The size of the economy shrank by 9.9% in 2020, the largest annual fall on record, official figures show.
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Hotel quarantine rules for people coming from “red list” countries seem less strict than those in Australia.
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Everyone in top four priority groups will have been offered a Covid jab by Friday, ministers say.
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The Duchess of Sussex says the damage caused by publishing extracts from a letter “runs deep”.
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The Met Office says Braemar in Aberdeenshire recorded the coldest night since December 1995.
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The new booking portal website was removed temporarily for maintenance over a technical error.
Read More »NHS reform: ‘No better time than now’ for changes, says Matt Hancock
The aim is for health and social care to join up more, but Labour questions the timing of the move.
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Serial sex offender Pawel Relowicz is convicted of killing the University of Hull student.
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But Matt Hancock says “people will have to be patient” but Labour demands clarity on future rules.
Read More »NHS shake-up ‘to cut bureaucracy and improve care’
Health services and councils will be encouraged to work together as reforms from 2012 are unpicked in England.
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