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Covid news – live: UK sees third-highest daily death toll as doctors face choosing patients to prioritise
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Kayleigh McEnany leaves White House after final two-minute press briefing following deadly Capitol riot
Trump’s press secretary refused to take questions following the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol earlier this month
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Digital Spy
Holby City star Rosie Marcel's real-life husband was used for Jac and Kian kissing scene
A lot of camera trickery was involved, too.
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The Independent
Ice cream tests positive for coronavirus in China
Contamination ‘probably a one-off’ and no cause for panic, virologist says
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Yahoo News UK
Doctors told to bin leftover vaccines instead of administering second doses
GPs have reportedly been warned by local health authorities that they cannot use extra doses on staff or any patients who have already received their first jab.
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Reuters
Forty seven players quarantined after COVID-19 cases on Australian Open flights
Forty-seven players have been forced into two weeks of hotel quarantine in Melbourne after three coronavirus infections were reported on two chartered flights carrying them to the year's first grand slam, the tournament organisers said on Saturday. Two dozen players who arrived from Los Angeles entered strict hotel quarantine after an aircrew member and Australian Open participant who is not a player tested positive for the new coronavirus. Later, another non-player passenger on a flight from Abu Dhabi tested positive, prompting the organisers to usher 23 players into hotel quarantine.
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The Independent
Trump will take nuclear football out of DC on his final day in office - and the codes will be deactivated at the stroke of noon
Military officials will have second 45-pound briefcase ready for Joe Biden
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Sky video
COVID-19: 'Patients are younger and sicker than in the first wave'
David Parrott is just 19 years old and he sits in isolation wearing an oxygen mask that help his COVID-ravaged lungs to breathe.
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The Independent
Ex lover of former king Juan Carlos tells court her life was threatened by Spanish spy
Trial threatens fresh embarrassment for scandal-tainted Spanish royal family
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Evening Standard
Son of Only Fools and Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst died of rare brain condition, his family reveal
The mother of teenage actor Archie Lyndhurst has revealed he died from a brain haemorrhage while he slept at his family home in west London. The teenager, who had been acting since the age of 11 and was son of Only Fools and Horses star Nicholas Lyndhurst, starred in the hit CBBC show So Awkward as Ollie Coulton and was dating co-star Nethra Tilakumara. Archie had no signs of illness before his death his family said.
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The Independent
Tory revolt threatens Boris Johnson with defeat over £1,000 a year cut to universal credit
Fifty-strong Northern Research Group calls for emergency increase to stay – ahead of Commons vote
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The Independent
New York City will run out of coronavirus vaccine by next week, Mayor Bill de Blasio says
Mr de Blasio says New York City should be given more vaccines because it can actually distribute the shot
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The Guardian
Donald Trump isolated and enraged ahead of Biden inauguration
Donald Trump isolated and enraged ahead of Biden inauguration. A slew of aides have deserted the president and the Pentagon has decided not to hold an armed forces farewell tribute
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The Independent
NHS hospital brings in military to cover Covid-related staff sickness
Military also being sent to hospitals in London
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Evening Standard
GPs ‘forced to bin leftover vaccines’ amid struggle to book exact number of Covid vaccine recipients
GPs are being forced to bin leftover vaccines rather than give patients second doses or use them on staff, according to reports. Local NHS leaders are said to have issued the vaccine disposal instructions to doctors organising clinics. The revelation comes as Pfizer said there would be a short delay to UK orders of its vaccine.
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Yahoo News UK
Brits wake to blanket of snow as weather warnings issued for swathes of UK
Forecasters say there has been up to 2cm of snow in Norfolk and East Anglia with more expected to fall.
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HuffPost UK
Dancing On Ice's Colin Jackson Explains Why He Turned Down Same-Sex Partnership
The former Olympic hurdler is paired with professional skater Klabera Komini.
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The Independent
Trump administration staffers reportedly getting snubbed while looking for new jobs
'They're all very all about themselves with narcissistic attitudes,' says one recruiter
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The Independent
Justice Amy Coney Barrett to hear climate lawsuit against Shell – despite accusations of conflict of interest
Despite her father’s long career at Shell, Justice Barrett is due to hear arguments in a case brought against the oil giant by the city of Baltimore next week, writes senior climate correspondent Louise Boyle
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The Independent
Collision course: Russia prepares for Alexei Navalny’s return
Tension mounts ahead of Vladimir Putin’s outspoken critic ending his four-month involuntary exile on Sunday, Oliver Carroll writes, but will the poisoned Kremlin foe be arrested on arrival – and if so, how?
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