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Bottom trawling in marine-protected areas is harming habitat and releasing carbon, the Marine Conservation Society has warned.

Organisations representing college leaders and students have called on the Government to scrap the January exam series which starts this week.

Kate Nicholls, chief executive of trade group UKHospitality, warned the measures are ‘only a sticking plaster’.

Many places have already postponed non-urgent surgeries.

Khairi Saadallah has pleaded guilty to three murders and three attempted murders.

Kiera Murrell said some university students are ‘barely getting by’ in their studies due to coronavirus.

Kantar figures also showed the sector enjoyed a record month in December as restrictions saw restaurants, bars and cafes closed across most of the UK.

Passengers must quarantine for 10 days after coming to the UK.

The Cabinet Office minister said there is no certainty over when the restrictions can be eased.

The Royal College of Nursing backed the appeal, calling for a review of the existing PPE guidance and ventilation in hospitals.

Travellers heading for Spain, the Netherlands and Sweden have been held up at borders following the UK’s departure from the single market.

The payments are available to around 600,000 retail, hospitality and leisure sites on top of an extra £594m to councils and devolved administrations.

The news came as the supermarket revealed that sales in the past three weeks jumped 9.3% compared with a year earlier.

The group said full-price sales over the nine weeks to December 26 fell 1.1%.

A judge ruled Assange could not be extradited from the UK.

Mr Johnson announced the biggest changes to schooling since the first lockdown.

Monday evening’s address from Boris Johnson makes headlines on Tuesday.

The Government has been urged to place police officers on a priority list to receive coronavirus vaccine.

Boris Johnson pinned hopes on the rollout of vaccines to ease the restrictions in mid-February.

The latest restrictions came into effect from midnight on Tuesday in all Level 4 areas of the Scottish Government’s five-tier system.