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The FTSE 100 lost £72 billion off the value of its constituents on Friday.

The B.1.1.529 variant, named Omicron, was first noticed by UK scientists earlier this week.

Professor Chris Whitty told a panel discussion hosted by the LGA that he worried whether the Government could still ‘take people with us’.

However Nadhim Zahawi said he does not believe the education system should be ‘pushing any sort of agenda on children’.

The Court of Appeal heard a three-day challenge by Associated Newspapers Limited over the handwritten letter earlier this month.

The Met Office had issued a rare red warning for wind from 3pm on Friday to 2am on Saturday.

Extinction Rebellion blocked warehouses in 13 sites across the UK.

But there are concerns residents’ rights are still being curtailed.

The group have spent their life savings on the farm near Bath which they hope will feed 400 families.

The Home Office says the boats are used as evidence in the prosecutions of people-smugglers.

Keith Brown also told the party’s conference that the party needs an optimistic and ambitious case for independence.

Shoppers are expected to spend almost £9 billion across the day, according to analysts.

The thatched Star Inn at Harome in North Yorkshire was reduced to ashes in the blaze on Wednesday evening.

The Government added South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe and Namibia to the UK’s travel red list on Thursday evening.

South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe and Namibia were put on the UK’s red list at noon on Friday.

Damien Bendall will appear at Derby Crown Court on January 4.

The man was arrested at an address in east London on Friday.

The spacecraft runs the small risk of colliding with space debris as it approaches the planet.

The TV judge is having to self-isolate.

Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki warned the situation affecting his country is getting ‘crazy’.