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‘UK, we love you’: First arrivals of 2022 cross Channel
A young girl in a pink onesie was carried ashore by her father in Dover on Tuesday.
Austrian newspaper rips into Boris Johnson’s Brexit ‘wins’
"Johnson thinks it is great that pint glasses now have a royal crown again. Hopefully this grand achievement will comfort all those Brits in the pub, drowning their sorrow at the stupidity of their own government."
Anger at Blair’s knighthood as his defence sec says he was told to BURN secret memo
Geoff Hoon said he was told in "no uncertain terms" to burn a secret memo that said the 2003 invasion of Iraq could be illegal.
Free NHS prescriptions could be axed from April amid price and tax hikes
The blow for the over-60s comes amid increases in National Insurance, energy bill costs, income tax, rail fares and council tax.
Omicron outbreak leaves entire fire station without firefighters
Stations across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight declared their fire engines unavailable last week due to Covid outbreaks.
Johnson breaks Brexit vow to slash VAT again as energy bills set to rise
Despite not seeming keen to cut VAT as per the Leave campaign promise, he took the opportunity to say this week that leaving the EU means the UK can now set its own VAT rates.
‘Disastrous’ if Andrew uses loophole to avoid charges
"Andrew is seeking to use a legal loophole, a technicality, to avoid scrutiny over claims of sexual abuse. That is totally unacceptable."
It’s already too late for new Covid curbs, expert says
There's evidence Omicron is turning a corner in London, Dr Mike Tildesley said.
Nonplussed reactions to Downing Street briefing that could have been a text message
"PM has responded to concerns a 250% increase in Covid hospitalisations is leaving the NHS at risk of collapse by not doing a thing about it."