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Liverpool miss chance to close gap at top, Spurs held by Saints

Players of Liverpool and Leicester City in action during a Premier League match in Leicester, England, December 28, 2021. /CFP Wasteful Liverpool missed the chance to close the gap with leader

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Getting serious about leveling up

Getty Editor's note: Jim O'Neill, a former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a former UK treasury minister, is chair of Chatham House and a member of the Pan-European Commission o

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UK's Labour ekes out win in traditional northern stronghold

Labour leader Keir Starmer breathed a sigh of relief Friday after the party eked out victory in a special election in one of its northern strongholds, easing discontent

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England's estimated COVID R number likely over 1, epidemic growing

The rate of new infections in England has risen since last week, the latest government figures show, suggesting that every ten people with COVID-19 will infect between 10 and 11 people. /Xinhua

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Death Rate in England at 20-Year Low as COVID-19 Pandemic Dwindles

UK PM Boris Johnson sought to reassure his Conservative party MPs on Wednesday that the final lifting of lockdown restrictions was still on track for the planned date o

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Arthur Jones: the lost Chinese stories of Titanic

British filmmaker Authur Jones, teamed up with American historian Steven Schwankert to find the lost history of six Chinese survivors on the doomed passenger liner Titanic. What they found was raci

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Dutch theme park trial, France lengthens jab gap: COVID-19 bulletin

TOP HEADLINES- France is to lengthen the period between the first and second vaccine doses from four weeks to six weeks in a bid to accelerate its program by injecting more people, Health Minister Ol

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Lightning strikes may have sparked life on Earth, scientists claim

The very first organisms may have been dependent on lightning to start them on the process of reproduction that led to us.

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COVID-19: UK's coronavirus reproduction number remains below 1

United Kingdom's coronavirus reproduction number remains below 1. /VCG The United Kingdom R number is still below one - between 0.7 and 0.9, official figures show.This week's R rate ( Reproduc

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Covid infections in England fall by two-thirds but spreading fastest among young

Covid infections have fallen by two-thirds in a month in England but the virus is now spreading most among primary-age children and young people, research suggests.The

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With tears and flowers, Britain mourns 'hero' Captain Tom Moore

With flowers and lights, Britain paid tribute on Wednesday to Captain Tom Moore, 100, who touched the hearts of millions by offering a simple message of hope and self-s

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Man Utd stunned by bottom side, Messi leads Barca to Copa comeback

Players of Manchester United and Sheffield United in action during a Premier League match in Manchester, UK, January 27, 2021. /CFP Manchester United suffered a shock 2-1 home defeat by the Pr

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Study suggests coronavirus R number 'below one' in parts of England

Government scientists are due to release their own figures later today.

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Race against time: COVID vaccine against a new, highly virulent strain

A sign reads "COVID-19 Cases Very High in London. Stay at Home" near a highway in London, United Kingdom, December 21, 2020. /Getty Images Editor's note: Jonathan Arnott is a former member of

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Meet the nurse first in the world to get new COVID 'antibody cocktail'

Karen Simeson speaks to Sky News after receiving the treatment in Wakefield and says she wants "normality back desperately".

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Boris Johnson Imposes Strictest U.K. Virus Curbs on Manchester

Boris Johnson will impose the U.K.’s tightest coronavirus restrictions on Greater Manchester on Thursday night, after talks with local leaders broke down.he prime minis

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Sobriety tags that monitor offenders' alcohol levels every 30 minutes rolled out in Wales

The devices test offenders' sweat every half an hour and alerts probation services if alcohol is detected.