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Building a tunnel on the stretch of the A303 passing Stonehenge has been mooted for years. Now it looks set to become a reality

Last week, a committee in China voted to strip the city of its World Heritage status, citing ‘irreversible’ damage

Jabs offered at theme park as part of push to encourage more young people to get inoculated

Healthcare professionals stress importance of antenatal vaccination

No one seriously thinks that this is really about British sausages ‘sneaking into Co Donegal’, says The Sunday Telegraph

Worst of the pandemic could be over by September, says leading epidemiologist

A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages

Belmarsh prisoner stripped of Ecuadorian citizenship as extradition battle continues

Scientists forecast that southern speech patterns will begin to take over

Britain is warming more quickly than global average over past decade, says study

Even in normal times, the issue of nurses’ pay is ‘politically volatile’

French authorities insist that they will not stop boats at sea, or accept back migrants from the UK

The brief ‘golden era’ of Sino-British relations has turned ‘radioactive’

Ministers reportedly feared that Covid-19 measure was hobbling the economy

People who visited installation during first week offered free return tickets due to ‘teething problems’

Case of 13-year-old killed by other children in Reading field ‘should horrify us as a society’, says leading officer

Judge-led panel ruled that such views should be protected under the Equality Act

Chiefs say health service is facing the same level of pressure as at the height of the pandemic

An unpublished London Underground report identified 85 Tube stations as being at ‘high risk’ of flooding

Parliamentary pay watchdog requests power to ‘vary the award below or above’ public sector pay

Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?

From Brexit to a global pandemic, Johnson’s premiership has been nothing if not turbulent

Human behaviour will have a direct impact on the key numbers

Ingenious software covertly allows access to target’s mobile phone - with ‘devastating’ implications for democracy

Prime minister quarantining after being ‘pinged’ by NHS track-and-trace

Supermarkets warn of empty shelves as Keir Starmer follows Boris Johnson into isolation

Foreign secretary claims new post-Brexit proposal undermines UK’s sovereignty over territory

Brexit deal fallout risks ‘being felt in the fabric of our union’, warns Frost

New report recommends that harmful online behaviour be criminalised under Sexual Offences Act

Critics suggest Laura Kuenssberg grilling backfired for former No. 10 adviser

The introduction of vaccine passports for clubbers is the latest U-turn from Johnson’s Covid-embattled government

Duke of Sussex says he’s ‘excited’ for public to read account of his life ‘that’s accurate and wholly truthful’