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Brussels’ chief negotiator Michel Barnier has said there are ‘just a few hours’ left for negotiations.

Marcin Zdun was convicted at Winchester Crown Court of killing Aneta and Nikoleta by stabbing them multiple times at their home in Salisbury.

Northern Ireland and Wales are already bracing for lockdowns in the days after Christmas.

Schools minister Nick Gibb has said tests will be administered by volunteers and agency staff rather than teachers,

A new six-week lockdown will come into force on Boxing Day.

Users will be able to say ‘Alexa, play the Queen’s Christmas Day message’.

26% of people said they plan to visit family and friends but not stay overnight, compared with 52% last year.

Oscar Edgar was applauded by staff as he left the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow, where he has been a patient since birth.

The E-7 Wedgetail surveillance aircraft will join the Poseidon jets which arrived earlier this year.

Tory MP Andrew Lewer was dismissed as a parliamentary private secretary at the Home Office after a ‘canary trap’ investigation.

The duchess brought claims against Splash News and Picture Agency over pictures taken of her and her son in a park in Canada.

Regulator Ofcom said few people have taken up cheaper tariffs to help customers on low incomes, due in part to a lack of promotion.

An amber warning for rain is in place for much of South Wales throughout Friday

Charity Migrant Help has called for support for children spending their first Christmas in the country.

The group said it expects the first quarter of 2021 to be ‘extremely challenging’ amid current tiered restrictions.

The directory, which belonged to Ghislaine Maxwell’s father, was found during lockdown and is being sold to raise money for charity.

The EU set the latest deadline that an agreement must be ready by Sunday night in order to have enough time for MEPs to ratify it.

It has budgeted up to £375 for each of its 4,447 employees to set up offices at home during the pandemic.

The gaming giant says it ‘strives to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction’ and has removed the game ‘until further notice’.

The CMA said the pandemic means that some remedies it may have pursued, including to control prices, could not be developed.