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The pandemic drove a 163% jump in job cuts, according to new figures.

Tower Hamlets Council has been asked to consider issuing a fine to the owner of the restaurant.

She said her ideal birthday present would be for people to do more to help the planet.

The coronavirus pandemic took the world by surprise but it wasn’t the only thing occupying British politicians in this most tumultuous of years.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson is insisting the summer national exams must still go ahead.

A judge will decide whether he should be extradited from the UK on Monday.

WikiLeaks co-founder Assange came to the fore in 2010 with the publication of damaging classified US documents.

Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman said children’s lives cannot be ‘put on hold’ waiting for vaccination programmes to take effect.

School closures and developments on the rollout of coronavirus vaccinations dominate the national newspapers.

School closures and developments on the rollout of coronavirus vaccinations dominate the national newspapers.

British regulators have adopted the phrase ‘safety is our watchword’.

The PA news agency looks at the science behind the jab.

Home Secretary says country will be safer outside the EU.

A yellow weather warning for snow and ice has been issued which states that tricky travel conditions may be caused by icy patches and hill snow.

The member for Cardiff Central was said on December 31 to have been “laid low with Covid for a while”.

Professor Russell Viner said the ‘overwhelming majority’ of children and young people have no symptoms or very mild illness only.

An unlicensed music event on New Year’s Eve at a Grade II-listed building in Essex was attended by hundreds of people.

Rollout of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab began almost a month ago, with more than a million people having already received their first coronavirus jab.

The jab will be administered at a small number of hospitals for the first few days for surveillance purposes, NHS England said.

Lottery operator Camelot said that checks are being made on the claim.