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Police forces across the UK have broken up parties and meet-ups and fined people for visiting beauty spots.

There was an outcry last week over pictures on social media of food parcels containing just £4 or £5 worth of food intended to last a child a week.

Professor Devi Sridhar said we are in a precarious position.

The accuracy of the devices has come under recent scrutiny by experts.

A motion by Labour called on the Government to maintain the increase.

A coalition of health bodies has written to the Government urging it to update legislation to protect ‘vulnerable’ staff.

Conor Murphy said the Northern Ireland Secretary has refused to meet ministers from the Stormont Executive to discuss the matter.

Concerns have been raised that the vaccine programme has rolled out before the top priority groups have been vaccinated.

Some areas could see up to 200mm of downpours over the first half of the week.

The figures are for the seven days to January 14.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said poor payment practices are ‘still rife’ across the UK.

The former leader of the opposition is considering legal action against Labour for ‘an injunction to restore the whip immediately’, his lawyers said.

Financial Secretary to the Treasury Jesse Norman told the Treasury Select Committee the post-Covid bounce could be enough to avoid significant rises.

Boris Johnson said any easing of lockdown would be gradual once the vaccine programme had made progress.

Baroness Dido Harding told MPs: ‘We couldn’t have built the service without all of that combined expertise.’

Home Office minister Kit Malthouse was unable to give a guarantee that no criminal case could be compromised by the loss of police records.

Stormont Finance Minister Conor Murphy said the spending review does not deliver the level of support required to ‘kick-start economic recovery’.

One low-income country has seen just 25 people vaccinated, the WHO said.

Education minister Vicky Ford said the Government expects ‘high-quality lunch parcels for our children’.

Agriculture minister Edwin Poots warned people might have to go without Bisto or trifle during Sunday dinners.