LIGHT DAYS AND DARK DAYS

365 days in Albion

21/07/20 - MPs call for wholesale reset of ties with China

20/07/20 - Doctors urge public to help prevent devastating second wave of virus

19/07/20 - Johnson: we will not need another national lockdown

18/07/20 - PM is accused of ‘failure’ after announcing end of work-from-home measures

17/07/20 - 649,000 fewer staff on firms’ payrolls since the start of lockdown

16/07/20 - No 10 punishes MP for humiliating Grayling

15/07/20 - Government pulls plug on Huawei’s 5G network role

14/07/20 - Experts fear up to 120,000 Covid deaths over winter

13/07/20 - Vote Leave firm paid £260,000 by Cummings

12/07/20 - Jack Charlton 1935-2020

11/07/20 - Face masks to be compulsory in shops

10/07/20 - Cricket - England collapse

09/07/20 - Universities wary of offending China

08/07/20 - Brazil’s Covid cases top 1.6m

07/07/20 - Fury as PM accuses care homes over Covid deaths

06/07/20 - Arts given £1.5bn rescue fund

05/07/20 - Nerves over Covid haunt ‘Super Saturday’

04/07/20 - Publisher drops Starkey over racist comments

03/07/20 - China fury at UK visa offer to citizens of Hong Kong

02/07/20 - UK high street: more than 6,000 jobs lost in a day

01/07/20 - US buys up entire stock of drug to treat Covid-19

30/06/20 - Leicester put back in lockdown as virus surges

29/06/20 - PM wants Brexiteer to head the Civil Service

28/06/20 - Jobless total to hit 1980s levels without fresh state support

27/06/20 - Property tycoons gave Tories £11m in past year

26/06/20 - Starmer sacks Long-Bailey in antisemitism row

25/06/20 - Minister rushed donor’s £1bn planning bid

24/06/20 - PM hails ‘end of hibernation’ – but scientists urge caution

23/06/20 - Galleries to reopen in return of cultural life

22/06/20 - Scan-as-you-enter plan to allow pubs to reopen

21/06/20 - UK confirmed COVID-19 death toll rises by 128 to 42,589

20/06/20 - Schools to reopen with 30 per class in September

19/06/20 - Church of England says ashamed of its role in slavery

18/06/20 - Contact tracing app will be delayed until winter

17/06/20 - Rashford forces PM into U-turn on free meals

16/06/20 - Lengthy queues as shops in England reopen

15/06/20 - Ministers could overrule scientists on distancing

14/06/20 - Far-right protesters in clashes with police

13/06/20 - Chief nurse not in briefings for ‘failing to back Cummings’

12/06/20 - Jobs bloodbath as large firms cut costs

11/06/20 - We were too slow to test, says medical chief

10/06/20 - Scrapped plans to restart schools

09/06/20 - Bid to defuse tensions as racism protests escalate

08/06/20 - Protesters hurl statue of slave trader into harbour

07/06/20 - PM told: dump the rhetoric and plan for a new wave of Covid

06/06/20 - Fewer than one in 1,000 now infected with virus

05/06/20 - Face masks must be worn on transport from June 15

04/06/20 - Universities in turmoil over student deferrals

03/06/20 - Starmer warns PM: get a grip or risk second wave of coronavirus

02/06/20 - Cutting back to 1 metre ‘doubles infection risk’

01/06/20 - Singing hymns could spread coronavirus, says minister

31/05/20 - Trump puts army on alert as riots sweep US

30/05/20 - Don’t try to see family or friends this weekend

29/05/20 - Family and friends can reunite at last, says PM

28/05/20 - Public told they have ‘duty’ to test and trace

27/05/20 - Number of excess deaths in UK coronavirus outbreak nears 60,000

26/05/20 - High street to reopen as UK edges back to normality

25/05/20 - PM backs senior adviser as pressure grows for dismissal

24/05/20 - Arts chiefs in plea for aid to avoid collapse of live theatre

23/05/20 - Cummings caught in lockdown rule breach

22/05/20 - U-turn on surcharge for foreign NHS workers

21/05/20 - Virus fading in London as major hospitals report no deaths in 48 hours

20/05/20 - Unemployment up 50,000 in first three months 

19/05/20 - Pick for victory, says Prince

18/05/20 - Risk of virus spreading in schools is ‘extremely low’

17/05/20 - Revolt over easing of lockdown spreads as poll slump hits PM

16/05/20 - Reopening schools on 1 June is too dangerous, say doctors

15/05/20 - Heads rebel against PM’s plan to reopen schools

14/05/20 - Lockdown ‘will lead to significant recession’

13/05/20 - Housing market is allowed to restart

12/05/20 - Petrol prices fall to below £1 a litre

11/05/20 - Confusion and anger as Johnson eases lockdown

10/05/20 - Laboratory issues force Government to send virus tests to US

09/05/20 - ‘Never give up, never despair’ - Queens’ TV speech

08/05/20 - Black Britons twice as likely to die from coronavirus

07/05/20 - Hospital gowns flown in from Turkey are declared ‘useless’

06/05/20 - UK coronavirus death toll is now the worst in Europe

05/05/20 - More than half of all adults now paid by state

04/05/20 - NHS app trial starts

03/05/20 - Almost half of doctors have had to buy their own PPE

02/05/20 - NHS official privately selling PPE

01/05/20 - Police handed out a fine every five minutes

30/04/20 - UK’s death toll becomes third highest in world

29/04/20 - BA to shed 12,000 jobs amid ‘crisis’ for airline

28/04/20 - Sage scientists split over face masks for public

27/04/20 - PM returns to No 10

26/04/20 - Two weeks’ quarantine if travelling to the UK

25/04/20 - Cummings sits on secret science advisory group

24/04/20 - Hospitals sound alarm at failings in privately run virus test centre

23/04/20 - 400 a day dying in care homes

22/04/20 - 99-year-old Captain Tom Moore raises over £25 million

21/04/20 - Barrel of US oil fetches less than a cent as market goes negative

20/04/20 - Two thirds of children fail to log on for lessons

19/04/20 - ‘Lockdown shaming’ being used to settle feuds – police

18/04/20 - NHS staff told ‘wear aprons’ as protective gowns run out

17/04/20 - No lifting the lockdown

16/04/20 - Amazon rakes in pandemic bonanza

15/04/20 - Biggest economic shock in 300 years

14/04/20 - Britain missed three chances to bulk-buy PPE kit in EU scheme

13/04/20 - ‘Wise, warm, witty’ Tim Brooke-Taylor tribute

12/04/20 - Hospitals on brink of running out of gowns

11/04/20 - Britain records Europe’s highest daily death toll

10/04/20 - Hundreds dying of virus in care homes not counted in official data

09/04/20 - Lockdown to be extended as daily death toll tops 900

08/04/20 - Power vacuum fears as PM remains in intensive care

07/04/20 - Ministers ‘using officials as scapegoat for failures’

06/04/20 - Johnson taken to hospital for coronavirus treatment

05/04/20 - PM warns against protectionism after Trump’s raid on masks

04/04/20 - Queen to rally nation with historic address

03/04/20 - Hancock bids to fix tests fiasco

02/04/20 - Nearly 1m in two weeks apply for universal credit

01/04/20 - Goats wander empty streets

31/03/20 - NHS staff ‘gagged’ over protective mask shortage

30/03/20 - Return to ‘normal life’ may be six months away

29/03/20 - Crisis will get worse before it gets better, warns Boris

28/03/20 - SCRUB YER KNOBS & KNOCKERS - The Star

27/03/20 - Jobless to soar as virus bailout is delayed

26/03/20 - Prince Charles has the virus

25/03/20 - Trump says he wants US back in business by Easter

24/03/20 - Stay at home, this is a national emergency

23/03/20 - Obey the rules or risk strict lockdown

22/03/20 - Military planners drafted in to get aid to vulnerable

21/03/20 - State to pay wages as PM orders national shutdown

20/03/20 - Your NHS needs you, 65,000 former staff told

19/03/20 - Schools shut down

18/03/20 - £350bn promise to battle ‘biggest peacetime threat’

17/03/20 - UK coronavirus deaths rise to 71

16/03/20 - No 10 bows to pressure for daily TV briefings

15/03/20 - Trump bans all flights from Britain

14/03/20 - Mass gatherings to be banned

13/03/20 - PM: many more families will lose their loved ones

12/03/20 - Virus can now only be delayed

11/03/20 - Health minister Dorries latest to be diagnosed with the virus

10/03/20 - Prepare to self-isolate for mild virus symptoms

09/03/20 - Deaths in Italy soar as 16 million put on lockdown

08/03/20 - Shops begin food rationing

07/03/20 - Visit elderly relatives before they must isolate

06/03/20 - First virus death in UK

05/03/20 - Virus has biggest UK increase in a single day

04/03/20 - MPS to demand reduced Huawei role

03/03/20 - European cases soar as China infections drop

02/03/20 - Thousands stranded at Turkey’s EU border

01/03/20 - Patel’s future in doubt after Home Office chief resigns

29/02/20 - Coronavirus kills first Briton as infections rise

28/02/20 - Heathrow ruling ‘major breakthrough’ for environmental justice

27/02/20 - Hospitals to deny care to weakest if pandemic hits

26/02/20 - Mass testing to uncover UK spread of coronavirus

25/02/20 - Weinstein guilty of rape

24/02/20 - Time running out to contain coronavirus, experts warn

23/02/20 - Home Office’s immigration boss quit ‘after run-ins with Patel

22/02/20 - 40% of doctors now back assisted dying

21/02/20 - Coal fires banned in fight to cut emissions

20/02/20 - Cummings supported selecting embryos for IQ

19/02/20 - EU inserts ‘Elgin Marbles clause’ into trade demands

18/02/20 - New adviser to No 10 resigns over views on race & intelligence

17/02/20 - Storm Dennis wreaks havoc across Britain

16/02/20 - Johnson vetoes mansion tax after backlash

15/02/20 - Johnson postpones US trip after row with Trump

14/02/20 - Javid walks out as No 10 tightens grip on Treasury

13/02/20 - UK prepares for more coronavirus cases

12/02/20 - PM stakes reputation on HS2

11/02/20 - Ireland faces difficult choices over Brexit

10/02/20 - 90mph winds as flood waters return to north of England

09/02/20 - drugs giants access to UK health records

08/02/20 - Dozens of suicides linked to handling of benefit claims

07/02/20 - Trump gloats after Senate impeachment acquittal

06/02/20 - Social media bosses face duty of care prosecution

05/02/20 - Get out now, minister tells Britons in China

04/02/20 - Journalists walk out of No10 over exclusions

03/02/20 - Terrorist freed from jail days before knife attack

02/02/20 - Travel bans plunge China into deepening isolation

01/02/20 - Cameron’s £1.6m since quitting

31/01/20 - GOODBYE

30/01/20 - BBC will aim news coverage at under-35s

29/01/20 - Nicholas Parsons, 1923-2020

28/01/20 - Johnson to defy warnings and allow Huawei into 5G network

27/01/20 - Huawei is threat to UK sovereignty, US warns

26/01/20 - £12bn bill for scrapping high speed rail link

25/01/20 - Global push to contain spread of the coronavirus

24/01/20 - Coronavirus warning as first UK cases feared

23/01/20 - UK and US at odds as Javid insists digital tax will go ahead

22/01/20 - Coronavirus fears grow as US reports first case

21/01/20 - Hall quits BBC ahead of licence fee row

20/01/20 - Johnson considers moving House of Lords to York

19/01/20 - PM warns cabinet to shape up or be sacked within weeks

18/01/20 - More schools using degrading isolation booths

17/01/20 - Big Ben Brexit bongs row descends into farce

16/01/20 - Putin moves to extend his powers beyond 2024

15/01/20 - Storm Brendan batters Britain

14/01/20 - Crisis talks amid fears Flybe is set to collapse

13/01/20 - Huawei no threat to our ties with US spies, says MI5

12/01/20 - Iran government shaken by wave of anger over downed plane

11/01/20 - Anti-terror police target Extinction Rebellion

10/01/20 - Ukraine jet hit by Iranian missile, western officials believe

09/01/20 - Iran under pressure to explain Tehran plane crash that killed 176

08/01/20 - Iran targets US troops in revenge missile attacks

07/01/20 - Some American troops pulled out of Baghdad

06/01/20 - Iran abandons nuclear deal as Iraqi MPs vote to expel US troops

05/01/20 - PM’s silence ‘deafening’ over crisis in Middle East

04/01/20 - Iran threatens US after assassination of top General

03/01/20 - Thousands stranded as they flee bushfires

02/01/20 - Australia burns as debate rages over PM’s climate change stance

01/01/20 - Protesters taunt Trump in raid on US embassy in Iraq

31/12/19 - Foreign Office raises alarm over Cyprus rape verdict

30/12/19 - Bank of England chief issues climate change warning

29/12/19 - Honours fiasco as 1,000 addresses revealed

28/12/19 - ‘Brutal and hostile’ Labour drove me out, says Watson

27/12/19 - QC boasts of killing a fox with baseball bat

26/12/19 - Gavin and Stacey top Christmas Day TV ratings

25/12/19 - Merry Christmas

24/12/19 - Mockery of justice after Saudi convicts eight of Khashoggi killing

23/12/19 - Fix our flood defences, northern leaders tell PM

22/12/19 - BBC could restrict journalists’ Twitter use

21/12/19 - First step towards Brexit as bill wins big majority

20/12/19 - Johnson’s ID plan to stop tens of thousands voting

19/12/19 - Pray for me, embattled Trump tells supporters

18/12/19 - Furious MPs confront Corbyn over election disaster

17/12/19 - PM puts no-deal Brexit back on the table

16/12/19 - Battle for Labour’s future begins

15/12/19 - Corbyn accepts his responsibility for Labour’s defeat

14/12/19 - Boris Johnson “thanks North” for trusting Tories

13/12/19 - Boris and Brexit win

12/12/19 - Decision Day

11/12/19 - Poll predicts a small Tory majority as race tightens

10/12/19 - Five dead, eight missing after volcano erupts in NZ

09/12/19 - Pledges on NHS cannot be delivered, top doctor says

08/12/19 - Patient data from GPs’ surgeries sold to US companies

07/12/19 - London Fire Brigade boss to quit over Grenfell fire

06/12/19 - Johnson refuses yet another TV interview

05/12/19 - Cricketer Bob Willis died yesterday aged 70

04/12/19 - We have no interest in the NHS, says Trump

03/12/19 - “Jack would be livid his death has been used to further an agenda of hate”

02/12/19 - Terrorists freed early may be sent back to jail

01/12/19 - PM uses terror attack in election campaign

30/11/19 - Two killed in London Bridge terror attack

29/11/19 - Tories threaten ‘biased’ Channel 4

28/11/19 - Secret papers prove Tories want to sell NHS – Corbyn

27/11/19 - Corbyn refuses to apologise to Jews

26/11/19 - Chief Rabbi accuses Corbyn of allowing anti-semitism to take root in the Labour Party

25/11/19 - Tories attacked for ‘fake’ pledge on new nurses

24/11/19 - Labour pledges £58bn to help women caught in pension trap

23/11/19 - Britons could face death penalty under US data sharing deal

22/11/19 - Treasure hunters stole £3m Viking hoard

21/11/19 - Duke of York departs from public life

20/11/19 - British HK consul worker tortured by Chinese authorities

19/11/19 - Investors to fight Corbyn nationalisation

18/11/19 - Climate more important than economy to voters

17/11/19 - Every Tory candidate signs Brexit deal pledge

16/11/19 - Business backlash over Labour free broadband plan

15/11/19 - We can’t support an ‘anti-Jewish Labour’, say writers

14/11/19 - Union chief calls for Labour to curb free movement

13/11/19 - Release Russia Report now PM is told

12/11/19 - Farage retreats from every Tory seat

11/11/19 - Tories to end trials of Troubles veterans

10/11/19 - Decision on police enquiry into PM shelved until after election

09/11/19 - Private surgery for NHS patients soars

08/11/19 - Corbyn rebels say vote Tory

07/11/19 - Corbyn strengthens grip as Watson quits as deputy 

06/11/19 - Rees-Mogg condemned over Grenfell remarks

05/11/19 - Report on illicit Russian activities in UK should be published

04/11/19 - Toe the line on Brexit, Corbyn warns cabinet dissenters

03/11/19 - Victorious Springboks make history

02/11/19 - Government U-turn: Fracking banned in UK 

01/11/19 - Trump attacks Brexit deal

31/10/19 - Brexit Party might help Tories by not fighting hundreds of seats

30/10/19 - MPs approve plan for December 12 snap general election

29/10/19 - PM will cancel election plans if voting age is lowered

28/10/19 - EU agrees Brexit delay as British parliament blocks December election

27/10/19 - Default Brexit date is still October 31, UK culture minister warns parliament

26/10/19 - UK ministers deny plan to weaken workers' rights after Brexit

25/10/19 - Vietnamese may be among UK truck dead

24/10/19 - Johnson calls for Dec12 election to break Brexit deadlock

23/10/19 - 39 found dead in truck near London

22/10/19 - MPs reject Brexit law timetable

21/10/19 - Johnson appeals to parliament to back Brexit bill

20/10/19 - Johnson sends unsigned Brexit delay letter to EU

19/10/19 - Parliament vote for Letwin amendment, pushing PM towards Brexit delay

18/10/19 - PM Johnson is confident parliament will back his Brexit deal

17/10/19 - Labour MP Louise Ellman leaves party after 55 years

16/10/19 - Macron says Brexit deal can be done in coming hours

15/10/19 - DUP leader says no to a Brexit compromise on tariffs

14/10/19 - PM Johnson will not resign if parliament rejects government plans 

13/10/19 - An election is likely before Christmas - Corbyn

12/10/19 - EU & Britain enter intense Brexit talks as departure date closes

11/10/19 - SNP will back Labour government on condition of Scottish independence vote

10/10/19 - James Dyson dumps electric car project

09/10/19 - Brexit group apologises for Merkel a 'kraut' allusion

08/10/19 - UK economy showing cracks under Brexit and world strains

07/10/19 - Climate change protests lock up central London, 135 arrested

06/10/19 - EU denies UK's call for weekend talks as PM insists on no Brexit delay

05/10/19 - UK police arrest 10 climate activists in advance of protests

04/10/19 - UK National Theatre to end Shell sponsorship link

03/10/19 - Ireland gets ready for damage and flooding as storm Lorenzo approaches

02/10/19 - London court to allow mass action against Google over iPhone data

01/10/19 - PM says he expects a certain amount of criticism as PM

30/09/19 - Rees-Mogg says Government does not need to apologise to Queen

29/09/19 - Trade minister Truss says Britain will be low-tax after Brexit

28/09/19 - Moment of truth approaches for Brexit with time running out

27/09/19 - Brexit debate language 'unacceptable', say bishops

26/09/19 - PM taunts opposition to call election as tempers flare over Brexit

25/09/19 - Climate protestors glue themselves to government building

24/09/19 - Supreme Court rules PM acted unlawfully in suspending parliament

23/09/19 - Thomas Cook CEO apologises

22/09/19 - Brexit freight plans needed urgently say Drug & medical suppliers

21/09/19 - Tories hold polls lead over Labour 

20/09/19 - Labour attempts to get rid of deputy leader over Brexit

19/09/19 - Labour to reverse Blair's changes to nationalisation

18/09/19 - Johnson challenged at hospital by sick child’s parent

17/09/19 - PM will comply if court says parliament suspension was unlawful

16/09/19 - Johnson booed by protesters in Luxembourg

15/09/19 - Lib Dems adopt 'Stop Brexit' policy

14/09/19 - Conservatives ran ads with altered BBC headline on Facebook

13/09/19 - Heckler interrupts PM to ask why are you not in parliament? 

12/09/19 - Spokesman says PM has total respect for judiciary

11/09/19 - PM rules out deal with Farage despite warning of electoral 'kicking'

10/09/19 - Speaker Bercow bows out

09/09/19 - Parliament to be suspended until October

08/09/19 - Amber Rudd quits government in Brexit protest

07/09/19 - Former Labour MP Angela Smith to join Lib Dems 

06/09/19 - PM heckled on street: “You're playing games!' 

05/09/19 - Boris Johnson's brother quits parliament

04/09/19 - Churchill's grandson to be expelled from Tory Party

03/09/19 - PM planned suspension of parliament weeks before announcement

02/09/19 - Johnson says he doesn't want election

01/09/19 - Labour to do 'everything necessary' to stop no-deal Brexit

31/08/19 - Javid says he has fantastic relationship with Johnson

30/08/19 - EU citizens face legal limbo after decades in Britain

29/08/19 - Labour Party will seek emergency debate on Brexit

28/08/19 - Pound falls as parliament may not avert no-deal Brexit

27/08/19 - Opposition parties to work together to stop no-deal Brexit

26//19/19 - Johnson will be a great prime minister says Trump

25/08/19 - Trump dangles very big trade deal carrot

24/08/19 - UK economy headed for stagnation in third quarter - Carney

23/08/19 - Officials hoping rest of EU agrees to work on Brexit solution

22/08/19- Too late for new Brexit deal - Macron

21/08/19 - Review into whether high-speed rail should go ahead

20/08/19 - Plans to end EU freedom of movement in no-deal Brexit

19/08/19 - PM condemns 'mumbo-jumbo' about vaccines after measles rates rise

18/08/19 - UK faces food, fuel and drug shortages, says leaked document

17/08/19 - Parliament can’t stop Brexit, Johnson to tell EU

16/08/19 - Veteran politicians asked to lead possible anti-Brexit government

15/08/19 - Cuadrilla restarts shale gas fracking in Lancashire

14/08/19 - Labour says will bring down Johnson and lead temporary government

13/08/19 - PM says the most important trade deal will be with the EU

12/08/19 - UPM expects EU to give in to save Ireland from 'no-deal' Brexit

11/08/19 - US adviser Bolton urges UK to toughen stance on Iran and China

10/08/19 -  Watchdog asks questions as power cut causes chaos

09/08/19 - UK economy contracts for first time since 2012

08/08/19 - Alowing a no-deal Brexit would be 'abuse of power', says Corbyn

07/08/19 - UK expresses concern to India over Kashmir situation

06/08/19 - Raab seeks to boost post-Brexit ties with America

05/08/19 - UK to join US in maritime security mission in Gulf

04/08/19 - Parliament can stop a no-deal Brexit in September: Labour

03/08/19 - Johnson aide says parliament can't stop no-deal Brexit

02/08/19 - Johnson's majority nearly gone as pro-EU party wins seat

01/08/19 - Report points to Labour row as contributing to rise in anti-Semitic incidents

31/07/19 - Funeral company Dignity stops dividend after profit slump

30/07/19 - Greggs' vegan sausage rolls helps 58% rise in profits

29/07/19 - UK plays Brexit hardball from a submarine base, pound tumbles

28/07/19 - Labour will do all it can to prevent a no-deal Brexit - Corbyn

27/07/19 - Conservatives surge in opinion poll with Boris bounce

26/07/19 - Trump congratulates Johnson on becoming PM

25/07/19 - New PM Johnson will hire 20,000 extra police officers

24/07/19 - Turkey welcomes 'Ottoman grandson' Johnson as British leader

23/07/19 - Brexiteer Johnson will be prime minister



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