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Sajid Javid indicates PCR tests for double-jabbed travellers will be scrapped

Sajid Javid indicates PCR tests for double-jabbed travellers will be scrapped

Sajid Javid indicates PCR tests for double-jabbed travellers will be scrapped

14 September 2021

Private testing firms listed on the Government website have been accused of advertising misleading low prices and providing poor service.


Zero-emission submarine project wins Government funding

Zero-emission submarine project wins Government funding

Zero-emission submarine project wins Government funding

14 September 2021

The fully automated vessels are designed to be ‘net positive’ by running on green hydrogen and collecting microplastics.


Boris Johnson’s mother remembered as ‘astonishing self-taught artist’ by curator

Boris Johnson’s mother remembered as ‘astonishing self-taught artist’ by curator

Boris Johnson’s mother remembered as ‘astonishing self-taught artist’ by curator

14 September 2021

Tributes have poured in after the Prime Minister’s mother, painter Charlotte Johnson Wahl died aged 79 on Monday.


Booster jabs for millions of people to be rolled out from next week

Booster jabs for millions of people to be rolled out from next week

Booster jabs for millions of people to be rolled out from next week

14 September 2021

Health Secretary Sajid Javid told the Commons that the NHS would contact all those who are eligible.


Police chief condemns public figures who rush to judge social media clips

Police chief condemns public figures who rush to judge social media clips

Police chief condemns public figures who rush to judge social media clips

14 September 2021

Dame Cressida Dick singled out public figures who should understand ‘the dangers of jumping to erroneous conclusions’.


Mandatory face coverings and Covid passes under ‘Plan B’ if cases surge

Mandatory face coverings and Covid passes under ‘Plan B’ if cases surge

Mandatory face coverings and Covid passes under ‘Plan B’ if cases surge

14 September 2021

Health Secretary Sajid Javid set out the Government’s approach to managing coronavirus in the autumn and winter.


Care home resident, 95, gets chance to relive job as Rolls-Royce chauffeur

Care home resident, 95, gets chance to relive job as Rolls-Royce chauffeur

Care home resident, 95, gets chance to relive job as Rolls-Royce chauffeur

14 September 2021

Alec Goy got to drive around fellow care home resident, Eve, in a vintage Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow.


Modern snakes ‘evolved from a few survivors of dinosaur-killing asteroid’

Modern snakes ‘evolved from a few survivors of dinosaur-killing asteroid’

Modern snakes ‘evolved from a few survivors of dinosaur-killing asteroid’

14 September 2021

Fossil analysis helped researchers pinpoint the time modern snakes evolved.


Covid-19: Booster jabs for millions to be rolled out from next week

Covid-19: Booster jabs for millions to be rolled out from next week

Covid-19: Booster jabs for millions to be rolled out from next week

14 September 2021

Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the NHS would contact all those who are eligible for a booster dose.


Killer recommended to spend life behind bars expecting 2022 release, MPs hear

Killer recommended to spend life behind bars expecting 2022 release, MPs hear

Killer recommended to spend life behind bars expecting 2022 release, MPs hear

14 September 2021

Nicholas Burton was found guilty of the murder of 27-year-old Rachel McGrath in Cheshire in 1997.


End of furlough scheme will bring travel sector job losses to 100,000 – survey

End of furlough scheme will bring travel sector job losses to 100,000 – survey

End of furlough scheme will bring travel sector job losses to 100,000 – survey

14 September 2021

The Job Retention Scheme will be closed on September 30.


Inflatable ‘current buster’ to tackle oil spills tested

Inflatable ‘current buster’ to tackle oil spills tested

Inflatable ‘current buster’ to tackle oil spills tested

14 September 2021

Staff from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency were given practice in setting up the oil containment and recovery system.


Families with young children ‘facing steep rise in poverty’

Families with young children ‘facing steep rise in poverty’

Families with young children ‘facing steep rise in poverty’

14 September 2021

Some 36% of children in families with a child under five were living in relative poverty in 2019-20, according to data.


TikTok adds new safety resources to help user wellbeing

TikTok adds new safety resources to help user wellbeing

TikTok adds new safety resources to help user wellbeing

14 September 2021

It is the latest in a number of safety-based changes the social media company has made in recent weeks.


Children aged 12 to 15 to be offered Pfizer jab in Wales

Children aged 12 to 15 to be offered Pfizer jab in Wales

Children aged 12 to 15 to be offered Pfizer jab in Wales

14 September 2021

The Welsh Government said the rollout would begin next week


Impact of voter ID on turnout unknowable, says minister

Impact of voter ID on turnout unknowable, says minister

Impact of voter ID on turnout unknowable, says minister

14 September 2021

Chloe Smith said recent pilots had seen 0.4% of voters turned away for lacking photographic ID.


Third wave of Covid-19 in the UK: What are the latest numbers?

Third wave of Covid-19 in the UK: What are the latest numbers?

Third wave of Covid-19 in the UK: What are the latest numbers?

14 September 2021

It is too soon to say whether the current wave has peaked.


Vera creator backs Reading for Wellbeing scheme

Vera creator backs Reading for Wellbeing scheme

Vera creator backs Reading for Wellbeing scheme

14 September 2021

Best-selling crime writer Ann Cleaves has put her own money towards a project in the North East to promote stories and reading to boost mental health.


Many schools prioritised food parcels for poor over education for all – Ofsted

Many schools prioritised food parcels for poor over education for all – Ofsted

Many schools prioritised food parcels for poor over education for all – Ofsted

14 September 2021

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman said the attention of many schools went rapidly to the most disadvantaged children amid the pandemic.


Morrisons suitor reaches agreement with pension trustees

Morrisons suitor reaches agreement with pension trustees

Morrisons suitor reaches agreement with pension trustees

14 September 2021

The supermarket chain agreed to a £7bn takeover offer from US private equity firm CD&R last month.


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