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Professor Danny Altmann, of Imperial College London, warned variants ‘do pose a threat’ and ‘we still have a very large vulnerable population’.

Environment Secretary George Eustice has argued there are already ‘some quite robust systems’ in place around the practice.

Polling for Greenpeace shows 69% of people back a ban on bottom trawling, which risks releasing carbon from the seabed in protected areas.

The front pages on Monday carry a mix of stories including the royals’ support of the Queen and the continuing Greensill scandal.

The footballer has previously campaigned for free school meals.

The charges relate to the amendment of police officers’ statements following the disaster on April 15 1989.

The Times said the Prime Minister planned to make it a criminal offence not to declare work for a foreign government in the UK.

Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester City have signed up to the planned competition.

The monarch will turn 95 on Wednesday, four days after Philip’s funeral.

Andy Cooke, Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, said if he was given a £5bn budget to cut crime, most of it would be spent trying to tackle poverty.

Party colleagues paid tribute to the ‘indefatigable’ ex-Oxfam chief.

The PM said the rumoured breakaway clubs ‘must answer to their fans’ before pursuing the widely criticised idea.

Joshua Hall, 17, died in hospital following reports of a stabbing at a sports club in Gloucestershire.

An audience of 4,000 were present at the stadium in north-west London to witness the match between Leicester City and Southampton.

Mary Lou McDonald described the assassination of the Duke of Edinburgh’s uncle as ‘heartbreaking’.

Dabirul Islam Choudhury was made an OBE after raising thousands for Covid-19 relief during Ramadan in 2020.

The race to find new treatments has been limited by lockdown restrictions, the Institute of Cancer Research, London said.

Mohsin Issa and Zuber Issa’s firm EG Group has bought more than 70 Leon restaurants across the UK and Europe.

The concert in Liverpool will be part of a scientific experiment.

The warm weather coincided with the first weekend of the latest relaxation of coronavirus lockdown measures in England.