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‘Biggest crisis for decades as Europe squares up to Russia'

Nato must draw lines in snow at most dangerous time, warns Boris

Thousands call for cat-kicker to be charged

MORE than 270,000 people have signed a petition calling for Kurt Zouma to be prosecuted for kicking his cat, as another sponsor dropped West Ham United after it played him.

My mother's work to end HIV stigma is unfinished, says Harry

PRINCE Harry vowed to continue his mother Diana’s “unfinished” work to eradicate the stigma around HIV, saying “every single one of us has a duty” to get tested for the illness.

John Menzies suffers as Kuwaitis play hardball over ‘compelling' £470m bid

THE Kuwaiti rival circling John Menzies today backed its “compelling” £470 million offer as it urged shareholders not to be swayed by the aviation industry’s sunnier outlook.

Decision on jabs for healthy primary pupils ‘may come next week'

Protected: a 15-year-old is given a Covid-19 vaccine. A decision is expected soon on giving primary school children the new Pfizer paediatric jab — a lower dose of the adult vaccine

AstraZeneca sells £3bn-worth of Covid jabs but flags decline

Healthy growth: AstraZeneca “delivered on our promise of broad and equitable access” to vaccines globally, says chief Pascal Soriot

Plus side of the pandemic was chance it gave me to slow down, says Koffee

GRAMMY Award-winner Koffee admitted she was "relieved" the Covid pandemic slowed down her sky-rocketing fame.

EASY FOR ME: ADELE AND HER CLUTCH OF BRITS

Adele celebrates her trio of Brits trophies - artist of the year, album of the year and song of the year for Easy on Me -as London stars shared a night of musical success

‘Badass' rapper and her husband accused of £3bn Bitcoin fraud

A HUSBAND and wife, who sidelines as rapper called Razzlekhan, have been charged with money laundering and fraud after the seizure of £3.7 billion in allegedly stolen Bitcoin.

Results fail to lift pressure as GSK outshone by Pfizer

GLAXOSMITHKLINE remained under pressure today after so-so results that drew unfavourable comparisons with US rival Pfizer.

Don't use £16m Harrods wife to get to husband, says court

Martin Bentham Home Affairs Editor A BANKER'S wife from Knightsbridge who spent £16 million in Harrods cannot be treated as her jailed husband's "chattel" in a battle to seize her jewellery, a court has told law enforcers.

MARKET ROUND-UP Paper supply problems deliver boost for packaging giants as FTSE surges

A PAPER supply crunch fuelled by the online shopping boom pushed shares in three of London's biggest packaging firms to more big gains today.

LV=and Royal London abruptly call off takeover negotiations

LV= HAS ended takeover talks with Royal London, just days after the pair said they were ongoing.

Clarke earns recall as he is put on standby

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE batter Joe Clarke has been included among England's Covid reserves for next month's Test series against West Indies, which appears to indicate his international blacklisting is over, writes Will Macpherson.

University Challenge host Gascoigne dies aged 87

ORIGINAL University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne has died aged 87.

Tale as old as time: Ora fulfils Beauty and the Beast dream...

RITA ORA says her life is "feeling like a Disney movie" after landing a dream role starring in a new Beauty and the Beast TV prequel series.

Ocado rattled as tech spending spikes losses

OCADO'S big bet on selling "smart warehouses" to other grocers saw its losses jump last year, leaving some investors rattled.

Mercedes hint at Hamilton's return

MERCEDES appear to have confirmed Lewis Hamilton's return to the grid for this season.

Judge silences horn-honking truckers in Ottawa protest

TRUCKERS in Ottawa have been told to silence their horns with an injunction today amid protests over Covid rules.

Jimmy Carr's Holocaust gag fails the funny test

IF ANYTHING, it's a surprise it's taken this long. In his 22 years of comedy, Jimmy Carr has made a career out of jokes that take straight-faced pleasure in slicing right through the boundaries of acceptability, poking fun at everything from acid attacks to Rohypnol. This is the man who named his 2007 tour Repeat Offender, after all.

Getlink sees Eurotunnel freight surge as Brexit frictions ease

THE Eurotunnel saw strong growth in freight traffic in January, after new measures reduced frictions in the movement of goods between Folkestone and Calais.

Germany talks tough as it fires new warning at Putin

Straw men: German army snipers demonstrate their capabilities at the Bundeswehr training ground in Munster

Carrie is steeped in the Westminster bubble, says friend of biographer

LORD Ashcroft is "a bit baffled" by criticism of his forthcoming biography of Carrie Johnson, The Londoner understands.

Anne McElvoy Boris makes more band changes than Spinal Tap – let's see how this plays

GUESS who's back, back again? Meet the old friends-of-Boris with updated nameplates on the office door. The Prime Minister has the kind of default mode that some chaps have in calling up old girlfriends and he deploys the same chat-up line, invariably starting the conversation with, “It's time to get the band back together again.” Some, like his campaign strategist Sir Lynton Crosby, made clear they had moved on to other relationships (while being around for emotional crises and guest roles come the next election perhaps.

Zahawi: Exams will not be axed unless there's a public health emergency

EXAMS will be cancelled this summer only if there is a “public health emergency", the Department for Education pledged today, with Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi, inset, saying he “firmly intends” exams will take place.

Stewart: It felt good to be Diana

KRISTEN STEWART has spoken of how nervous she was before playing Princess Diana in Spencer, but that the role eventually made her feel "higher than 1 remember".

QUEEN TO STAGE JUBILEE SHOW OF STRENGTH

IMPRESSIVE SCHEDULE OF ENGAGEMENTS. SHE WANTS TO BE OUT AMONG PEOPLE'

Ottawa emergency over 'out of control trucker protest

THE mayor of Canada's capital Ottawa has declared a state of emergency as truckers paralysed the city in an ongoing protest over Covid rules.

Moving from No 11 to 10 is notoriously treacherous

NO one goes into politics – with its endless door-knocking and having to be nice to voters all the time – to be lobby fodder. Most MPs, on both sides of the house – including Liberal Democrats - want to be prime minister. Of course, only a tiny minority succeed.

Fashion's more diverse than it was — but I still have to change to fit in

DESIGNER and artist Osman Yousefzada says despite the progress the fashion industry has made on diversity, “I still codeswitch” – a term for using a different way of speaking in different places.