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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts as he delivers a speech during the annual Conservative Party Conference, in Manchester, Britain, October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble

Boris Johnson's party conference speech 'economically illiterate'

Council tax rises would heap further pressures on households

Council tax may need to rise by hundreds of pounds a year for the next three years

Cherie Nedd pictured with her son Ethan. Pic: Cherie Nedd

Mother of murdered teen fears killer will never be caught - and believes police have 'prioritised' other cases

Milk is having to be poured down the drain

'It's the tip of the iceberg': Dairy farmers forced to pour milk away due to HGV driver shortage

Injured people waiting outside a hospital in Harnai

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At least 20 people killed and hundreds injured after earthquake in Pakistan

The Duke of York is facing a civil assault lawsuit in the United States

Prince Andrew's legal team to receive document they believe will end Virginia Giuffre civil lawsuit

General view from inside the stadium before the Premier League match at the AMEX Stadium, Brighton. Picture date: Saturday August 21, 2021.

Premier League footballer arrested on suspicion of sexual assault of woman

Protesters demonstrate in front of the US Supreme Court in March

'Flagrantly unconstitutional': Federal judge blocks controversial Texas abortion law

Letters sent to the San Francisco Chronicle by a man who called himself Zodiac

Zodiac killer who terrorised San Francisco 'identified' by team of 40 cold case investigators

Thursday's national newspaper front pages

Coronavirus

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Which countries are on the red list - and what are the new travel rules?

COVID recovery

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COVID recovery: What real-time data tells us about the health of the UK economy

COVID-19 tracker

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COVID-19 UK daily tracker: What is the state of the pandemic near you?

Travel restrictions due to COVID

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Which countries are letting Britons in? Use our tool to check travel requirements for the country you want to visit

Travel Tracker

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COVID-19 travel tracker - How countries' rates compare and what travel list they're on

The £20 Universal Credit uplift is coming to an end

Worst affected areas in UK revealed as furlough comes to an end

12-15 year olds get the COVID vaccine

To jab or not to jab? Millions of parents and children have been left to weigh up the evidence for themselves

covid lockdown graphic

Explainer

How does Boris Johnson hope to avoid another winter lockdown?

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COVID-19: Should countries send vaccines abroad instead of giving booster jabs?

Vaccine rollout

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Why has the UK's COVID vaccine rollout slowed - and which countries have overtaken it?

Limits on hospital visits have been imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus

'Clear possibility' NHS could face 'serious situation' over winter as hospital admissions grow

Travel Tracker

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COVID-19 travel tracker - How countries' rates compare and what travel list they're on

Vaccines

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Priority groups revealed for COVID booster shots - are you on the list?

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Explainer

Why are 12 to 15-year-olds being offered a COVID vaccine - and what are other countries doing?

Covid 19 vaccine

For those looking for evidence COVID vaccines protect against death, the latest numbers are encouraging

Videos

Carrie to PM: 'You were really good'

0:26
Lava fountains erupt in Hawaii's Kilauea volcano

0:40
Dozens of hot air balloons take to sky in New Mexico

0:38
Moment burglars crash car into mobile shop

0:51
Is malaria vaccine a game-changer?

3:10
Are the PM's plans for green energy possible?

19:59
Boris Johnson's conference speech - highlights

3:06
Can big tech help us go green?

3:24
Greenpeace activists protest in Paris

0:38
Malaria vaccine breakthrough is a 'turning point'

1:28

Boris Johnson's conference speech - highlights

3:06
Therese Coffey sings at Tory conference

0:41
'Let's hear it for Jon Bon Govi'

1:03
Michael Gove dancing at conference party

0:34
Car reverses back to junction on US freeway

1:04
Climate activist storms Paris fashion show

0:39
'Facebook buys its profits with our safety'

1:17
Plane daft: Aircraft scrapes under bridge

0:37
Actress sent into orbit to make film

1:31
Hypersonic missile tested by Russia

0:14

Is malaria vaccine a game-changer?

3:10
What caused the Facebook outage?

4:12
What happens at Tory conference?

3:54
Will Christmas be cancelled?

1:29
Who will be affected by Universal Credit cut?

6:13
Abortion in America: Is this a tipping point?

5:10
Sarah Everard murder: How it happened

5:15
Was this Starmer's 'best speech ever'?

2:40
Sarah Everard's final hours

3:34
COP26: Everything you need to know

6:03

Are the PM's plans for green energy possible?

19:59
Can big tech help us go green?

3:24
Climate activist storms Paris fashion show

0:39
Greenpeace activists protest in Paris

0:38
US tops list of world's carbon emitters

20:30
Insulate Britain: 'We want concrete action'

2:41
Heavy crude oil washes up on US beach

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Stanley Johnson decries eco-activists' tactics

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'Environmental catastrophe' in California

20:24
Can all UK electricity be green in 15 years?

5:22

Malaria vaccine breakthrough is a 'turning point'

1:28
Taliban 'thought I was James Bond'

2:37
'Unskilled labour from abroad' is 'cheap drug'

1:57
Shatner 'thrilled and anxious' to go into space

1:00
Pig farmer's view of PM: 'He's just a buffoon'

1:09
'Let's pause' the removal £20 uplift

2:02
In Full: Boris Johnson interview

10:36
PM pushed over justice for women in rape cases

1:32
PM can't guarantee rape target pledge

1:31
'Incredibly tough' to meet rape review targets

1:30

Analysis

Sam Coates

Ruthless management of 'brand Boris' left no doubt who was in charge at Conservative party conference

Thomas Moore

By any measure, it's not an effective vaccine - but malaria is so deadly it will save thousands every year

Features

Malaria

Explainer

Why is malaria so dangerous and why do we need a vaccine?

Big Ideas Live

Big Ideas Live: A new event to fire up Britain

Top left to top right: Gabriel Kovari, Jack Taylor. Bottom left to bottom right: Anthony Walgate, Daniel Whitworth

Explainer

Who is 'Grindr killer' Stephen Port - and how was he able to kill four people?

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Undated handout photo issued by NEON and Topic Studios of Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana in the film Spencer. The movie will focuses on one weekend in the life of Princess Diana, as she spends the Christmas holiday with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, and decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles. Issue date: Wednesday January 27, 2021.

'Spitting Image sketch' to 'startlingly fresh' - highs and lows of depictions of Diana

Stunning view of Bora Bora Island just before landing there. French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean.

Travel advice lifted for 32 destinations - and travel insurance will cover them again

Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer speaking at their respective party conferences

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Johnson v Starmer: Poll for Sky News suggests who came out on top after conference speeches

Marlaria research

'A long-awaited breakthrough': First malaria vaccine approved by WHO

Sky's Ashish Joshi in Kenya to find out the scale of the problem

Eyewitness

'It's had a really big impact': The African children being saved by the malaria vaccine

EMBARGOED TO 0001 FRIDAY APRIL 9 File photo dated 04/03/20 of a woman using a laptop on a dining room table set up as a remote office to work from home. Fewer than one in seven leaders in some of the UK's biggest companies have said they expect a full-time return to offices by the end of this year, according to a new survey. Issue date: Friday April 9, 2021.

Two-thirds of UK women believe discrimination is still stopping them from finding jobs

The highest rates of unfilled positions are in the fields of addiction, eating disorders and child and adolescent psychiatry

'One psychiatrist per 12,567 people in England': Medics' mental health workforce warning

The University of Colorado said the women must get a COVID vaccine. Pic: Google Maps

Unvaccinated woman 'denied kidney transplant'

London buses fitted out to help the homeless as winter looms

Tom Daley won big

Elaine Page, Tom Daley and It's A Sin among winners at Attitude Awards

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister and Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum attends the Global Women's Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 16, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike/File Photo/File Photo

Police dropped probe into Dubai ruler hacking claims due to lack of 'investigative opportunities'

Climate

People flock to the beach in Bournemouth, Dorset

Google launches new tools to help one billion people make 'greener choices' by 2022

Greenland icebergs

Climate change is 'huge threat to humanity', physics Nobel Prize winner warns

A similar drone was used in a trial in May in the Scilly Isles

Drones to carry post to remote island in Royal Mail trial to cut carbon emissions

Clean-up crews work to mitigate the damage in an ecological estuary after a major oil spill off the coast of California came ashore in Huntington Beach, California, U.S. October 4, 2021

Eyewitness

California oil spill a sobering moment for a state that sees itself as a leader in climate action

The aviation industry has been criticised by climate protesters for not doing more to tackle emissions

Synthetic component for jet fuel aims to cut flying's carbon footprint

Cleanup contractors deploy skimmers and floating barriers known as booms to try to stop further oil crude incursion into the Wetlands Talbert Marsh in Huntington Beach, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. Pic: AP

'Environmental catastrophe' after massive oil spill in waters off California

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry arrives to attend the Youth4Climate pre-COP26 conference in Milan, Italy, September 30, 2021. Ministero Transizione Ecologica/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO ARCHIVES. NO RESALES. MANDATORY CREDIT.

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Strained US-China relations make climate talks more difficult, John Kerry admits

General view of a disused gas holder in central London. Around 1.5 million customers have seen their energy supplier go out of business this month after Avro Energy and Green Supplier Limited became the latest to announce their exit from the market due to a surge in wholesale gas prices. Picture date: Wednesday September 22, 2021.

Boris Johnson looking at new green levies on gas as prices reach new high, leaked document reveals

Pic: National Grid
The North Sea Link interconnector will run from Blyth in Northumberland to the Norwegian fjords, connecting the UK to Norway...s largest reservoir and hydrodam system (pictured).

World's longest under-sea power cables switched on - and they're bringing hydropower from Norway

Cop26 climate talks glasgow

Explainer

COP26: What are these climate talks and why are they so important?

Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay have been voted in as new Green Party co-leaders

'We are at a crucial moment in history': Green Party elects new co-leaders

Boris Johnson

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Only a quarter of voters think Johnson is best leader to tackle climate change, survey suggests

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Podcast

The Fear Factor: Should we be worried about eco-anxiety?

Police officers detain Insulate Britain activists blocking a motorway junction near Heathrow Airport, in London, Britain, October 1, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

Dozens of Insulate Britain activists arrested on motorways during tenth day of protests in three weeks

***STUFFED BIRD/EX-BIRD*** An ivory-billed woodpecker, now extinct, is seen on a display at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco,
PIC:AP

Ivory-billed woodpecker among 23 species declared extinct - as world faces 'extinction crisis'

Podcasts

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Stocked shelves, regulation tech and a construction crisis

Oct 9-15 is Baby Loss Awareness Week. Pic: iStock

Podcast

Revisiting: Miscarriage - breaking the stigma

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Facebook down, car sales plunge and diversity in finance

Chelsea's Pernille Harder celebrates scoring Chelsea's late equaliser against Wolfsburg

Harder scores late equaliser in Wolfsburg thriller

Spain's Ferran Torres celebrates with Gavi after scoring against Italy

Spain end Italy's unbeaten run to reach Nations League final

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Fury and Wilder denied face-off after furious row

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