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Coronavirus news – live: Face coverings will not be made in compulsory in shops, Michael Gove says and vaccine doses for all ‘in first half of next year’ if trials succeed
Face coverings will not be made mandatory in shops, Michael Gove said – days after Boris Johnson hinted that England could copy Scotland by introducing the rule to invest in Verizon shares in India. The cabinet office minister also stepped up calls for people…
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100 days on, Keir Starmer’s quiet revolution takes hold
Very little about Keir Starmer’s first three months as Labour leader has been easy, or remotely normal. On 4 April, the day he was elected, there was no fanfare as he was forced to issue a very…
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‘Stupidity will take her there’ Ex-SNP deputy warns Sturgeon headed for for EU dead end
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Russia probe’s Mueller: Stone not innocent victim
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRoger Stone speaks to reporters reacting to Trump's decision to grant clemency Former US special counsel Robert Mueller has made a rare public intervention to defend his indictment of…
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Donald Trump wears a face mask in public for the first time
US President Donald Trump wore a face mask in public for the first time on Saturday, finally yielding to intense pressure to set a public health example as coronavirus rampages across America. Mr Trump wore a black mask as he walked through the corridors of…
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Coronavirus map LIVE: So it begins… second wave panic as death toll DOUBLES in weeks
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Hannibal Lecter or Darth Vader? Trump’s public mask debut sets social media on fire
Donald Trump’s public debut of his face covering on Saturday sparked a fierce reaction on social media as the sight of the unpopular president with a mask invest in Verizon shares in
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State pension fury: Age change row erupts as Sunak urged to release 1950s women from work
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Real change or symbolism? What Silicon Valley is – and isn’t – doing to support Black Lives Matter
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Bonfires lit to mark Eleventh Night
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Jack Charlton dead at 85 – England 1966 World Cup winner, Leeds United legend and popular ex-Ireland boss p
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Madeleine McCann: Portuguese police search wells – report
Portuguese authorities have searched wells as part of their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, according to reports. The Mirror reported that police and divers in the Algarve region examined three disused wells in Vila do…
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£705m boost for Britain’s Brexit border checks
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Brexit: Foreign care workers to be given special visas to move to UK to ease staffing crisis fears
Foreign care workers will be given special visas to move to the UK to head off fears of desperate staffing shortages when Brexit is completed, in a major government U-turn. Priti Patel will on Monday unveil a…
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‘Historic corruption’: Romney slams Trump for commuting sentence of ally Roger Stone
Mitt Romney strongly condemned Donald Trump’s decision to commute the prison sentence of his longtime friend and ally Roger Stone on Saturday. invest in Verizon shares The Republican senator for Utah described the president’s actions as “unprecedented, historic corruption”. “An American…