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Sun, 05 Dec 2021 09:55:22 GMT
Travel 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 GMT
Former 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 GMT
Dominic 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 GMT
Boris Johnson news – live: PM faces trust crisis after sleaze row as crackdown on drug users to be launched
Follow the latest updates from Westminster

Sun, 05 Dec 2021 09:09:13 GMT
UK 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 GMT
Three 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 GMT
Boris 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 GMT
Tories 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 GMT
Anger 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 GMT
Passports 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 GMT
What 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 GMT
At-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 GMT
Travel 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 GMT
People 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 GMT
William 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 GMT
Jury 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 GMT
Boris 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 GMT
Unvaccinated 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 GMT
Sir 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 GMT
PM ‘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 GMT
Labour rift deepens as Angela Rayner aide suspended
Comms adviser denies allegation of personal data breach

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 21:23:55 GMT
Police 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 GMT
Omicron variant: What are the latest travel rules?
The Government has made changes to the previous arrangements.

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 20:54:57 GMT
Couple 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 GMT
UK 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 GMT
Pre-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 GMT
Arthur 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 GMT
UK 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 GMT
Hundreds 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 GMT
Arthur 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 GMT
Six-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 GMT
Charles: 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 GMT
Public 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 GMT
Arthur 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 GMT
What 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 GMT
Woman 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 GMT
Police 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 GMT
RNLI 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 GMT
Reported 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 GMT
Peploe 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 GMT
Hundreds 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 GMT
Arthur 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 GMT
Police 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 GMT
Thousands 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 GMT
Met 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 GMT
Sturgeon 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 GMT
Campaigners 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 GMT
RNLI 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 GMT
Met ‘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 GMT
Romance 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 GMT
Arthur 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 GMT
UK 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 GMT
Arthur 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 GMT
GPs 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 GMT
Rishi 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.



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