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October 24, 2021

Act now on restrictions or face ‘lockdown Christmas', government adviser warns

The UK faces another “lockdown Christmas” unless more stringent measures to combat Covid-19 are implemented immediately alongside the vaccine rollout, according to multiple experts.

2 mins

Will Rishi Sunak lose battle to avoid winter lockdown?

There is a wearily familiar pattern to Boris Johnson’s public statements during the Covid crisis.

3 mins

Chancellor warned £500m family package not enough

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has pledged a £500m package to support parents with young children, but he has been warned it is not enough to make up for cuts and closures.

2 mins

Britain shortchanging poor countries by £1.9bn a year ‘owed for climate crisis'

The UK must stump up £1.9bn a year more to pay its “fair share” in helping poor countries meet the climate emergency and it lags behind six other leading nations, according to a new analysis.

3 mins

Two-thirds say No 10 has botched supply chain crisis

Two in three people think Boris Johnson’s government has botched the energy and supply chain crises which have seen firms collapse and led to empty supermarket shelves, exclusive polling for The Independent has found.

2 mins

Saudi Arabia targets net zero emissions by 2060

Saudi Arabia's crown prince said on Saturday that the world’s top oil exporter aims to reach net zero emissions of greenhouse gases – mostly produced by burning fossil fuels – by 2060.

2 mins

The Queen needs to rest – and there is a way she could retire without abdicating

The Queen needs to rest. Is there a way that she can do that, though, without breaking the solemn oath she made at her coronation in 1953?

3 mins

Salah already comfortable in company of Anfield legends

Anyone who doubts Mohamed Salah’s greatness is delusional. The Liverpool striker is not just one of the finest players in the world. He is up there with the very best in the club’s history. That puts the 29-year-old in a very elite group.

4 mins

England off to a flyer after blowing away West Indies

How about that for a statement win? England’s men got their T20 World Cup campaign off to a flying start, running roughshod over the West Indies to bowl them out for 55, then reaching their target with 70 balls to spare.

4 mins

THE QUEEN OF COOL

As Kristen Stewart becomes the latest queer, meme-friendly actor to play Diana, Princess of Wales, Adam England looks at how Gen Zers have come to see her as a pop culture hero

7 mins

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