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    • Johnson faces Tory anger over continued school closures
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      Johnson faces Tory anger over continued school closures

      Conservative MPs warned the Prime Minister that children are becoming the ‘forgotten victims’ of the pandemic.

    • Holocaust survivors’ powerful testimony: We are not typical – most Jews died
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      Holocaust survivors’ powerful testimony: We are not typical – most Jews died

      Survivors share their stories to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

    • BP's oil exploration team swept aside in climate revolution
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      BP's oil exploration team swept aside in climate revolution

      Nothing escapes the winds of change now sweeping through BP, not even the exploration team that for more than a century powered its profits by discovering billions of barrels of oil. Its geologists, engineers and scientists have been cut to less than 100 from a peak of more than 700 a few years ago, company sources told Reuters, part of a climate change-driven overhaul triggered last year by CEO Bernard Looney. Hundreds have left the oil exploration team in recent months, either transferred to help develop new low-carbon activities or laid off, current and former employees said.

    • Cold and bright conditions to give way to wind and rain in the week
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      Cold and bright conditions to give way to wind and rain in the week

      The Met Office said the risk of flooding will return as temperatures rise.

    • UK to launch global climate adaptation effort with partner countries
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      UK to launch global climate adaptation effort with partner countries

      Britain will team up with Egypt, Bangladesh, Malawi, Saint Lucia and the Netherlands to help communities around the world that are threatened by climate change to adapt and build resilience, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will say on Monday. Early warning systems for storms and investments in flood drainage and in drought-resistant crops could form part of the measures promoted by the new Adaptation Action Coalition, Johnson's Downing Street office says. Britain holds the rotating presidency of the G7 group of industrialised countries this year and Johnson said he would make the need for a resilient economy a priority within that framework.

    • Work on unmanned combat aircraft to begin after £30m Government investment
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      Work on unmanned combat aircraft to begin after £30m Government investment

      The three-year contract to design and manufacture a prototype will support more than 100 jobs in Northern Ireland, the MoD said.

    • Councils to get £23m to encourage high-risk groups to have jab
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      Councils to get £23m to encourage high-risk groups to have jab

      Councils to get £23m to encourage high-risk groups to have jabFunding will help English local authorities target minority ethnic and older people * Coronavirus – latest updates * See all our coronavirus coverage

    • Uncertainty over 12-week Covid jab interval intensifies as UK rollout expands
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      Uncertainty over 12-week Covid jab interval intensifies as UK rollout expands

      Uncertainty over 12-week Covid jab interval intensifies as UK rollout expands. More vaccination centres open as experts call for monitoring of effect of lengthy gap between jabs

    • Bank of England risks creating climate change ‘moral hazard’, MPs warn
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      Bank of England risks creating climate change ‘moral hazard’, MPs warn

      The Bank has helped keep many large businesses afloat during the lockdown.

    • Government alters rules in bid to boost employment scheme for young people
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      Government alters rules in bid to boost employment scheme for young people

      The £2 billion scheme has created more than 120,000 jobs for 16-24 year olds so far.

    • Holocaust offers timely reminder of impact of divisive speech, trust boss warns
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      Holocaust offers timely reminder of impact of divisive speech, trust boss warns

      January 27 is Holocaust Memorial Day.

    • Reports of fears for children living with domestic abuse rise by 50%, say NSPCC
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      Reports of fears for children living with domestic abuse rise by 50%, say NSPCC

      The NSPCC said worried friends and neighbours are increasingly contacting them with fears for children trapped in abusive homes during the pandemic.

    • Scientists developing laser system to remove cancer more precisely
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      Scientists developing laser system to remove cancer more precisely

      The new system will be based around ultrafast lasers.

    • UK risks becoming ‘failed state’ unless it reforms union – Gordon Brown
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      UK risks becoming ‘failed state’ unless it reforms union – Gordon Brown

      He spoke out after polls found a majority of voters thought Scotland was likely to be independent in the next 10 years.

    • Labour issues warning over Government plans to ‘increase council tax’
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      Labour issues warning over Government plans to ‘increase council tax’

      Labour’s Opposition Day debates on Monday will focus on the Government’s ‘proposed increase in council tax’ and its plans for employment rights.

    • Lockdown lifting a ‘long, long way’ off says Hancock as 6.3m receive jab
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      Lockdown lifting a ‘long, long way’ off says Hancock as 6.3m receive jab

      A record 491,970 people across the UK received their first dose of the vaccine on a single day.

    • Terror watchdog launches inquiry into radicalisation in jails
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      Terror watchdog launches inquiry into radicalisation in jails

      Jonathan Hall QC said there has been a ‘steady drumbeat’ of terrorist attacks on prison officers.

    • Britons warned of treacherous conditions as sub-zero temperatures follow snow
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      Britons warned of treacherous conditions as sub-zero temperatures follow snow

      An amber weather warning for snow is in place covering an area from Nottingham to Stoke-on-Trent.

    • Jeremy Hunt: Medical grade masks should be compulsory in shops
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      Jeremy Hunt: Medical grade masks should be compulsory in shops

      The former health secretary thinks the public should be wearing air filtration masks in public spaces instead of cloth or surgical masks.

    • Ministers won't commit to reopening schools in England after Easter holidays
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      Ministers won't commit to reopening schools in England after Easter holidays

      Ministers won't commit to reopening schools in England after Easter holidays. Stubbornly high Covid infection rate means no end in sight for home schooling for most pupils

    • Former Brexit MEP dies in diving accident in the Bahamas
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      Former Brexit MEP dies in diving accident in the Bahamas

      Robert Rowland represented the South East of England at the European Parliament from July 2019 to December 2020.

    • Midlands becomes first region in England to give a million initial Covid jabs
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      Midlands becomes first region in England to give a million initial Covid jabs

      London still lags behind all other regions in terms of the total number of jabs given, having delivered around 641,000 since December 8.

    • Large parts of UK wake up to winter wonderland
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      Large parts of UK wake up to winter wonderland

      The hashtag ‘Narnia’ was trending on social media as people shared images of their snowy neighbourhoods.

    • Lockdown lifting is a ‘long, long, long way’ off, says Hancock
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      Lockdown lifting is a ‘long, long, long way’ off, says Hancock

      The Health Secretary said the vaccination rollout is making ‘brilliant progress’ but Covid cases have been ‘incredibly high’.

    • Protesters told to stay away from court hearing of Colston statue accused
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      Protesters told to stay away from court hearing of Colston statue accused

      Police warned those planning to demonstrate during the court appearance of those accused of toppling the statue of slaver Edward Colston risk a fine.

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