National News

Retail experts have predicted that spending will rise beyond pre-pandemic levels.

Bobbi-Anne McLeod disappeared as she made her way to meet friends.

Home Secretary Priti Patel was told she cannot attend talks in Calais after the PM called on France to take back migrants who cross to UK.

South African scientists raised concerns over the variant, which they fear is behind a spike in cases in some regions.

The final report of the Union Connectivity Review was released on Friday.

A global semiconductor shortage is hitting UK manufacturers and their suppliers.

Social Bite aims to provide 300,000 gifts, meals and essential items to people experiencing homelessness this Christmas in five UK cities.

Four boys – one aged 13, two aged 14 and one 15-year-old – have been arrested on suspicion of murder.

The French Interior Ministry said a letter to President Emmanuel Macron led to Priti Patel being cut from the meeting with European ministers.

Cody Ackland, 24, is due to appear at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

The schoolgirl completed more than 1.1 million keepy-uppies herself, with the rest donated by others.

The search engine has been investigated over concerns competition could be hit when third-party cookies are phased out.

The strike affected the Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines.

The climate activists are blockading sites across the country.

Simon Case said many officials lack ‘technical and specialist knowledge’.

The front pages on Friday focus on the response to the Channel tragedy.

‘I am in a very bad state’, said a man who believes his spouse may be among the 27 people who drowned in Wednesday’s tragedy.

There are no known links between the woman and her alleged murderer, police confirmed.

The Met Office has issued weather warnings as Storm Arwen is set to batter the country on Friday.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union will walk out in a dispute over new shift patterns.