News
The latest local and national UK and International news.
Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Surrey moved into tier 3
Mr Hancock said the UK has “come so far” and “mustn’t blow it now”.
Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott gives $4.1bn to charity in four months as he made $72bn during pandemic
Bezos is the world’s wealthiest person, with a fortune estimated at $185bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, up from $113bn before the pandemic.
Sweden’s king admits its coronavirus strategy has ‘failed’
“I think we have failed. We have a large number who have died and that is terrible. It is something we all have to suffer with,” the king said.
Priti Patel says she would call the police if she spotted Xmas Covid flouters
Although the Home Secretary said police should only take action against ‘egregious’ breaches.
Watch: Man tells BBC cameras he won’t get jab “because of the chip in it”
He said he had heard about the theory on WhatsApp.
Pro-Leave Cornwall ‘feeling used’ as it faces ‘significant’ Brexit funding cut
Cornwall - which voted 56.5 per cent in favour of Leave - has applied for £700 million over the next decade from the government to replace cash from Brussels.
Pay gap between workers and executives is ‘shocking’, report finds
Ocado's chief executive was paid £58.7 million last year - 2,605 times the £22,500 paid to the average staff member.
UNICEF to help feed British kids for the first time in history
The UN agency compared the impact of the pandemic on children to that of the Second World War.
Papers say “carry on Christmas” as Johnson resists calls to scrap easing
It comes as leading medical bodies warn Mr Johnson “is about to blunder into another major error that will cost many lives”.