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Government ministers issued a joint request for an Executive meeting to be held.

Scientists have warned the new Covid variant could be up to 70% more transmissible than the original virus.

The father of one of the victims said a US Department of Justice email invited him to a livestreamed update on Monday.

The pair have been locked in a libel battle after Vardy was accused of leaking stories about Rooney’s private life to the media.

Sir Charles Walker claims the Government knew last week that it would need to bring in tighter coronavirus restrictions.

Vaughan Gething said the new variant was ‘effectively seeded’.

Sinn Fein, the Alliance Party and the SDLP issued a joint request for ministers to meet.

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.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the country faces an ‘enormous challenge’ containing the disease while a vaccine is rolled out.

The Dementia Dog charity is a project of Alzheimer Scotland and Dogs for Good.

Chief Constable lain Livingstone said police would deploy ‘highly visible patrols’ on roads.

The strain has been detected in Wales and Scotland, but not yet in Northern Ireland.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock condemned the exodus.

Anne Sacoolas was charged with causing the teenager’s death by dangerous driving on December 20 last year.

The Archbishop of Canterbury said people should share memories of lost loved ones and make plans for proper celebrations in times ahead.

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

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.

Professor Devi Sridhar said Scotland has imposed tough measures despite a lower infection rate.

The national clinical director said people should not be gathering ‘just so they can see people who they have missed’.

Dances have been choreographed so that they can be done socially-distanced.