Schools in England have been given the go-ahead to send pupils home and return to online teaching, if they have a critical shortage of teachers.

After a year that saw the UK host the Cop26 summit, experts have raised concern over an increase in climate misinformation.

Five ex-ministers echo Labour’s call for VAT to be axed – piling pressure on Rishi Sunak to act

Guidance has been brought back for secondary school pupils in England in a bid to prevent the return of remote teaching

Only Spain has signed agreement, leaving artists mired in ‘mountains of red tape’ – with pressure on new Brexit minister Liz Truss to change course

As PM promises to ‘maximise benefits of Brexit’, majority of voters say Boris Johnson lied about EU withdrawal

William Campbell knifed sibling Samuel as their mother tried to intervene

As the coronavirus pandemic continued to disrupt lives, life in the animal kingdom continued as normal.

Face coverings will return for secondary school pupils in England after the Christmas break

Boris Johnson has vowed to ‘maximise the benefits of Brexit’ in 2022.

The front pages on Sunday cover Covid developments and the latest with the Duke of York.

Sir Tony, who held the keys to Number 10 between 1997 and 2007, was appointed a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.

Greater Manchester Police refers itself to watchdog over previous contact

New survey indicates the Labour leader is more popular than the PM among voters in seats gained by the Tories in 2019.

Camping challenge raises enough money to hire 16 nurses at local hospice

The NASUWT is urging the Scottish Government to act to counter the threat of Omicron in classrooms.

The Government also pledged to provide 7,000 air cleaning units to schools, colleges and early years settings to boost ventilation.

Over 90% of people older than 12 have now had their first dose of a Covid-19 jab and 82.5% have had their second.

Some 20 Tory MPs and peers have written in the Sunday Telegraph asking Boris Johnson to help consumers.

Wiltshire Police were seeking the suspects in connection with disorder at a meet of the Avon Vale Hunt on December 27.

Changes in 2022 will causing ‘teething problems’, with some sectors hit harder than others, says ex-official.

Temperatures topped 16C thanks to a flow of warm subtropical air from the Azores.

World Health Organisation warns target of 70% coverage by mid-2022 now looks doomed

Virginia Giuffre is suing the royal for allegedly sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager – claims he denies.

Teenage girl hit by car is pronounced dead at 5.30pm

Exclusive: Charities say they may have to reduce packages – or even refuse people – if numbers keep rising

The post had been widely condemned online.

Zaian Aimable-Lina was stabbed in the heart

Event limited to 600 spectators after being cancelled last year due to coronavirus restrictions

David Harding has given party £475,000 since Boris Johnson became prime minister

The screen star has died at the age of 99.

Provisional figure in London beats previous record of 15.6C set in Bude, Cornwall, in 1916

Peter Finnegan, Peter (Petey) McNamee and Nathan Corrigan, all in their 20s, died in an horrific crash in Co Tyrone in the early hours of Monday.

Zaian Aimable-Lina was one of two boys killed in London within an hour on Thursday.

TransPennine Express employee and Samaritans volunteer Richard Holliday has been awarded the British Empire Medal.

The medical device is carried by every North West Ambulance Service emergency vehicle and used when people are in cardiac arrest.

Chris Hopson, the chief executive of NHS Providers, said staff were ‘preparing for worst and hoping for best’.

The Home Secretary used a new year message to say it is ‘vital’ the Government’s Police and Crime Bill is passed.

Cornel Grant has worked at Stagecoach since 1982 and said his new British Empire Medal will not change him.

Temperatures rose overnight to 16.5C in Bala, Gwynedd, north Wales.

The New Year’s Day Parade returned to London after a hiatus due to coronavirus in January 2021.

Scientists, NHS staff, charity workers, celebrities and politicians among figures to get award

The party said a ‘campaigning blitz’ will be bolstered by a new ‘fighting fund’, taking donations to ‘expand ground operations’ in key constituencies.

Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh’s research includes shifting perceptions of meat consumption, energy use, waste reduction and low-carbon technologies.

Diabetes expert Professor Kamlesh Khunti, who led a body of research throughout the pandemic, has been recognised in the New Year Honours list.

Dozens took the plunge, including on the Wirral and in Dorset.

Nicola McCann and Jamie Black became parents to son Aiden, who was born on the stroke of midnight at Glasgow’s Princess Royal Maternity Hospital.

Professor Tavi Murray of Swansea University was recognised for her work on the contribution of changes to glaciers and ice sheets to sea level rise.

Some 600 spectators will attend the London event, which will mostly be live-streamed for the first time.

Paramedics attended the scene near Rowley Regis railway station, but the girl was pronounced dead shortly after.

The Health Secretary said restrictions on freedom will only be introduced if absolutely necessary.