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• Coronavirus: PM urged to explain plans for military to support police as new restrictions announced

  Boris Johnson is facing demands from Labour to explain his proposal to use the Army to help support police amid the new coronavirus lockdown rules.

• Coronavirus: Safety-first ditched as Boris Johnson embarks on a very difficult tightrope act

  When I asked a senior minister who knows Boris Johnson well last week how he approaches COVID-19, they told me the prime minister takes a "safety-first" approach.

• Grand Master Jay: 'We don't point our weapons at nobody. Unless they point them at you...' - Inside America's black militia

  We're in the mid-West and we're about to meet the enigmatic leader of a black militia group that's become increasingly visible in a year dominated by racial tension in America.

• Coronavirus: Healthcare workers fear second wave after witnessing trauma during pandemic

  There are fears of a second wave of coronavirus among health and care staff whose mental health has suffered as a result of the trauma they have witnessed during the pandemic.

• Brexit: Michael Gove letter warns of 'queues of 7,000' trucks after transition period ends

  Massive queues of up to 7,000 lorries could be seen outside Dover if hauliers fail to prepare for changes to customs rules after the Brexit transition period ends, according to the government.

• Coronavirus: Madrid in lockdown as doctor warns Britons to follow the new rules or pay the price

  A front line doctor in Madrid has urged Britons to stay strong and obey the rules as the country faces a second wave of coronavirus.

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Entertainment

• Steps return: 'People are saying we've saved 2020!'

  When Steps recently announced they were returning with new music and planning a tour for next year, it's fair to say their fans were more than a little excited.

• Jackie Stallone: Sylvester Stallone's mother and Celebrity Big Brother star dies aged 98

  Jackie Stallone, the mother of Hollywood actor Sylvester and one of Celebrity Big Brother's most memorable stars, has died aged 98.

• Friends: Gabrielle Union to host famous episode re-enactment with all-black cast

  One of the most famous episodes of Friends is set to be re-enacted with an all-black cast.

• Ellen DeGeneres apologises and says 'things happened that never should have' as TV show returns

  Ellen DeGeneres has admitted things happened on the set of her show "that never should have" in a video monologue launching her latest series.

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Politics

• Coronavirus: PM urged to explain plans for military to support police as new restrictions announced

  Boris Johnson is facing demands from Labour to explain his proposal to use the Army to help support police amid the new coronavirus lockdown rules.

• Coronavirus: Boris Johnson urges Britons to 'summon the discipline' to avoid second lockdown

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged Britons to "summon the discipline and the resolve" to avoid a second national lockdown after warning there have been "too many breaches" of coronavirus rules.

• Coronavirus: Safety-first ditched as Boris Johnson embarks on a very difficult tightrope act

  When I asked a senior minister who knows Boris Johnson well last week how he approaches COVID-19, they told me the prime minister takes a "safety-first" approach.

• Coronavirus: Boris Johnson's Downing Street speech in full

  Good evening, the struggle against COVID is the single biggest crisis the world has faced in my lifetime.

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Technology

• Dark web crackdown on opioid traffickers triggers 179 arrests across world, including four in UK

  Police have arrested 179 people, including four in the UK, as part of a global crackdown on dark web opioid trafficking.

• NASA reveals plans for 2024 mission to send first woman to Moon

  NASA have outlined plans for a space programme which will see the first woman sent to the Moon in 2024.

• Wales: Mysterious 18-month broadband outage for entire village caused by an old TV

  The mysterious cause of an entire rural Welsh village's broadband being knocked out at 7am each morning has finally been uncovered - an old television set.

• Airbus unveils concepts for hydrogen-powered zero emission planes

  Airbus has unveiled three concepts for a zero-emission commercial aircraft powered by hydrogen rather than jet fuel, which it says could be carrying passengers by 2035.

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