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First Minister Arlene Foster, right,and Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill during a media briefing in County Tyrone (Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA)

Northern Ireland’s coronavirus lockdown extended for four weeks to March 5

January 21, 2021

Home Secretary Priti Patel during the latest Downing Street media briefing (Matt Dunham/PA)

House party fines increased to £800 in crackdown on illegal gatherings

January 21, 2021

NHS data shows London is lagging behind other regions in vaccinating those aged 80 and over (Jacob King/PA)

London lagging behind other regions in vaccinating over 80s, data shows

January 21, 2021

Former US president was suspended indefinitely for breaking rules during Capitol riots on January 6 (Alex Brandon/PA)

Facebook asks its ‘supreme court’ to decide if Trump should remain suspended

January 21, 2021

Tory MPs put pressure on PM to ignore calls for pubs to stay closed until May (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Tory MPs put pressure on PM to ignore calls for pubs to stay closed until May

January 21, 2021

Sepp Blatter (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP)

Sepp Blatter spent week in induced coma, says daughter

January 21, 2021

The US election jubilation on the markets was subdued on Thursday. ( Julio Cortez / AP / PA)

Pound soars but markets sluggish after inauguration jubilation

January 21, 2021

(Samsung)

Should you buy… the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra?

January 21, 2021

All UK and world Posts

First Minister Arlene Foster, right,and Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill during a media briefing in County Tyrone (Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA)

Northern Ireland’s coronavirus lockdown extended for four weeks to March 5

January 21, 2021

Home Secretary Priti Patel during the latest Downing Street media briefing (Matt Dunham/PA)

House party fines increased to £800 in crackdown on illegal gatherings

January 21, 2021

NHS data shows London is lagging behind other regions in vaccinating those aged 80 and over (Jacob King/PA)

London lagging behind other regions in vaccinating over 80s, data shows

January 21, 2021

Former US president was suspended indefinitely for breaking rules during Capitol riots on January 6 (Alex Brandon/PA)

Facebook asks its ‘supreme court’ to decide if Trump should remain suspended

January 21, 2021

Tory MPs put pressure on PM to ignore calls for pubs to stay closed until May (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Tory MPs put pressure on PM to ignore calls for pubs to stay closed until May

January 21, 2021

Sepp Blatter (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP)

Sepp Blatter spent week in induced coma, says daughter

January 21, 2021

The US election jubilation on the markets was subdued on Thursday. ( Julio Cortez / AP / PA)

Pound soars but markets sluggish after inauguration jubilation

January 21, 2021

(Samsung)

Should you buy… the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra?

January 21, 2021

The Countess of Wessex with her father Christopher Rhys-Jones (PA)

Sophie filled with joy after father receives Covid jab

January 21, 2021

There have been no tweets from the embassy’s account since January 8 (Andy Wong/AP)

Twitter account of Chinese embassy in US locked after Uighurs post

January 21, 2021

Paramedics and ambulances outside St Thomas’ Hospital in central London on January 21 2021 (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

January 21, 2021

Fouad Kakaei (left), a migrant fleeing persecution in Iran, was picked up by Border Force in the English Channel (Home OFfice/PA)

Migrant jailed after being spotted steering two dinghies across Channel

January 21, 2021

A road traffic sign is in front of the Union Jack and the European Union flag hanging outside Europe House in Smith Square, London (Yui Mok/PA)

UK Government in diplomatic spat with EU over ambassador’s status

January 21, 2021

Social network told MPs on Wednesday it expects a fall in reports of child sexual abuse once end-to-end encryption comes in (Nick Ansell/PA)

Facebook admission shows child safety not a top priority, NSPCC says

January 21, 2021

An extended lockdown closing non-essential retailers, keeping schools shut to most pupils and encouraging employees to work from home began after Christmas (Liam McBurney/PA)

Northern Ireland coronavirus lockdown restrictions extended to March 5

January 21, 2021

A Biddenden Cake with an image of Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst (Dominic Winter Auctioneers)

Biddenden Maids biscuit sells for £100

January 21, 2021

Devoted dog Boncuk looks for his owner, Cemal Senturk, at the entrance of a medical care facility in the Black Sea city of Trabzon, Turkey (DHA via AP)

Devoted dog spends days outside Turkish hospital waiting for owner

January 21, 2021

Riley June Williams (Dauphin County Prison via AP)

Woman accused over Pelosi laptop theft freed from jail ahead of court hearing

January 21, 2021

While you cannot control what others do, experts say you can learn to influence your emotional response to rule-breakers (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Life in lockdown: How to handle the worry of others not following Covid rules

January 21, 2021

Public Health Wales announced its latest vaccination figures (Ben Birchall/PA)

Under a quarter of over-80s in Wales have received Covid-19 jab, figures show

January 21, 2021

Up to 200 lorries-a-day are being turned back at the EU crossing (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Up to 200 lorries a day turned back from EU crossings

January 21, 2021

Department for Education (DfE) said it believes the issue has only affected a ‘small number of devices’ (Peter Byrne/PA)

Malware reported on Government-issued laptops used by children homeschooling

January 21, 2021

The Government’s Brexit deal does not include visa-free travel for musicians (Yui Mok/PA)

Government urged to solve musicians’ post-Brexit travel problem

January 21, 2021

MPs have been urged to make the existing music streaming model more profitable for artists (Nick Ansell/PA)

MPs told of ‘urgent’ need to fix music streaming model

January 21, 2021

Bars and restaurants should stay shut until May, researchers suggest (Ben Birchall/PA)

Bars and restaurants should stay shut until May, researchers suggest

January 21, 2021

Northern Ireland’s coronavirus lockdown restrictions could be extended to March 5 (Liam McBurney/PA)

NI coronavirus lockdown could be extended to March 5

January 21, 2021

Firefighters rescued a 31-stone pig called Dolly who got stuck in the mud in Felsted, Essex (Essex County Fire and Rescue Service/PA)

Firefighters free 31-stone pig who got stuck in the mud

January 21, 2021

Epic has asked the tribunal to declare the removal of Fortnite (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Fortnite developer brings legal action against Apple and Google to UK

January 21, 2021

A farmer shot dead by a soldier was an innocent young man doing his day’s work, his brother said (Brian Lawless/PA)

Farmer shot dead was ‘an innocent young man doing a day’s work’

January 21, 2021

Uiversi student Libby Squire who was murdered in February 2019 (Humberside Police)

Witness in Libby Squire murder trial heard screams of ‘desperation’, court hears

January 21, 2021

A member of the public is spoken to by a volunteer at the Al-Abbas Islamic Centre in Birmingham (Jacob King/PA)

Mosque vaccine centre sends ‘positive message’ to help fight Covid myths – imam

January 21, 2021

Public Health Wales released figures on Thursday (Nick Potts/PA)

Just under a quarter of over-80s have received Covid-19 jab in Wales

January 21, 2021

Oliver Voysey has raised more than £16,000 for the charity that ‘changed his life’ (Sarah Voysey/PA)

‘Inspirational’ brain injury boy, 12, raises £16,000 to save activity centre

January 21, 2021

Universities Minister Michelle Donelan said ‘it has never been more important to level the playing field’ (PA)

Students could receive A-level grades earlier and start university in October

January 21, 2021

Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg arrives in Downing Street (Jonathan Brady/PA Media)

Rees-Mogg tells MPs he will not eat chicken parmo due to ‘ghastly’ garlic sauce

January 21, 2021

Elizabeth Van-Tam, 79, the mother of Jonathan Van-Tam, deputy chief medical officer for England, is vaccinated against coronavirus (Mike Egerton/ PA)

Jonathan Van-Tam’s delight as his mother gets her Covid-19 vaccination

January 21, 2021

Abimbola Ajoke Bamgbose died in August after buying an overseas package deal with Mono Cosmetic Surgery ( Family handout/PA)

Mother-of-three died following liposuction in Turkey, inquest told

January 21, 2021

Firemen try to douse a fire at the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine maker, in Pune (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)

Five killed in blaze at Indian producer of Covid-19 vaccine

January 21, 2021

Jacob Rees-Mogg said ‘we’ve still got to maintain social distancing’ until the data allows restrictions to be relaxed (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Rees-Mogg: Imagine me laid down flat when trying to judge social distancing

January 21, 2021

Fatah Abdullah was jailed for life with a minimum term of nine years (West Yorkshire Police/PA)

Statutory early release scheme gives rise to anomalies – appeal judges

January 21, 2021

The Oval Office of the White House is newly redecorated for the first day of President Joe Biden’s administration (Alex Brandon/AP)

No 10 says Biden removing Churchill bust ‘up to president’ despite Obama attack

January 21, 2021

Michael McElhone holds a photograph of his late brother Paddy (Brian Lawless/PA)

Farmer shot in cold blood by Army ‘exonerated’

January 21, 2021

The statue at London’s Embankment of General Charles Gordon of the Royal Engineers, who was killed at Khartoum in Sudan in 1885 (John Stillwell/PA)

‘Woke brigade’ is helping to remind Britons of our great history, says Rees-Mogg

January 21, 2021

Anne Hoguet, 74, fan maker and director of the hand fan-making museum, poses with a a wood roasted hand fan representing the falcon hunt, gouache painting on paper dated from 1880 in Paris (Michel Euler/AP)

Virus pushes storied Paris fan museum to brink of folding

January 21, 2021

Boris Johnson was responding to a study from Imperial College London (Paul Ellis/PA)

‘Absolutely crucial’ to follow lockdown rules in light of new study, says Johnson

January 21, 2021

Parrs Wood High School playing fields were flooded after the River Mersey rose high in Didsbury (Peter Byrne/PA)

Storm Christoph: Residents evacuated amid flood warnings

January 21, 2021

Glastonbury (Yui Mok/PA)

Glastonbury Festival cancelled for second year in a row

January 21, 2021

Elizabeth Van Tam, 79, the mother of Jonathan Van-Tam, deputy chief medical officer for England, is vaccinated against coronavirus (Mike Egerton/PA)

Jonathan Van-Tam’s mother has her Covid-19 vaccination

January 21, 2021

Scientists have warned that the Government’s Covid-19 vaccination programme may not be sufficient to achieve herd immunity in the UK (Nick Potts/PA

UK Covid-19 vaccine programme ‘may not be sufficient to achieve herd immunity’

January 21, 2021

More households are expected to default on their mortgage payments and other loan commitments in the next few months, according to a Bank of England survey of lenders (Joe Giddens/PA)

Lenders expect more households ‘to default on mortgages in next few months’

January 21, 2021