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[ad_1] Keir Starmer will commit Labor to a new wave of decentralization in the UK as he seeks to avoid Scottish demands for independence. In a keynote address on Monday, the Labor leader will say that the party’s next manifesto will present a program to win power “in order to …

[ad_1] Everton appointed Carlo Ancelotti as manager with a four and a half year contract in December 2019 Carlo Ancelotti was all smiles as he walked up the stairs at Goodison Park to be greeted with a warm hug in the boardroom from his new Everton employer, Farhad Moshiri, and …

[ad_1] Watford have fired head coach Vladimir Ivic after just four months in charge, with the club fifth in the Sky Bet Championship, four points behind the top two. The 33-year-old Serbian only took over for the Hornets in August following their relegation from the Premier League and has led …

[ad_1] The grim faces of Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance told the story even before they began to speak: Christmas was over. When Boris Johnson sat in the Cabinet Room at 5 p.m. on Friday, Whitty and Vallance appeared on the Zoom monitors and began collecting increasingly alarming data …

[ad_1] Liverpool advanced six points ahead of the Premier League table with their win against Crystal Palace, with the positives for Jurgen Klopp even more abundant than the number of goals his team scored. It had been just over three years since Liverpool last scored three goals in the first …

[ad_1] The nation’s Christmas plans were thrown into chaos last night after Boris Johnson drastically abandoned his attempts to bypass tighter Covid restrictions and instead placed millions of people under new lockdown measures to try to stop a new highly infectious strain of virus. In a major U-turn that prompted …

[ad_1] Viruses mutate all the time. Most of the new variants disappear. Sometimes they spread without altering the behavior of the virus. Very occasionally, they cause dramatic changes. And the question that scientists now face is simple: does the VUI-202012/01 variant fall into the latter category? Does it pose a …

[ad_1] Good afternoon, I regret to report that the situation has deteriorated since I last spoke to you three days ago. Yesterday afternoon I was briefed on the latest data showing the virus is spreading faster in London, the South East and East of England than would be expected given …

[ad_1] Boris Johnson has been holding talks with his cabinet amid warnings from scientists about the new strain of COVID-19 and increasing infections. The prime minister arranged a cabinet call and will hold a press conference at 4 pm with England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty and chief scientific adviser …

[ad_1] Holiday shoppers arrived on Northumberland Street in Newcastle this morning (Image: North News & Pictures Ltd, north) Boris Johnson will address the nation in a press conference at 4 p.m. following an emergency Cabinet meeting as fears of tighter restrictions mount. Ministers held a last minute meeting at 1pm …