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Mon, 10 Jan 2022 09:49:35 GMT
Reports of free lateral flows being scrapped are ‘red herring’, Leitch believes
Scotland’s National Clinical Director said there is no evidence to suggest the UK Government is planning to end free lateral flow testing.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 09:47:40 GMT
Motorist spotted with ‘porthole’ in misty windscreen fined
The driver was also issued with three points on their licence.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 09:47:27 GMT
Boris Johnson news - live: Energy bills support should help poorest, Gove says as cladding package revealed
Michael Gove says government looking at ‘range of options’ to help families most affected by rising energy bills

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 09:30:00 GMT
Rolls-Royce enjoys record sales
The BMW-owned firm announced it delivered 5,586 cars last year, up 49% on 2020.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 09:10:21 GMT
Giant 32ft ‘sea dragon’ found in Midlands hailed one of best fossil finds in UK history
Fossil is largest and most complete of its kind ever found in UK

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 09:05:04 GMT
Michael Gove misses BBC interview slot after getting stuck in lift
Cabinet minister was eventually freed after half an hour

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 08:42:59 GMT
Private hospitals will ‘support NHS’ through Covid
NHS England said patients who can be referred to private firms under the deal include some of those waiting for cancer surgery.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 08:08:14 GMT
Man charged after death of 22-year-old found seriously injured in car park
The man will appear in court on Monday.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 08:03:57 GMT
Aldi cheers ‘best ever’ Christmas and commits to 2022 price pledge
The discount supermarket chain has revealed that sales in December increased by 0.4% compared with the same month last year.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 07:48:25 GMT
Boris Johnson warned by top Tory MP to ditch Covid restrictions or face leadership challenge
‘Prime ministers are on a performance-related contract’: Mark Harper says PM must show he can change

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 06:36:15 GMT
Celebrities express ‘utter shock’ after Bob Saget found dead in hotel room
The actor and comedian who was best known for starring in the sitcom Full House was 65-years-old.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 04:34:33 GMT
What the papers say – January 10
The looming cost-of-living crisis is again featured in Monday’s papers, with Tories urging the PM to take action.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 02:45:30 GMT
Men who sued Manchester City over Barry Bennell abuse claims wait for ruling
Eight men, now in their 40s and 50s, say Bennell, now 68, abused them when they were playing schoolboy football for teams he coached.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 01:24:44 GMT
US comedian Bob Saget dies aged 65
Police said Saget, known for starring in US sitcoms including Full House, was found unresponsive at a hotel room in Orlando, Florida.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 01:23:37 GMT
Priti Patel to require venues to prepare for terror attacks
New legal duty to be announced following consultation launched in wake of Manchester Arena bombing

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:42:01 GMT
Ministers ‘playing Russian roulette with road safety’ by relaxing truck rules, says union
The union Unite says that no records are being kept of foreign drivers who have been allowed into UK under the government’s special cabotage scheme

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:11:08 GMT
No-fly zone to be enforced over Windsor Castle this month after security review
Ban in force from 27 January, after Grant Shapps decides it is ‘necessary in the public interest’

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:01:30 GMT
Boris Johnson under pressure from Tory MPs over coronavirus restrictions
Ministers were questioning whether the isolation period could be further reduced from seven days to five.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:01:00 GMT
People without Covid booster jab gambling with their health, says expert
Northern Ireland’s Chief Medical Officer Sir Michael McBride urged people to get vaccinated.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:01:00 GMT
Gove sets March deadline for developers to come up with £4bn cladding plan
He is expected to meet with cladding campaigners on Monday morning before detailing the plan in the Commons.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 23:45:38 GMT
Lords expected to back move to make misogyny a hate crime
The Labour Party is pushing for the creation of a specific offence to outlaw ‘sex for rent’

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 23:08:51 GMT
‘Captivating’ poet Jackie Kay takes to Braemar’s Burns Night stage
Jackie Kay will talk to broadcaster Fiona Kennedy about her life and works.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 23:05:59 GMT
Labour calls for £600m fund to help firms hit by energy price spike
Windfall tax on North Sea producers would also cut household gas and electricity bills

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 22:42:19 GMT
Boris Johnson must be available to Downing Street parties inquiry, MPs say
Opposition parties have said the official investigating rule-breaking gatherings at No 10 must be given access to the Prime Minister.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 21:58:58 GMT
Ian Wright says ‘lives wasted’ to knife crime after loss of 750 youth centres
The former Arsenal striker has linked the closure of hundreds of youth centres over the past decade to knife crime.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 20:30:15 GMT
M8 near Glasgow closed for three hours following man’s death
Police Scotland said that a 56-year-old man died near junction 23.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 20:19:17 GMT
Stopping terror attacks is ‘more difficult than ever’, police chief warns
Exclusive: The main terror threat to the UK now comes from ‘self-radicalised’ people using basic attack methods

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 19:44:57 GMT
CCTV images issued of two men wanted over Glasgow assault
The attack happened on Cumbernauld Road, near to its junction with Duke Street, Glasgow.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 19:28:37 GMT
Boris Johnson warned of a Covid revolt and potential leadership bid
The ex-chief whip’s intervention came after a poll of Conservative members suggested nearly half believe Rishi Sunak would make a better leader.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 18:38:03 GMT
Duchess of Cambridge personally thanks well-wishers for birthday messages
The duchess has celebrated her 40th birthday.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 18:32:09 GMT
March decision on Scottish school exams would be ‘far too late’ – Tory MSP
Tory shadow education secretary Oliver Mundell said delaying a decision to March on whether school exams would go ahead is unacceptable.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 18:29:04 GMT
Cyclist in his sixties dies after being hit by car in Essex village
Police were called to reports of a collision involving a car and two cyclists shortly before 10.30am on Sunday.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 18:24:59 GMT
Call to end mass testing and vaccinations after booster campaign
Dr Clive Dix has called for an overhaul of the current Government strategy in the coming months with an end to mass testing and vaccination.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 18:09:42 GMT
Too early for UK to start ‘living with Covid’, scientists warn
Minister says Britain can lead world in transitioning from pandemic to endemic virus

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 17:50:38 GMT
Police discover dead pheasants in boot of delivery driver’s car
Officers found the man was carrying the game birds in addition to customers’ hot food.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 17:07:53 GMT
Traffic chaos as accident shuts M8 motorway in Glasgow
A multi-vehicle accident after junction 22 left motorists facing long delays as traffic was diverted on to the M77.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 16:53:07 GMT
Hospital chief concerned about losing staff over mandatory NHS vaccinations
One in ten staff at King’s College Hospital remains unvaccinated

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 16:52:27 GMT
Parent group calls for ‘inappropriate’ school census to be scrapped
Connect chief executive Eileen Prior said she had ‘serious concerns’ about the questionnaire which is aimed at high school pupils in S4 and above.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 02:00:21 GMT
Boris Johnson ‘told he will not face new inquiry into Downing Street flat refurbishment’
PM set to evade probe which could potentially have led to his suspension from Commons

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 16:44:30 GMT
End mass jabs and treat Covid like flu, says ex-head of vaccine taskforce
His comments come as the UK recorded more than 150,000 Covid deaths since the start of the pandemic

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 16:13:03 GMT
Will the UK go into another lockdown in January?
New Covid variant is highly transmissible and remains serious cause for concern this winter

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 16:09:56 GMT
Great grandfather marks 10 years of cancer with charity walking challenge
Ralph White is raising money for Derian House children’s hospice.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 15:34:48 GMT
Younger, whiter and more British: The changing face of terrorism in the UK since 9/11
Exclusive: ‘The threat and profile of terrorists has completely changed,’ senior officer tells Lizzie Dearden

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 15:33:40 GMT
Increase in Scottish Covid-19 intensive care cases
Saturday’s Public Health Scotland figures show 55 people in intensive care with Covid-19 – up from 48 on Friday.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 14:57:38 GMT
Covid announcement: When will Boris Johnson give another update?
PM says no further social restrictions for now as Omicron infections hit record high

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 14:46:38 GMT
Europeans deprived of UK immigration status due to crimes they did not commit
Exclusive: Thousands of applicants for settled status have had their case put on hold

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 14:19:59 GMT
Lateral flow tests to stay free says minister amid reports they may be limited
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said he is ‘puzzled’ by a report suggesting that their universal availability could be axed.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 13:53:53 GMT
Labour calls for North Sea windfall tax to rein in soaring energy bills
Move would save average household £200 and poorest £600, says Rachel Reeves

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 13:53:20 GMT
DUP welcomes Truss pledge to suspend parts of Northern Ireland Protocol
The Foreign Secretary has said she is ‘willing’ to invoke Article 16 if agreement is not reached in post-Brexit talks between the UK and the EU.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 13:50:59 GMT
Zahawi: Teacher absences will see bumpy two weeks for schools as pupils return
The Education Secretary said he is working on contingency plans.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 13:50:46 GMT
Irish health service under stress, warns HSE chief
Paul Reid was speaking on Sunday as another 21,384 positive cases of Covid-19 were notified.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 13:30:48 GMT
Man left critically ill following Co Armagh road crash
One vehicle was involved in the incident in the early hours of Sunday.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 13:26:47 GMT
Plans for up to a quarter of teachers to be off work due to Omicron, says Nadhim Zahawi
Next few weeks will be ‘bumpy’, warns education secretary

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 13:18:23 GMT
Amid tensions, Bosnian Serbs celebrate outlawed holiday
Under growing international pressure over their leader's secessionist aspirations, Bosnian Serbs have celebrated an outlawed holiday with a provocative parade showcasing armored vehicles, police helicopters and law enforcement officers with rifles, m...

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 13:14:21 GMT
Man, 65, arrested over Mark Hall murder
The 65-year-old was arrested in Belfast on Sunday morning.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 12:48:55 GMT
Hospital ‘could lose up to 1,000 workers as jabs made mandatory for NHS staff’
The head of King’s College Hospital said he was ‘worried’ by the impact on staffing levels.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 12:38:55 GMT
Liz Truss faces criticism for failing to set up new LGBT+ advisory panel nine months after scrapping old one
Equalities minister told MPs in May 2021 the government would ‘shortly put out an expression of interest’ for recruiting new panel

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 12:18:44 GMT
‘Absolutely’ no plan to scrap free lateral flow tests, says minister
‘This would be the wrong decision at the wrong time,’ Labour says

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 12:13:29 GMT
Drakeford accuses Prime Minister of ‘ignoring the science’
Wales’s First Minister defended his earlier comments that England was the ‘global outlier’ in the fight against the Omicron variant.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 12:11:38 GMT
‘Performance activism’: Bristol mayor says downing of Colston has little bearing on fight against racism
Marvin Rees – Europe’s first directly elected black city leader – says monument toppling was ‘less significant than people think’

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 12:01:17 GMT
NHS frontline ‘stretched perilously thin’ by Omicron, warns trusts chief
Virus hotspot moving from London to northwest and northeast

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 12:00:46 GMT
No ventilation system in schools for second winter is ‘shocking’, says teacher
Nuzhat Uthmani said it is unacceptable that children are still being asked to dress warmly for sitting in a classroom.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 11:48:51 GMT
Bristol mayor defends city’s anti-racism record in wake of Colston acquittals
Marvin Rees said he wanted to deliver ‘real, substantial systemic change’ for the people of the city rather than ‘symbolic acts’.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 11:32:29 GMT
Police plea after armed burglary in Co Down
Three men, carrying handguns, stole a sum of cash from a property in Newtownards on Saturday.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 11:04:42 GMT
Pragmatic solution could be found to Chester FC Covid rules dilemma – Drakeford
The club fears going out of business if fans are banned from the stadium as the pitch is in Wales and subject to Wales’s Covid rules.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 10:29:21 GMT
Scotland not considering shortening isolation period, Holyrood minister says
Holyrood Health Secretary Humza Yousaf also urged people to get vaccinated.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 10:21:59 GMT
Labour calls on Rishi Sunak to reverse National Insurance hike in Budget
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says she would not go ahead with 2.5 per cent rise

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 10:08:35 GMT
Liz Truss ‘willing’ to trigger Article 16 if Brexit talks fail
Foreign secretary said she will suggest ‘constructive proposals’ to her EU counterpart Maros Sefcovic



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