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All new prisons to have ‘airport-style security’ to clamp down on drugs
The Government has outlined the plans in its Prisons Strategy White Paper
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PMQs live: Boris Johnson to face grilling over alleged lockdown Christmas party
The Conservative Party leader will be under the spotlight at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday
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Storm Barra: Floods, wind, rain and ice to batter UK
Met Office forecasters said Storm Barra is not expected to cause as much chaos as Storm Arwen
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Formerly vaccine-hesitant nurse urges unjabbed to come forward
The NHS has stressed that the offer of a vaccine is “evergreen”
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Omicron R-rate could be as high as 3.47 as it could be more transmissible than Delta variant
The high figure for Omicron is said to be to due to “a mixture of it being good at transmitting itself and being a partial vaccine escape”,
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Boris Johnson urged to ‘come clean’ after aides filmed joking about ‘Christmas party’
Mr Johnson’s official spokesman has insisted “there was not a party” but the Prime Minister declined to characterise the event
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Christmas price rises likely due to supply chain pressures, companies warn
Four in five mid-sized firms expect rising costs and Covid-19 restrictions to hamper trading
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More than 13,000 NHS operations cancelled in last two months
The "alarming" figures mean thousands of patients have been left in limbo
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Two Omicron cases in Somerset linked to private party
The part of Somerset where the party took place has not been announced.
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UK broadcasters including BBC and ITV agree to avoid use of term BAME
It stands for black, Asian and minority ethnic
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'Significant' Omicron variant wave to hit Wales according to health minister
A fifth case of the variant was confirmed by Public Health Wales.
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Covid-19 hotel quarantine breaches human rights, says law firm
"The idea that they need to pay for the privilege of their own imprisonment is outrageous"