20 December 2020
Government ministers issued a joint request for an Executive meeting to be held.
20 December 2020
Scientists have warned the new Covid variant could be up to 70% more transmissible than the original virus.
20 December 2020
The father of one of the victims said a US Department of Justice email invited him to a livestreamed update on Monday.
20 December 2020
The pair have been locked in a libel battle after Vardy was accused of leaking stories about Rooney’s private life to the media.
20 December 2020
Sir Charles Walker claims the Government knew last week that it would need to bring in tighter coronavirus restrictions.
20 December 2020
Vaughan Gething said the new variant was ‘effectively seeded’.
20 December 2020
Sinn Fein, the Alliance Party and the SDLP issued a joint request for ministers to meet.
20 December 2020
Term has now ended for schools in England until January and they will not be forced to remain shut in the new year, even in Tier 4 areas.
20 December 2020
Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the country faces an ‘enormous challenge’ containing the disease while a vaccine is rolled out.
20 December 2020
The Dementia Dog charity is a project of Alzheimer Scotland and Dogs for Good.
20 December 2020
Chief Constable lain Livingstone said police would deploy ‘highly visible patrols’ on roads.
20 December 2020
The strain has been detected in Wales and Scotland, but not yet in Northern Ireland.
20 December 2020
Health Secretary Matt Hancock condemned the exodus.
20 December 2020
Anne Sacoolas was charged with causing the teenager’s death by dangerous driving on December 20 last year.
20 December 2020
The Archbishop of Canterbury said people should share memories of lost loved ones and make plans for proper celebrations in times ahead.
20 December 2020
Joe Giddens scaled Scafell Pike six times in 24 hours in a bid to secure the ‘world’s most expensive drug’ for Marley, who has a rare genetic disorder
20 December 2020
Playing music to his herd of 180 cows is among a series of natural farming practices employed by farmer Joe Hayden to cut his carbon footprint.
20 December 2020
Professor Devi Sridhar said Scotland has imposed tough measures despite a lower infection rate.
20 December 2020
The national clinical director said people should not be gathering ‘just so they can see people who they have missed’.
20 December 2020
Dances have been choreographed so that they can be done socially-distanced.