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The new Covid-19 variant is found in Dutch samples taken before it was reported by South Africa. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3o7O7ua

The bank had 475 branches just over a year ago, but a fresh round of closures will leave it with 220. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3llcbYM

The CMA rules Facebook's purchase of the vast Gif database unfair to competing social-media platforms. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3o4dAEW

Shopkeepers are concerned about enforcing mask-wearing and fear they will have to close again. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3ll1h5g

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Stock markets slide after Moderna boss casts doubt on vaccine effectiveness against new variant. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3p9WO6F

Barry Bennell says he has not abused four of the men who have made damages claims against Man City. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3D7lL7H

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About 20,000 households had a fourth night without power and say getting information is difficult. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3G0Rfy0

The adoptive family of Tony Hudgell, seven, have campaigned for harsher sentences for abusers. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3D7V7va

Marta Ortega will replace Pablo Isla as chairwoman of Zara’s parent firm Inditex. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3E8hn9M

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Deputy Angela Rayner says she is unaware of it happening, as the Labour leader reorganises his frontbench. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3lkKnnc

One traveller told the BBC he had found an alternative flight home, but he faces extra costs of £4,000. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3riPl83

The Tan Hill Inn manager says the experience and their guests were "wonderful". from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3rfGQdO

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says a two-week delay to the latest reopening plans is "necessary". from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/31eNsyi

Customers have spent three nights at the Tan Hill Inn in Yorkshire, after being snowed in by Storm Arwen. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3oamnoZ

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Thirteen people who travelled from South Africa to the Netherlands have tested positive for Omicron. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3FZL39L

Welfare facilities have been set up for residents who have had no electricity since Friday night. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3p4ni9z

Dozens of people are still unable to leave the Tan Hill Inn due to heavy snowfall. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3E07N8T

Jill Biden's clearly feeling festive but here’s some other tree-mendous moments you may have missed this week. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3nXBkKM

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Scotland's first minister says more Covid travel restrictions may be necessary in the coming days. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/32zeCQR

The South African doctor who first spotted the new variant says patients are showing very mild symptoms so far. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3rfR8uh

The airline has temporarily stopped flights after more of its staff were forced to isolate. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3p5QCN0

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Rishmeet Singh is the 28th teenager to be killed in London this year. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3lerOkJ

Activists in Calais demand change after decades of people coming to the city looking to reach the UK. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3140yOz

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The 42-year-old presenter says she feels "amazing" as she returns to work following cancer surgery. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3reYK04

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Primary school head Francis Lagan died when a tree fell on his car during Storm Arwen. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3cUesFI

The results are being examined for cases of the new Omicron variant emerging in southern Africa. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3ld3Sy8

Scotland's deputy first minister John Swinney will urge the SNP conference to "stand up" in defence of devolution. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3nXJaEa

Author Michael Morpurgo has written a special piece for the BBC following the mass drowning in the Channel. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/313MmFt

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