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People Urged To Get Booster Jabs

Eligible residents urged to book up

Bolsonaro To 'Face Charges On Handling Of Covid-19

A Brazilian Senate committee has recommended President Jair Bolsonaro face a series of criminal indictments for actions and omissions related to the world's second highest Covid-19 death toll.

Poorest Will Still Lose Out

Tax Rises: Sunak

The UK Recovery Lags Behind That Of The US, Among Others

With one bound the chancellor is free – or so it would seem, listening to Rishi Sunak deliver the Budget. But as always, the numbers tell a truer story than the words. And the numbers say that, while the forecasts for the UK’s recovery have been upgraded, that is only because they were unduly negative in the past – and there will still be a massive tightening of fiscal policy next year.

Moldova Turns Away From Russia To EU Amid Gas Crisis

The former Soviet republic of Moldova has turned to a non-Russian natural gas supplier for the first time as the former Soviet republic seeks to avert a looming gas shortage this winter after failing to renew a long-term supply contract with Moscow.

Now France Aims To Ban UK Seafood

France is set to ban British seafood imports in retaliation for not getting enough fishing licences from the UK.

Quiet Day For Queen, 95, After Health Scare

The Queen carried out “light duties” at Windsor Castle yesterday following her recent health scare.

India's Highest Court Orders Pegasus Spyware Inquiry

Modi government accused of snooping on MPs and media

Beneath Sober Suit Is A Savvy Gambler Backing Britain

‘Somehow Sunak managed to present himself as both the Iron Chancellor and the Big Spender’

Met Office Warns Of Threat To Life As Flooding Predicted

The Met Office yesterday warned of life-threatening flooding as it issued amber weather warnings for rain in northwest England and southwest Scotland.

Starmer Tests Positive For Covid Hours Before PMQs

Ed Miliband stands in for Sir Keir in parliament yesterday

It Seems The Chancellor Has Forgotten The Climate Crisis

“A new age of optimism.” That is what the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, promised us at the opening of his Budget speech. Yet with just days to go before the opening of the most important climate talks for years, the words climate and nature did not pass his lips in any meaningful way. It’s hard to know what he bases his optimism on when he had almost nothing to say about the greatest challenge of our age.

Duty Cut Will Be Welcomed By Battered Pub Industry

Brewery director Will Calvert said yesterday’s Budget was “good news” for the Covid-battered hospitality sector.

Cheers! Rishi On A Mission To Cut Taxes

£150bn spending spree. Cheaper beer & wine. Fuel duty frozen. Business rates boost for High Street. Universal Credit giveaway. £2bn extra for schools.

Boris's Money To Burn

A CAMPAIGNER from Ocean Rebellion dressed as Prime Minister Boris Johnson set light to the sail of a small boat which read "Your Children's Future" as he burned stacks of fake money on the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow close to the site of next week's COP26 conference.

Queen Eases Up On Duties As Senior Royals Step Up

The Queen's diary will be "carefully examined" by palace officials on a case by case basis through to Christmas and beyond, after she was ordered by doctors to take a period of rest.

Qualifications Face Overhaul ...But Exams Will Stay In Some Shape Or Form

SCOTLAND'S exams system is to be given an overhaul after recent criticism in the international OECD report.

Sunak Finds Extra £1.8bn For Covid Catch-Up Classes And Tutoring

Rishi Sunak has bowed to pleas for more help for children and young people whose education has been disrupted by the pandemic, unveiling a further £1.8bn to fund catch-up and tutoring classes in England.

Craft Beer Stunt Goes Flat After Kegs Fail To Qualify For Tax Relief

A photocall in which Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak brandished beer barrels to promote a cut in the duty charged on draught beer has fallen flat, after it was pointed out that the kegs would not qualify for the tax relief under current proposals.

Foreign Aid No Budget Lift Until 2024 And Cuts To Widen

Cuts to the UK's foreign aid budget are to remain for at least another three years, with aid spending below the statutory target of 0.7% until at least 2024-25, the Treasury has announced.

Support For Flights, Fuel And Roads Before Cop26 Angers Green Groups

Rishi Sunak's decision to make domestic flights cheaper, freeze fuel duty and spend £21bn on roads just ahead of the Cop26 climate summit has prompted a furious reaction from green campaigners.

Benefits Millions Miss Out On 'Tax Cut For Low Paid'

Millions of struggling low-income households will not benefit from the £2bn “tax cut for the low paid” announced by the chancellor as a way of easing the pain of soaring living costs, according to campaigners.

We Have A Problem: SpaceX Must Fix Leaking Toilets Before Lift-Off

SpaceX is facing toilet troubles in its capsules before it launches more astronauts into space.

Women Boycott Clubs In Huge Anti-Spiking Protest

Huge crowds of people across Britain took to the streets last night, boycotting nightclubs in protests against a sharp rise in spiking cases.

Sunak's Post-Covid Plan: Spend Now, Cut Taxes Later

Chancellor criticised for lack of green measures ahead of Cop26 summit

Great Day' As Africa Gets 110m Vaccines

Moderna yesterday said it will make up to 110 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine available to African countries, which local officials called a breakthrough on the world's least vaccinated continent.

Afghan ISIS-K Could Strike In 6 Months

ISIS-K will be able to launch overseas attacks in six months, US spies warn.

UK Law Move Due On Irish Language

THE North's Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said she expects the UK Government to table Irish language laws next week.

You've Hurt Me Deeply, Britney Tells Her Family

Britney Spears said she will pursue “justice" following the termination of her conservatorship as she accused her family of "hurting me deeper than you'll ever know".

Sir David: We Have To Save Planet Now

SIR David Attenborough has warned leaders must act now or "it'll be too late for the planet.