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The Duke of Edinburgh retired from public duties in 2017 and has made few public appearances since.

The total number of Covid-19 patients in hospital in England stood at 15,465 on December 16, up from 13,467 a week earlier.

The broadcaster’s new series A Perfect Planet is coming to BBC One.

Unions say the note indicates that NHS staff will be waiting until at least May next year for a pay rise.

97-year-old Margot Lawson met baby great-granddaughter Cecilie from behind a Covid-secure glass partition.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is introducing new rules from January 1.

The Taoiseach said a deal would present opportunities for everyone on the island of Ireland.

Basildon in Essex currently has the highest rate, followed by Havering in London and Medway in Kent.

The northern bottlenose skull was taken from Cocklawburn Beach near Berwick-upon-Tweed in October.

Some fields near the River Towy in West Wales were flooded after the river burst its banks earlier on Friday.

Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill exchanged accusations a day after agreeing to impose a six-week lockdown in Northern Ireland.

Peter Tomlinson pleaded guilty to 12 counts of child sexual abuse.

Independent Sage members said the measures are not effective enough and have varying effects in different regions.

Ian Hopkins has resigned after a report revealed many cases were closed without proper investigation.

Two judges are considering whether the BBC was in contempt and oversaw a preliminary hearing in London on Friday.

Andy Wightman said he ‘cannot operate in this kind of environment’.

Ahead of the Christmas peak Royal Mail hired around 33,000 temporary workers to support its 115,000 permanent postmen and women.

Heads have been told they will receive the full support of their union if they decide they cannot carry out tests at the start of term.

The Prince of Wales was at the recently opened Stone Age to Corinium Gallery at the Corinium Museum in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

Thousands more HGVs have been pouring through Dover as the clock ticks down towards the end of the Brexit transition period.