Details of restrictions for local authority areas in England are set out by the government.
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The chancellor said that he could not justify a wage rise for all public sector workers.
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But in Scotland infection rates appear to be rising, according to Office for National Statistics data.
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Government guidance says the bubbles should contain a maximum of eight people over the age of 11.
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PM Abiy Ahmed says the military will try not to harm civilians and urged people to stay at home.
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A million people are expected to pay tribute to the late Argentine football legend in Buenos Aires.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert, the British-Australian academic detained by Iran for more than two years on espionage charges, has been freed in an apparent prisoner exchange for three Iranians.
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has revealed she suffered a miscarriage in July 2020 in an opinion piece written for the New York Times. CNN’s Max Foster reports.
Read More »Nearly 100 whales die in New Zealand
Nearly 100 pilot whales have died in a mass stranding on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand’s Department of Conservation said Wednesday.
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