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Sun, 05 Dec 2021 09:55:22 GMTTravel bans will do nothing to stop spread of omicron to UK, scientist warns
Pre-departure tests ‘closing stable door after horse has bolted’, says expert
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 09:49:07 GMTFormer health secretary backs plans to legalise assisted suicide
Jeane Freeman said changing the law would fit with the drive in ‘person-centred care’.
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 09:21:34 GMTDominic Raab scales back Christmas party plans because of Omicron
‘Appropriate drinks at smaller scale’: deputy prime minister says individuals must decide on precautions
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 09:17:57 GMTBoris Johnson news – live: PM faces trust crisis after sleaze row as crackdown on drug users to be launched
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Sun, 05 Dec 2021 09:09:13 GMTUK weather: Three days of snow and strong winds forecast as cold snap continues
Forecasters predict more ‘unsettled’ weather, while engineers work to reconnect around 4,700 properties to power supplies following Storm Arwen.
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 09:04:41 GMTThree people in hospital after multi-car crash in the Highlands
The crash happened on the A9 at Cuach, north of Dalwhinnie, on Friday evening.
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 09:03:21 GMTBoris Johnson orders review into Arthur Labinjo-Hughes case
Boris Johnson is ordering a review of lessons to be learnt from the tragic death of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, deputy prime minister Dominic Raab has confirmed.
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 08:52:18 GMTTories break ranks on immigration to demand safe routes to UK for asylum seekers
Exclusive: Resettlement scheme is ‘only viable alternative’ to deaths in Channel, says backbencher
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 07:40:32 GMTAnger over ambulances may offer key to by-election upset, Liberal Democrats claim
Exclusive: Party claims internal polling offers hope of ‘earthquake’ in North Shropshire
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 05:53:00 GMTPassports to be taken off illegal drug users in Boris Johnson’s new crackdown
The illicit drugs market in the UK has been estimated to be worth £9.4 billion a year.
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 02:12:45 GMTWhat the papers say – December 5
Health concerns, asylum seekers and the Duke of Cambridge are covered in Sunday’s national papers.
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 00:55:41 GMTAt-home Covid pill pilot ‘to be rolled out before Christmas’
The UK has secured enough supplies of the drug to treat 480,000 people with the order set to be delivered to the UK by the end of the year
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 00:20:43 GMTTravel industry fury as Covid pre-departure tests return
Ministers said they were responding to new data showing the spread of the new Omicron variant.
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 00:18:05 GMTPeople urged to get booster shot as nearly 20 million top-up doses given across the UK
More than a third of people aged 12 and over have received a Covid-19 booster vaccine
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 00:01:09 GMTWilliam still moved by traumatic moment from his air ambulance days
The Duke of Cambridge spent two years working as a helicopter pilot with East Anglian Air Ambulance.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 23:56:22 GMTJury shown footage of Sir Richard Sutton murder suspect leading police on 135mph chase through London
Thomas Schreiber dragged from Range Rover after collision in Chiswick
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 23:54:29 GMTBoris Johnson expected to launch inquiry into Arthur Labinjo-Hughes murder
The investigation will reportedly involve police, schools, social services and probation watchdogs
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 23:35:47 GMTUnvaccinated mothers tell of ‘terrifying’ ordeals as they urge pregnant women to get jabbed
No fully vaccinated pregnant women were admitted to intensive care with Covid-19 in England between February and the end of September 2021
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 23:27:46 GMTSir Lewis Hamilton: I had nothing to do with Grenfell deal
Sir Lewis has said that the deal between Mercedes’s F1 team and Kingspan has ‘nothing’ to do with him.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 23:09:39 GMTPM ‘concerned’ as thousands still left without power a week after Storm Arwen
Around 4,700 homes are still without power, prompting Boris Johnson to say he will offer more help from Government.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 22:51:19 GMTLabour rift deepens as Angela Rayner aide suspended
Comms adviser denies allegation of personal data breach
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 21:23:55 GMTPolice launch appeal after two motorcyclists seen riding over seal pup in Norfolk
‘Obviously this is a disturbing incident,’ police constable says
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 21:18:38 GMTOmicron variant: What are the latest travel rules?
The Government has made changes to the previous arrangements.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 20:54:57 GMTCouple use thousands of lights to create elaborate charitable Christmas display
Peter Elliott has spent a month putting up the lights on his east London home.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 20:03:34 GMTUK travel rules tightened as Covid omicron cases rise
Sajid Javid orders pre-departure tests for all travellers to UK, regardless of vaccination status
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 19:55:15 GMTPre-departure Covid tests required for travel to Scotland
The Scottish Government said the restrictions are proportionate and necessary to protect public health.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 19:50:26 GMTArthur Labinjo-Hughes: Review into whether sentences of boy’s killers were too lenient
Solihull MP describes ‘sense of anger’ in community after ‘horrible torture’ of ‘young, defenceless boy’
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 19:42:56 GMTUK travel rules tightened as Covid omicron cases rise
Sajid Javid orders pre-departure tests for all travellers to UK, regardless of vaccination status
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 19:28:42 GMTHundreds pay respect to 12-year-old Ava White at vigil held in her memory
Many people wore hoodies with Ava’s face on and others had her name written on their faces.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 19:21:18 GMTArthur Labinjo-Hughes: Jail sentences of couple behind killing to be reviewed
Arthur was left with an unsurvivable brain injury while in the sole care of 32-year-old Emma Tustin.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 19:01:44 GMT‘It was dreadful’: Keir Starmer reveals he does not share Boris Johnson’s love for Peppa Pig World
Labour must be party of middle England, says leader
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 19:01:08 GMTSix-day deadline to avoid drastic cuts to London trains and buses, Sadiq Khan warns
Without more government cash, network faces ‘managed decline’
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 18:28:39 GMTCharles: Sir Antony Sher was ‘a giant of the stage at the height of his genius’
Sir Antony was the Prince of Wales’s favourite actor – a fact the royal revealed during his 2017 Commonwealth Tour
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 18:13:23 GMTPublic sexual harassment to be made a crime
Boris Johnson planning week of law and order announcements with focus on drugs and protection for women
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 18:01:19 GMTArthur Labinjo-Hughes’s father and stepmother filmed tucking into ice cream as he starved in hallway
The video was filmed just three days before Arthur died
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 17:53:16 GMTWhat happened to Arthur Labinjo-Hughes?
Arthur’s step-mother and father were sentenced to more than 20 years in prison each
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 17:52:46 GMTWoman taken to hospital after falling on tracks at central London tube station
Transport for London said an investigation has been launched after the incident occurred at Tottenham Court Road Tube station.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:58:23 GMTPolice hunt three men who tried to ‘buy’ child from mother after stopping them on school run
Approach in Sheffield comes after similar incident reported in neighbouring Doncaster
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:45:48 GMTRNLI takes down its website after reporting ‘suspicious activity’
The charity also said it had reported ‘threatening emails’ it had received to the police.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:44:16 GMTReported plan for 2p pre-election cut in income tax ‘indefensible’, says expert
Treasury sources insist no decisions yet made in review of levies ordered by Rishi Sunak
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:37:43 GMTPeploe painting up for auction could fetch up to £500,000
Scottish Colourist Samuel John Peploe painted the still life Roses and Fruit in 1921.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:33:07 GMTHundreds protest against vaccine certification regulations
The certification scheme became mandatory in licensed premises as well as cinemas and theatres on Monday.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:30:36 GMT‘We will all go to England, one hundred per cent’: Despite tragedy, migrants still determined to get to UK
Reuniting with family members, being able to speak English, and the quality of life are the main factors
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:21:27 GMTArthur Labinjo-Hughes: MP calls for review of ‘lenient’ sentences
Arthur was left with an unsurvivable brain injury while in the sole care of 32-year-old Emma Tustin who was on Friday jailed for life.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:10:53 GMTPolice name man found fatally injured
Anyone who was with Douglas Forbes on December 2 is urged to contact police.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:07:05 GMTThousands enter eighth day without power following Storm Arwen
Forecasters have warned almost freezing temperatures will hit parts of the UK over the weekend.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:01:42 GMTMet Police considering complaints that Christmas parties at No 10 during lockdown broke Covid rules
Scotland Yard says it does not routinely investigate retrospective breaches of Covid regulations
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 15:50:07 GMTSturgeon urges vaccine uptake as she gets booster jag
Scotland has recorded 14 Covid-linked deaths in 24 hours and one new Omicron case, taking the total to 30.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 15:38:33 GMTCampaigners welcome proposals to outlaw harassment of women
The Law Commission will recommend a new criminal offence of ‘public sexual harassment’ according to reports.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 14:50:17 GMTRNLI vows to continue Channel rescues ‘without judgement’ amid new hate campaign by Britain First
Far-right group claims to have sent thousands of emails to rescue charity claiming to be from ‘concerned citizens’
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 14:44:28 GMTMet ‘considers’ complaints No 10 Xmas parties breached Covid rules
Two Labour MPs have urged Scotland Yard to investigate reported violations of Covid regulations by Downing Street staff.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 14:12:22 GMTRomance fraudster conned victims out of thousands and targeted dying woman
Osagie Aigbonohan, 40, originally from Lagos, Nigeria, used a number of aliases to contact women online through dating and social media sites.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 13:42:37 GMTArthur Labinjo-Hughes ‘should have been top priority of social services’
The six-year-old was left with an unsurvivable brain injury while in the sole care of 32-year-old Emma Tustin.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 12:36:07 GMTUK weather: More snow to come as thousands face second weekend without power
Unsettled, snowy and windy conditions predicted for the weekend, as some 9,000 homes remain without power
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 12:22:15 GMTArthur Labinjo-Hughes: ‘Cruel’ stepmother who murdered boy is attacked with salt in jail by inmates
Tustin was also threatened with violence by other prisoners in the run-up to her trial
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 11:29:52 GMTGPs welcome cuts to paperwork to focus on Covid booster jabs
The BMA said ending ‘tick-box’ exercises will free up staff but warned the service remains under ‘significant’ pressure.
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 10:27:19 GMTRishi Sunak calls for blueprint for tax cuts before next election
The Chancellor has ordered Treasury officials to draw up options to reduce the tax burden.