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Bristol moved from Tier 3 to Tier 2 restrictions on December 19 but will move back to Tier 3 on Boxing Day.

Talks continue between London and Brussels

The variant has been found in two people thought to be contacts of those who travelled between the two countries in the last few weeks.

The takeaway business has worked with FareShare since 2017, giving 42 tonnes of food from surplus supplies.

Regular asymptomatic testing of paramedics is not expected until 2021 despite the ambulance service experiencing ‘extreme pressure’.

Workers will receive two lateral flow tests a week in addition to regular PCR testing.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock set out tougher measures for large parts of southern and eastern England.

The figure is likely to be lower than the true number of workers who have died.

A river burst its banks at Worcester while Ironbridge and Tewkesbury were also braced for the deluge.

The Actors’ Benevolent Fund supports those unable to work due to illness, injury or old age or experiencing financial hardship.

The mother-of-four was the granddaughter of the 11th Duke of Devonshire, Andrew Cavendish.

Freelance and self-employed workers have lost pay this year and been unable to access support, study suggests.

Boris Johnson, Captain Sir Tom Moore, and the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have given their backing to the campaign.

Willoughby, Rafferty and Emmeline were born at 29 weeks, on May 28, weighing between 2lb and 3.5lb.

None of the company’s stores will close, and no jobs will be lost under the new deal, Clarks has said.

Morningside Parish Church in Edinburgh will hold a socially distanced service on Christmas Day.

The backlog of lorries is expected to take days to clear.

Ministers met to consider the latest data amid concern over rising infection rates.

The arrangement will see 25 stores move to turnover-based rent.

Wealden in East Sussex and Uttlesford in Essex are among the areas that could be heading for Tier 4.