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Scottish Government ministers have been urged to instigate a review of employment practices.

Harley Watson died after a vehicle ploughed into children who were leaving Debden Park High School in Loughton, Essex, in December last year.

The announcement comes just three weeks after the end of Wales’s 17-day firebreak lockdown.

The British Geological Survey and Coal Authority hope developers and planners will use the interactive map to help create clean heat networks.

Police forces launched their annual Christmas drink and drug-driving crackdown on Tuesday.

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis is due to inform the family of the Belfast solicitor whether a public inquiry will be ordered.

Vaccine efficacy against the disease was 94.1%, and vaccine efficacy against severe Covid-19 was 100%, the company reported.

Tommy’s has launched a new campaign to help fathers and partners and is raising funds to create an information and support hub.

The Finance Secretary made the commitment while addressing the SNP’s annual conference.

Scotland’s First Minister said her Cabinet is still considering whether to submit the guidance to a Holyrood committee.

Almost 25,000 people in England have contacted Shelter’s emergency helpline in the last two months.

The case has been sent to the Central Criminal Court.

The Darth Vader actor died at the weekend aged 85.

A region-by-region guide to all the latest figures.

There are an estimated 690,000 more people in poverty in the UK, compared to a situation where Covid-19 had not struck, the Legatum Institute said.

Henry Long was jailed for 16 years and Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers for 13 years in July over the death of the Thames Valley Police officer.

Seventeen-year-old Bernadette, from Peterborough, remains unaccounted for since she was reported missing in July.

Consuming the sausage meat-wrapped snack would allow people to have a drink in a pub under England’s coronavirus rules.

Scotland’s First Minister said she does not want to put her family at risk.

The UK’s transitional arrangements with the European Union expire at the end of December, leaving little time for a deal.