A skywatcher captured the first full moon of 2022, known as the Wolf Moon, rising over east London's Docklands. The once derelict area is now one of the key commercial and residential spots in the capital.
Man United's interim manager Ralf Rangnick gives status updates on Marcus Rashford, Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Pogba ahead of his side's game against Brentford. Ronaldo and Rashford were pictured in training on Monday with Paul Pogba, who was not expected to return to the group until the end of the month. “Paul Pogba had his first day of training with the whole group yesterday and in the first training session he showed what kind of an extraordinary player he could be,” the interim United boss said.
Nicola Sturgeon said she is “cautiously optimistic” about Scotland’s coronavirus situation ahead of a statement announcing possible changes to restrictions. The First Minister said the country is “in a better position than I feared we would be before Christmas”, but would not comment on whether she plans to follow Wales with a mass easing of Covid rules. Her comments came as the Scottish Tories called for the scrapping of most coronavirus restrictions, with the exception of face coverings.
The man was among several others travelling in a vehicle which fell into a river on a farm in Lancashire.
A distress signal has been detected in an isolated, low-lying group of islands in the Tonga after an undersea volcano erupted near the South Pacific island on Sunday.
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A further 84,429 new cases of Covid have been recorded along with 85 deaths in the UK Government’s latest daily figures. This is a steep drop off in cases from the 142,224 reported last Monday which also saw 77 deaths of people with Covid. The UK now has an official Covid death toll of giving a total of 152,075.
Shares in PlayStation maker Sony have plunged after rival Microsoft, the company behind rival games console Xbox, agreed to buy games developer Activision Blizzard for $68.7bn (£50.5bn). It represents a new challenge in the console battle in which the PlayStation is currently widely seen as having the upper hand. The concern for Sony could be that Activision games might be pulled from the PlayStation's systems - though that would mean sacrificing the major source of revenue that PlayStation currently provides the developer.
CNN reports President Joe Biden has kicked off the year with a less than stellar start. Experts say increasing gas prices could negatively impact the embattled president's optics even more. The prices of crude oil and gasoline have once again started to rise.
Annual inflation was up at 5.4% in December, the highest value for almost 30 years.
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A 40-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter after a five-year-old British girl was killed in a "high-speed" skiing crash in Switzerland.
The rapid spread of the Omicron variant, combined with the roll-out of up to 20 billion doses of vaccine, means the COVID-19 pandemic could be over this year, according to one of the world's leading public health experts. "I wouldn't lift everything at the end of January," said Sir Jeremy, "when the NHS is still under pressure, and we're still in the middle, of course, of winter." Right now, the rest of the world remains in a "pretty dire situation", according to Sir Jeremy, due to low vaccination rates and the incredibly rapid spread of the Omicron variant.
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As Iraq's Shiite leaders jostle to secure a majority in the newly-elected parliament, Sunni and Kurdish minorities have been caught up in a spate of warning grenade attacks, analysts say.
Inquiry chair Sir Jonathan Michael said the task facing his team is “challenging but vitally important”.
The addition has been made to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year.
Boris Johnson was challenged about Jacob Rees-Mogg’s comments on the Scottish Conservative leader.
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