical staff.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:27:10 GMTShirley-Anne Somerville: Ventilation in classrooms is ‘adequate’
The Education Secretary was questioned by Holyrood’s Education Committee about ventilation in Scotland’s schools.
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:22:59 GMTNo 10 drinks party was to ‘welcome back’ Boris Johnson after Covid recovery, Tory MP claims
Spokesperson for Dominic Raab says it’s ‘categorically untrue’ deputy PM was at event