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Covid ‘super variant’ identified with 32 mutations
Virologist Tom Peacock described the spike mutation profile as “really awful” and “horrific", although case numbers are very small.
Just 5% of Windrush victims have been compensated by Home Office
Some applicants died before they could see a full payout, a major investigation into the government's handling of the scandal has found.
Britain facing alcohol shortage ahead of Christmas
“There is mounting concern that unless urgent action is taken, we will fall deeper into delivery chaos", the Wine and Spirit Trade Association warned.
Piers Morgan hits back following Adil Ray’s ‘baby’ comments on GMB
“You have presented with some babies over the years, haven’t you?”, Ray asked Susanna Reid on this morning's show.
Industrial communities protest as North sees funding cut post-Brexit
Grants given through the government’s Shared Prosperity Fund were supposed to match EU cash previously handed out to UK regions for development. In reality, the north is £1.65 billion down.
Tory MPs suggest migrants should be sent to Falkland Islands
"The only way we will put these people off is by giving them the message that if you come here you are going to be sent 8,000 miles away."
Remind you of anyone? Thatcher ‘may have misled MPs’ it has been revealed
Foreign Office files show former PM wrongly told the Commons flight BA149 landed before the Iraqi invasion had begun.
Brexit: Frost calls divergence from EU rules ‘national necessity’ as France to blockade Calais
Regarding Covid he said: “I am very happy that free Britain, or at least merry England, is probably now the freest country in the world as regards Covid restrictions. No mask rules, no vaccine passports. Long may it remain so."