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Strangest charity shop donations of this year
Staff and volunteers received donations including a scorpion preserved in a jar of formaldehyde in St Andrews, in Scotland, which has since been given to the local university
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Innate immune response in children protects them from severe Covid, study reveals
The study compared Covid-19 infection in adults and children across multiple organs
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NYE London and Hogmanay celebrations cancelled as more restrictions expected
Coronavirus restrictions are expected to tighten
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Supermarket Christmas opening times for Tesco, M&S, ASDA, Morrisons, Aldi and Lidl
Due to some supermarkets having smaller convenience stores which are open later, most shops vary on what their opening times are
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Show off your Christmas decorations to the world on our brand new map
Got your tinsel to a tee and in love with your lights?
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‘Oldest family tree’ pieced together from 5,000-year-old extended family’s DNA
The research provides new insights into kinship and burial practices in Neolithic times
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UK economic growth slowed sharply before Omicron impact
Further Covid-19 restrictions could also affect the first quarter of 2022
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Four men jailed for bid to smuggle 69 migrants into UK on converted fishing boat
The boat was intercepted by UK authorities
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Bank of England fines Metro Bank £5.4m over reporting failures
The bank failed to “take sufficient care to ensure that it complied with its obligations to make accurate reports to the PRA”
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Andrew Lloyd Webber ‘devastated’ to cancel Cinderella production
It promises to return in February
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Coronavirus isolation period reduced from 10 days to seven with negative test
Lateral flow tests are just as sensitive at detecting the Omicron variant
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SSAFA Armed Forces charity puts smiles on faces with festive hampers
SSAFA has given more than £377,000 to support the community