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Today’s big question

Gunboats sent in to Jersey fishing row: what happens next?

Blockade of St Helier port ‘pretty close to an act of war’, says Jersey Fishermen’s Association

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UK elections: why the results matter and who is tipped to win

Vote is barometer of what the electorate is thinking after a turbulent year

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Behind the scenes

Laurence Fox to Count Binface: the most colourful London mayor candidates

Former Wall Street banker who drank his own urine is up against controversial actor and a bin

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In Brief

Does Labour stand a chance in the next general election?

5 May 2021

In Depth

What next for Netanyahu amid Israel’s political stalemate?

6 May 2021

Today’s newspapers

‘Le Grand Surrender’

7 May 2021

The Daily Briefing

7 May 2021

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Conservatives triumph in Hartlepool

Hartlepool has a Conservative MP for the first time since the seat was created in 1974 after the Labour candidate Paul Williams attracted little more …

Economy bouncing back, says Bank

The Bank of England says Britain is on course for its strongest year of economic growth since the Second World War as households splash their lockdown…

Girl shoots pupils at US school

A girl aged 11 or 12 girl has shot and wounded two of her fellow students and a member of staff at a school in Idaho. Police say the pupil brought a g…

Inquiry calls for NHS spending surge

Spending on the NHS needs to rise by £102bn over the next decade, a commission has concluded. According to a four-year inquiry by the London School of…

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Instant Opinion

‘The path to Grenfell was there in plain sight’

Your digest of the best columns, analysis and commentary from the British and international press

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In Review

2021 films: new releases and what’s coming up

Coronavirus

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People walk past the social distancing markings on the ground at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

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What we know about Covid transmission

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Is coronavirus found in British bats a threat?

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Covid holiday test costs

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In focus: the Covid vaccines

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Oxford-AstraZeneca

The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been the jewel in the crown of the UK jab rollout, with its most recent clinical trial results reporting an overall…

Pfizer-BioNTech

Most vaccines rely on weakened or inactivated parts of the virus to provoke an immune response in their recipients, but the Pfizer version is syntheti…

Moderna

Moderna has become the third coronavirus vaccine to be rolled out in the UK. The majority of the available vaccines have been bought by the UK, EU, US…

Janssen-Johnson & Johnson

Like the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the Janssen drug uses a modified adenovirus, a harmless, engineered virus that is injected into the patient. The …

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