Summary

  • Updates for Friday, 18 August 2017

  • Plans revealed for third river crossing

  • Rail disruption continues

  • Third win in a row for Ipswich Witches

  1. Ministers in a summer holiday tanglepublished at 21:37 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2021

    To book or not to book - that is the question for government.

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  2. Reynolds, Wrexham and sport's celebrity ownerspublished at 22:49 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    As Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney buy Wrexham football club, BBC Sport presents a potted history of sport's celebrity owners.

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  3. Peterborough United 2-1 Ipswich Townpublished at 21:28 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    Peterborough produce a fine comeback to claim a 2-1 win against Ipswich in League One.

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  4. Hancock rejects call for Irish travel restrictionspublished at 18:42 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    The health secretary responds to a DUP question on limiting travel from the Republic into NI.

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  5. DJ Dr's 'massive thank you' from health secretarypublished at 17:12 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    Birmingham doctor Kishan Bodalia performs DJ sets in his scrubs to boost morale for medical staff.

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  6. Health secretary praises doctor who DJs in scrubspublished at 16:15 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    Front line NHS doctor Kishan Bodalia takes to the decks to boost Covid medics' morale through music.

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  7. Hancock: Quarantine or face £10k fines and prisonpublished at 13:33 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    The health secretary has set out "tough fines" for people who do not comply with new travel rules.

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  8. ‘Red list’ quarantine hotel stay to cost £1,750published at 13:17 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    The health secretary announces new rules for British and Irish residents coming to the UK.

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  9. Ipswich Town 2-0 Blackpoolpublished at 17:53 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2021

    Goals either side of half-time by Alan Judge and Luke Woolfenden earn Ipswich a 2-0 victory over Blackpool.

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  10. 'We'll be vigilant over hotel quarantine countries'published at 17:04 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    From 15 February, all those arriving from 33 Covid variant hotspots will have to stay in a hotel for 10 nights.

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  11. Quarantine plan 'delay' risking lives - Labourpublished at 17:46 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2021

    The government says it is working "at pace" to tighten up the UK's Covid border security.

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  12. Government under pressure over quarantine 'chaos'published at 16:02 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2021

    Labour and industry figures call for detailed plans as hotel chains reveal they have not been spoken to.

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  13. UK must 'mark the memory' of Capt Sir Tompublished at 18:03 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    Tributes continue to be paid to the World War Two veteran who raised millions for NHS charities.

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  14. Don't replace benefit top-up with lump sum - Coffeypublished at 15:50 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    The work and pensions secretary said a single payment would not be the best way to help claimants.

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  15. Study showing vaccine slows virus spread 'superb'published at 15:04 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    As results show the Oxford jab may cut transmission, the health secretary says it offers a "way out".

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  16. Contagion film inspired vaccine strategy - Hancockpublished at 12:19 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    The 2011 Hollywood movie looks at what would happen in the event of a virus spreading around the world.

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  17. Hancock: Vaccine not a substitute for Covid testpublished at 14:28 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    The health secretary urges people in new variant areas to get tested even if they've had the Covid vaccine.

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  18. Ipswich sign Parrott & Matheson on loanpublished at 19:18 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021

    Ipswich Town sign Tottenham striker Troy Parrott and Wolves right-back Luke Matheson on loan until the end of the season.

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  19. UK 'must come down hard' on South Africa variantpublished at 17:31 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021

    Health Secretary Matt Hancock said 105 cases of the South African Covid-19 variant have been identified in the UK.

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  20. Captain Sir Tom Moore in hospital with coronaviruspublished at 09:33 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021

    His daughter says he was taken to hospital after requiring help with his breathing.

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