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Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the announcements would enable firms to plan ahead.

Shadow communities secretary Steve Reed warned local authorities are facing a ‘vast’ funding gap which will ‘inevitably’ lead to job losses and cuts.

The former chief adviser to the Prime Minister said politicians should worry more about nuclear accidents than gossip column stories about their dogs.

It calls for better co-ordination of artificial intelligence policy.

It is understood the Stormont Executive has agreed to close all non-essential retail, close contact services and restrict hospitality to takeaways.

The Prince of Wales also acknowledged that people of colour are more adversely affected by the virus.

Other regions are very close to setting new records.

More than two-thirds of the population will be in Tier 3 from Saturday.

Education unions have criticised the Government for making a last-minute announcement just hours before the end of term.

Andrew Slorance’s intelligent wheelchair triumphed over competition from around the globe.

Lord Fowler said his call-up for the vaccine is ‘not an appointment I wish to miss’.

A poll commissioned by travel think tank Thrive indicated that 36% are concerned about festive trips.

The service is available to 7.9 million homes across the UK.

Labour’s Zarah Sultana said the Commons Leader was reportedly in line to receive a £800,000 dividend payout this year.

The princess, her sister Beatrice and Sarah, Duchess of York, carried out a virtual call with the charity to celebrate its anniversary.

Three of the rides have had their evacuation policies immediately reviewed, and a further seven will have changes implemented from March 2021.

Matthew Mowbray, 49, was jailed for a total of five years for 15 offences.

The Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously to keep rates unchanged at 0.1% at its final meeting of the year.

A new study suggests that the proportion of schoolchildren and teachers with coronavirus mirrors the proportion in the local community.

The chairwoman of Public Accounts Committee said a lack of detail about the possible changes to a return to school in January was ‘ludicrous’.