Millions of people will move into Tier 4 today after those already under the tightest coronavirus restrictions celebrated a Covid Christmas any way they could. Sussex, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire will move into Tier 4, created in response to a variant of Covid-19 discovered in the UK, from Saturday. …
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Notorious British traitor George Blake has died aged 98 half a century after he claimed to have betrayed 600 agents to the Russians as a double agent during the Cold War, Russian foreign intelligence announced today. The 98-year-old spy had been living in Moscow since he escaped from Wormwood Scrubs …
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Seven care homes in England have so far been given the coronavirus vaccine, according to the Department of Health and Social Care. Figures suggest people in care, despite being identified as the most urgently in need, only account for 0.3 per cent of the 613,000 people who received the jab. …
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Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex head to Christmas Day church service at Sandringham as William, Kate and other royals stay away over fears they would attract large crowds that would break Covid rules The couple were joined by their children James, Viscount Severn and Lady Louise Windsor at church today …
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England has recorded 32,725 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, according to the latest figures, as festive bubbles were cancelled for millions. Nationwide figures weren’t released today as the devolved nations’ tallies aren’t counted on the Government dashboard over Christmas. The infections announced today means there has been a …
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A propaganda war erupted today after the EU undersold the UK Government’s achievements in the Brexit deal. An EU graph claimed Britain had kept just two of the benefits of being a member of the bloc – visa-free travel for 90 days and zero tariffs or quotas for trade in goods. However, a …
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Coronavirus outbreak on submarine-hunting Royal Navy warship with 184 crew aboard forces it to return to port over Christmas HMS Northumberland, a Type 23 Frigate, was due to patrol UK waters this week The vessel, which has a crew of 185, was forced to return to Devonport Several members of …
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There have been many key milestones on the way to a trade deal between Britain and the EU — an agreement which ends the transition period and brings Brexit to fruition. Policy Editor DANIEL MARTIN reports. January 23, 2013 David Cameron announces plans for an in-out referendum following a renegotiation …
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Lori Loughlin ‘is keeping her head down and doing everything to avoid trouble’ in prison as she prepares for Christmas behind bars Sources familiar with the situation say that there was never any expectation that Lori Loughlin was getting out for the holiday Her release date is set for December …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is currently monitoring a second mutated strain of coronavirus even more infectious than the one already gripping the UK after it was discovered in South Africa. The new variant, which is feared to be driving a surge of infections among young …
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