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Deprivation, being obese or overweight, smoking or suffering mental health problems were linked to disordered eating.

London and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire will be placed under the toughest level of coronavirus restrictions from Wednesday.

The Financial Conduct Authority imposed the fine and said Barclays has paid over £273 million to at least 1,530,000 customer accounts.

The footballer, who admitted careless driving, smelled of ‘intoxicating liquor’ after the incident in March, one witness said.

London mayor Sadiq Khan has also called for a Government rethink.

The south-east London borough has agreed to withdraw its advice to move to online learning for the end of term amid a surge in Covid-19 cases.

Professor Calum Semple said he would expect the vaccine to still be effective against the virus.

Tracey Horsburgh was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 and has since recovered, but her husband, Matt, died of kidney cancer in died in 2018.

Scotland recorded a drug-death rate more than three times higher than the UK as a whole in 2019.

The National Infrastructure Commission has recommended that investment should be focused on boosting services across the North and the Midlands.

The 14-carat gold timepiece was taken from Pierrepont Arcade in Islington, north London, on Saturday by a man who pretended he wanted to buy a vase.

With a no-deal Brexit on January 1, British lamb would face tariffs of 48%, making it prohibitively expensive to customers in Europe.

Her comments came as Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has told Greenwich council it could face legal action if it does not keep schools open.

Mr Rankin donated his archive to the library in Edinburgh in 2019.

There were 205 fewer deaths involving coronavirus in the week ending December 4 compared with the previous week, new figures show.

Last year saw 1,264 people die with causes related to drugs.

Experts warned that, even if manufacturers meet all their production goals, people in poorer countries could face a long wait.

The world was 1.07C warmer on average for 2010-18 than in the second half of the 19th century.

The body of Roberts Buncis was found in Fishtoft, near Boston, on Saturday, Lincolnshire Police said.

Confidence in Cardiff Bay’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic is at its lowest but is still higher than for the Westminster Government.