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A dispatch from the British Ambassador in Angola informed the Foreign Office how successful the January visit was, despite a ‘furore’ in the press.

Researchers found that older people who drank five cuppas a day performed better on certain cognitive tests.

The Prince of Wales had planned to visit the Republic a year after his historic maiden trip.

An opinion piece written by the future Churchill biographer lamented proposals to hand over lottery money to keep the private papers in the UK.

The national front pages are preoccupied by Covid-19’s implications for the reopening of schools, plus news on Britain’s trade future.

Experts have warned that allowing students to return will put them at risk of catching the new mutant strain of coronavirus.

Ex-frontbenchers John McDonnell and Ben Bradshaw have signed a statement calling on Labour not to back the agreement.

An NHS boss said staff are ‘back in the eye of the storm’.

A Met Office yellow warning of snow and ice for parts of England, Wales and Scotland is issued through to Tuesday morning.

The MoD said 1,500 military personnel would be deployed to ensure that the testing systems were up and running by the time pupils returned in January.

The number of cases recorded in a single day has risen above 40,000 for the first time.

The Metropolitan Police found the boy dead at a property in south-east London and said he and the woman were related.

The Department for Transport said the backlog of vehicles was severely reduced and that traffic flow systems were keeping pace with demand.

The DUP and SDLP said their MPs will vote against it, while Alliance Party MP Stephen Farry said he will not vote for it.

University of Exeter scientists examined the ‘learning flights’ which most bees perform after leaving flowers.

The Executive agreed the move during a meeting on Monday afternoon.

The number of coronavirus patients receiving treatment is heading towards the April peak.

A Met Office yellow warning of snow and ice for parts of England, Wales and Scotland is issued through to Tuesday morning.

The chief executive of NHS England said that ‘sometimes the worst of circumstances bring out the best in people’.

Richard Lochhead lamented the decision to leave the student exchange programme which is to be replaced by a worldwide scheme named after Alan Turing.