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Ikea opens doors on first UK high street small-format site
It is a quarter of the size of a typical site and will offer 1,800 products, alongside 4,000 display products
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Russia begins invasion of Ukraine as missiles and strikes hit cities
Missiles and strikes have hit airfields in cities across the country
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Kate joins children at forest nursery school on Denmark fact-finding visit
She will take part in outdoor activities with the youngsters, who are taught in the open air for part of the year
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Thousands of bank branches have closed in the past 12 years
In the year to March 2021, the number of bank branches across the UK dropped by 9%
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The regions and local authorities with biggest amount of fuel poverty
The definition of fuel poverty or fuel stress is when a household’s required fuel costs are above the median level
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Beekeeper expects thousands of bees will die after storm blows hives over
The Hive Honey Shop in London in 1992 but was forced to take the business online during the pandemic
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Spring booster jab to be given to most vulnerable
The NHS in England will offer people the jab from around six months after their last dose
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Storm Franklin: Almost 3,000 homes in Northern Ireland without power
At the peak of the disruption, Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) said there were 10,000 homes without power
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More than 300 flood warnings and alerts in place across the UK
The River Don and River Mersey burst their banks on Sunday
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Updates as Storm Franklin batters UK with more weather warnings in place
The country had around 12-24 hours of relative calm before gusts of up to 80mph were once again battering parts of the UK.
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Storm Franklin to hit UK just days after Eunice and Dudley caused chaos
Environment agencies have also issued hundreds of alerts for flooding across the UK
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Queen tests positive for Covid-19
The Queen is understood to be triple vaccinated but she had been on doctors’ order to rest since mid October