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Highest number of daily UK infections since pandemic began
CMO says more infection records likely to be broken
15 Dec 2021,45 mins
Largest backbench rebellion of Johnson premiership
99 Tory MPs vote against mandatory Covid passes
14 Dec 2021,45 mins
Huge demand for Covid booster vaccinations
Long waits at some centres providing jabs
13 Dec 2021,45 mins
Government: "deeply concerning situation" facing country
Scientists say 2 doses of Covid won’t stop you catching Omicron
10 Dec 2021,45 mins
Conservatives fined by Electoral Commission over No 10 flat refurb
Labour accuses PM of lying to his own standards adviser
09 Dec 2021,45 mins
Allegra Stratton resigns over No 10 party video
PM brings in Plan B covid restrictions
08 Dec 2021,45 mins
Biden-Putin video call
US expresses deep concern about Russia's build-up of forces near Ukraine
07 Dec 2021,45 mins
Aung San Suu Kyi jailed for 2 years
United Nations leads international condemnation of Myanmar
06 Dec 2021,45 mins
Taliban decree on rights of Afghan women
Order bans forced marriage - but no mention of employment or education
03 Dec 2021,45 mins
South Africa experiencing 4th wave of Covid-19
New Omicron variant causing most new infections
02 Dec 2021,45 mins
Government under attack over travel restrictions
Scientific advisers thought there was case for tougher measures
01 Dec 2021,45 mins
Major expansion of covid booster programme
NHS expected to give details in coming days
30 Nov 2021,45 mins
Every adult in UK to be offered booster jab
Move is part of efforts to tackle spread of Omicron variant
29 Nov 2021,45 mins
WHO says omicron carries higher risk of infection
Travel bans for southern African countries extended
26 Nov 2021,45 mins
New variant of coronavirus identified
Flights from 6 African countries suspended from tomorrow
25 Nov 2021,45 mins
31 migrants down off Calais
Biggest single loss of life in Channel for several years
24 Nov 2021,45 mins
Covid taking a “firm grip” again in Northern Ireland
People urged to keep working from home if possible
23 Nov 2021,45 mins
Government wins vote on social care cap
Boris Johnson's majority cut from 80 to 26
22 Nov 2021,45 mins
Exclusive BBC interview with Belarus President
Alexander Lukashenko admits border guards might have helped migrants reach Poland
19 Nov 2021,45 mins
Leeds leg of HS2 high-speed rail line scrapped
Labour accuses Boris Johnson of betraying promises to Northern England
18 Nov 2021,45 mins
Commons agrees to restrict second jobs for MPs
Furious row at PMQ’s over parliamentary standards
17 Nov 2021,45 mins
Prime Minister attempts to draw line under sleaze allegations
PM proposes ban on MPs working as paid political consultants
16 Nov 2021,45 mins
Thousands of migrants on Polish-Belarus border
EU approves further sanctions on Lukashenko government
15 Nov 2021,45 mins
COP talks to overrun until Saturday
Negotiators fail to reach agreement by official deadline
12 Nov 2021,45 mins
Escalating row over Belarus migrants
President Lukashenko threatens to shut off Russian gas pipeline to Europe
11 Nov 2021,45 mins
China-US climate deal
Agreement to co-operate more closely on climate issues over next decade
10 Nov 2021,45 mins
Belarus migrant crisis deepens
Lithuania declares state of emergency on its border
09 Nov 2021,45 mins
Barack Obama speaks at COP 26
Ex US President: world "nowhere near where it needs to be" in tackling climate
08 Nov 2021,45 mins
UN Security Council calls for end to Ethiopia fighting
9 anti-government groups form alliance against PM Abiy Ahmed
05 Nov 2021,45 mins
Owen Paterson resigns
Government abandons review of disciplinary scheme that would have paused his suspension
04 Nov 2021,45 mins