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He also defended Boris Johnson after the Prime Minister’s seven-mile bicycle ride.

Nicky Maxey, a Met Office spokeswoman, said unsettled conditions are set to last into next week.

Firms in the capital are struggling to deal with the impact of the coronavirus crisis, say recruiters.

The Holyrood inquiry into the Government’s handling of harassment claims has the former first minister is due to hear from him.

The London facility has been erected to cope with the increasing number of deaths across the capital.

A frontline doctor told the PA news agency that staff are being forced to sacrifice standards of care due to an ‘overwhelming’ number of patients.

The emergence of a new strain of the virus in the South American country has raised concerns about whether it could be more dangerous.

Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland) described the situation as ‘a shambles of the Government’s own making’.

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle intervened in the Commons and noted ‘there’s no overwhelming evidence for that’.

Emily Lawson was inoculated at Turret Medical Centre in her home town of Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan complained the capital was not getting its fair share of doses.

Lidl beat Aldi by just 34p in a study looking at the average costs of a basket of 45 products, Which? said.

The Blue Family campaign has provided food parcels, laptops, help with utility bills and mental health support.

Patrick Joyce wants nurses and doctors to ‘know that he supports them and appreciates them’.

Priti Patel said Chartwells should be ‘ashamed of themselves’ after images showing the poor-quality hampers were widely shared on social media.

The set of four stamps goes on sale from January 26.

But the Home Secretary did not rule out further restrictions being introduced in the future.

The International Trade Secretary said her department was not responsible for negotiating the deal.

Temperatures fell to as low as minus 6.4C (20F) in the Highlands on Thursday morning.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle criticised all sides.