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Julian Knight said the next few months are ‘crucial’ for the cultural and sporting sectors.

Rishi Sunak said in a tweet he would update the House of Commons on Thursday with a ‘Winter Economy Plan’ once furlough finishes in November.

Another 220 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Northern Ireland in the last 24-hour reporting period.

The Labour leader has continued to criticise the Prime Minister’s performance after attacking his record in his party conference speech.

Declan Kearney said the Prime Minister was treating Northern Ireland as a ‘commodity’ in negotiations with the EU.

The drugs were found in the early hours of Tuesday hidden in pallets that had arrived at the Kent port on a vessel from South America.

The First Minister said this would allow people to ‘drink up, to eat up, to bring their evening to an orderly close’.

Michael Gove said the measures were aimed at preventing the prospect of 7,000 lorries queued up due to bureaucracy at the border with France.

The duke recorded a video with the Duchess of Sussex for Time magazine, but has faced a backlash amid accusations of political interference.

Broadcaster Zeinab Badawi takes up her role as the Duke of Cambridge’s private secretary Simon Case steps down as director.

The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.

Customers returned to hundreds of traditional bars that do not serve food across Northern Ireland on Wednesday for the first time since lockdown.

Tougher restrictions are being brought in across all four nations.

The wine ewer has attracted interest from China.

Both police and several suspects required hospital treatment after coming into contact with the chemical during a raid in Barnet, north London.

Dyfed-Powys Police said around 40 people had protested in the area on Tuesday evening, and the 50-year-old man was arrested.

More applicants from overseas are expected to start at British universities despite disruption from the pandemic.

UK companies were heavily represented in the leaked suspicious activity reports.

The number of diagnoses is predicted to double every 10 days in a major onslaught on the health service.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex appeared in a video for Time magazine as they urged voter participation ahead of the presidential elections.