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A Home Office minister has said relations between France and the UK are "strong" despite disagreements on how to deal with migrants crossing the English Channel.

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It comes as the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been detected in Brentwood, Essex, and Nottingham.

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Health secretary Humza Yousaf says Scotland must not "drop our guard" as two cases of the Omicron variant are detected in England.

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Police have released a CCTV image of a van, which they believe may have been occupied by key witnesses, as officers investigate the killing of a 12-year-old girl in Liverpool.

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A woman had a lucky escape after a tree fell just feet away from where she was standing.

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The total number of coronavirus-linked deaths recorded by the Department of Health is 2,867.

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Boris Johnson has said that people who come into close contact with anyone who tests positive with the new Omicron variant will have to self-isolate, regardless of their jab status, as he delivered a press conference in Downing Street.

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The leader of Plymouth Council has apologised for comments he made in the wake of Bobbi-Anne McLeod's disappearance.

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Malala Yousafzai, the education campaigner who was shot by the Taliban, has graduated from Oxford University with a philosophy, politics and economics degree.

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A government minister has defended Stanley Johnson, calling him "a gentleman" after a fellow Conservative Party MP accused the prime minister's father of inappropriately touching her.

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The force says it expects the "highest standards of integrity" from its officers and staff.

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The last recorded ringing of the "dilapidated" bells was 1947 but they are now restored.

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Detectives say they may have witnessed something "vital" after Ava White, 12, died in Liverpool.

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Two cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant has been detected in the UK, the health secretary has said.

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Alexandra Morgan, aged 34, was last seen at a petrol station in Cranbrook on 14 November.

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A club which began with a father and son playing Subbuteo is set to host an international event.

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Rescue centre suffers "thousands of pounds" in damage, and a new-born puppy dies in Storm Arwen.

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A major crisis is coming to a head on pig farms up and down the country.

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All secondary school students in England will be asked to take a COVID-19 test on site following the Christmas break, the government has said.

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The 42-year-old presenter says she feels "amazing" as she returns to work following cancer surgery.

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There are growing fears a newly discovered COVID-19 variant, said to be potentially more dangerous than the one causing waves of infection around the world, could impact Christmas.

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Social media users were left baffled when the animals were spotted on a Cambridge rooftop.

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The pandemic in Northern Ireland has been following a bit of different course to the rest of the UK.

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Plans to reopen the Central and Victoria lines in the early hours will be disrupted.

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Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has said he is "sorry for all the hurt" experienced by his former Yorkshire teammate Azeem Rafiq.

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Prof Calum Semple says some scientists are "hugely overstating" the fears around the Omicron variant.

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At least 80,000 customers faced power cuts as high winds and fallen trees caused widespread disruption.

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Overnight winds cause damage after a man was killed by tree falling on his car on Friday.

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More than 13,000 homes are left without power with Storm Arwen also causing travel disruption.

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Met Office weather warnings for wind and snow remain in place across much of England.

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Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Saturday morning.

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Former England captain Michael Vaughan says he is "sorry for all the hurt" Azeem Rafiq has gone through during the Yorkshire racism scandal.

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An industry expert believes the Grenfell cladding was among products to fail fire tests 13 years earlier.

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Vaccine manufacturers have expressed confidence that they will be able to rapidly adapt their jabs if the Omicron variant spreads.

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Vets and farmers have made the "soul-destroying" move of carrying out abortion procedures on pigs because they have "run out of alternatives".

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How transport issues affect the lives of people across many parts of southern Scotland.

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Police investigating the murder of a 12-year-old girl in Liverpool city centre are going to review hundreds of hours of CCTV in an attempt to find out what happened.

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Men and women are teeing off based on their ability, not gender, at Hartford Golf Club in Cheshire.

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Concerns about new Covid-19 variant and disagreement over the current migrant crisis lead the papers.

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The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) is warning that waiting times have trebled as the country battles the highest COVID infection rate in the UK.

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