Primary schools in England’s worst-hit coronavirus hotspots will remain shut at the start of term on January 4 as ministers desperately try to slow the spread of the disease.
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Hospitals in London have asked NHS colleagues in Yorkshire to take some of the most seriously unwell patients as they have reached capacity.
At around half past midnight, Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle told MPs the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020, had been granted royal assent by the Queen.