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New Brexit rules in Northern Ireland saw one lorry detained for inspection for three hours, according to a haulage trade body.

A drop in the number of street and bar fights was matched by a rise in illegal raves, road accidents and domestic violence, one police officer said.

Only schools in select areas were due to reopen next week due to high coronavirus rates in the south east of England.

The song notched up 9.2 million streams over the past week.

It has notched up 9.2 million streams over the past week, four years after George Michael’s death.

Downing Street said Boris Johnson would be encouraging jobseekers to take up frontline posts.

Motorists have been warned of the risk of icy patches amid the cold snap.

Rushmoor, Carlisle and Watford are the areas recording the biggest week-on-week increases.

Adrian Boyle, vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, also warned NHS staff are at risk of burnout.

The Northern Ireland Protocol, which requires the region to operate under different regulatory and customs arrangements, in now in force.

Friday saw the first ferries arrive in Ireland from Britain under new trade rules following the end of the Brexit transition period.

Extensive damage appears to have been caused to the back of a property near the Portsmouth waterfront.

Officers were sent to the scene in Coventry to deal with a fight at a house and reports of a motorist deliberately driving at people.

Flash was initially popular following its release in 1996.

The event at the Grade II* listed building in Essex was attended by hundreds of people.

The UK’s future outside the EU’s single market and customs union got off to a quiet start on New Year’s Day.

Large queues of lorries had been feared around Dover at the end of the Brexit transition period on Thursday night.

With many January 1 events cancelled due to coronavirus restrictions, many brave swimmers still took to the waves.

Many Britons have gone above and beyond to help others during the pandemic.

The company has bought BP’s global Aromatics and Acetyls business arms.