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Oliver Dowden and Alex Chalk have taken key roles following the resignation of Dominc Raab

Breaking Oliver Dowden and Alex Chalk take key roles after Raab’s resignation

King Charles portraits to cost taxpayer £8million

Mobile phone ‘Armageddon alert’ date set: UK primed for new public warning system siren test

Breaking ‘Armageddon alert’: UK primed for mobile phone public warning siren

A letter from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) to the information commissioner argues TikTok could be in breach of UK law. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking MPs believe TikTok breaches UK law - could be banned

TikTok has been banned on all UK government devices

Breaking Oliver Dowden confirms TikTok now banned on all government devices

TikTok is set to be banned on UK government devices

TikTok expected to be banned on government devices over data fears

Self-isolation can only end early if two negative results are produced on consecutive days (Photo: Getty Images)

Major change to Covid self-isolation rules takes effect from today

Plan B Covid rules are due to expire on 26 January (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Encouraging’ signs Covid rules will lift this month as cases plateau

There are reports Plan B rules are to be dropped soon.

Signs ‘encouraging’ for end to Plan B

Oliver Dowden MP has pledged there will be turkeys for Christmas.

Turkeys for Christmas 'top of the list'

Standing ban to be lifted for English Premier League and Championship fixtures

The full list of 20 UK places bidding to become City of Culture 2025 - from Corn...

Amanda Staveley at St James's Park.

Amanda Staveley hits back at Simon Jordan

Bukayo Saka is consoled by Gareth Southgate following defeat in the Euro 2020 Championship Final (Photo: Getty Images)

Arsenal condemns racist social media abuse directed at their player Bukayo Saka ...

England v Sri Lanka ODI at Durham’s Emirates Riverside has been announced as a Government test event.

Increased crowd at England v Sri Lanka ODI at Durham’s Emirates Riverside
England’s one-day international cricket match against Sri Lanka at Durham’s Emirates Riverside ground will have an increased crowd as part of the Government’s test event programme.
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The 2021 Championships were cancelled due to Covid-19 (Photo: BOB MARTIN/AELTC/AFP via Getty Images)

Reduced crowds and no autographs - full list of Covid rule changes at Wimbledon ...

Ofcom will be able to rule on complaints over bias or inaccuracy. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Streaming giants to be regulated in same way as traditional broadcasters under n...

The Wimbledon finals will be contested in front of capacity crowds and 40,000 fans will be allowed in Wembley for its final Euro 2020 fixtures (Getty Images)

Wimbledon finals at full capacity with 40,000 fans expected at Euro 2020 games

Ollie Robinson's England suspension ‘over the top’, says Culture Secretary Olive...

Sunderland striker Charlie Wyke in action. Picture by Martin Swinney.

Fresh twist in Champions League final plans which could impact Sunderland

Sunderland, Blackpool, Lincoln and Oxford United braced for late League One play-off final twist - as game set to be MOVED

Sunderland braced for late play-off final twist - as game 'set to be MOVED'

Boris Johnson vows to give Super League a ‘red card’ ahead of meeting with footb...

Gary Neville has condemned the plans for a European Super League (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

‘The motivation is greed’: Reaction to plans for European Super League

The Moderna vaccine is 92 per cent effective against Covid-19, and is on course to arrive in the UK in April, according to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden (Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire/PA Images)

The US' Moderna vaccine is expected to be rolled out in the UK in April

A message from the Beat Covid NE campaign, taken earlier in 2021.

Echo readers have their say on Covid certificates

From 29 March, up to six people or two households will be allowed to gather in parks and private gardens (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

More lockdown restrictions will ease in England on 29 March - everything you nee... Alex Nelson

The Government has announced the first areas of the UK which will benefit from ultra-fast broadband (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the UK areas due to receive ultra fast broadband first - and when it w...

UK-wide superfast programme pushed broadband speeds up a gear for 5.5 million homes. (Picture: Shutterstock)

Upgrading to superfast broadband could boost your home's value by up to £3,500

The BBC will broadcast school lessons on TV during lockdown - here’s when and wh...

The legal age for playing the National Lottery is going up next year - here’s wh...

The promising update as Sunderland and their rivals wait for key supporter return date

Promising update as SAFC wait for key supporter return date

This is the full list of bank holidays in England and Wales 2021 - including May...

An extra bank holiday has been planned for 2022 to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jub...

Queen Elizabeth II during the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph, in Whitehall, London, on Sunday.

Four-day Bank Holiday to mark Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022

Grant Leadbitter in action for Sunderland.

Premier League and Football League to carry on despite incoming second national ...

Sunderland fans can watch next week's game at Ipswich Town at the Stadium of Light - but not from the stands

SAFC set to stream games at Stadium of Light

Sunderland had planned to bring 11,000 fans back to the Stadium of Light last month

Rodwell hits out at Government stance on fan return

Sunderland's Stadium Of Light.

Over 1,000 press for football stadiums to re-open

Christmas will be ‘tough’ this year with no big family celebrations - according ...

A general view of the action played out in torrential rain during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Burnley at St. James Park on October 03, 2020 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors.

Date set for debate about when Newcastle United fans could return to SJP

This is what must happen before Sunderland fans are allowed to return to the Stadium of Light

What must happen for SAFC fans to return to Stadium of Light

'Overwhelming majority' of EFL clubs willing to pursue Project Big Picture - after Sunderland and rivals hold crucial meetings

'Overwhelming majority' of EFL clubs willing to pursue Project Big Picture - aft...

Boris Johnson announced a new "three tier" lockdown system in England (Photo: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Questions about North East lockdown answered

Britain's Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden leaves from 10 Downing Street in central London on October 7, 2020,. - Britain has suffered the worst death toll in Europe from the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, with more than 42,000 confirmed deaths.

PCP Capital Partners' view on proposed Premier League 'shake up'

Independent in Holmeside, Sunderland.

Sunderland's Independent club awarded £91,000 from Government fund

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 22: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Oliver Dowden arrives for a cabinet meeting at the FCO on September 22, 2020 in London.

Government minister provides update on Stadium of Light return as Sunderland fan...

Sunderland co-owner Charlie Methven.

COMMENT: Premier League big boys can save the day ... but will they?

An empty Stadium of Light on Tuesday evening.

Government to be grilled over return of fans

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The release of Jurassic World: Dominion has been delayed - here’s when it will c...

Murton, Boldon, Middlesbrough and Newcastle are among the Cineworld sites facing closure.

Cineworld set to close all 128 UK sites

Sunderland co-owner Charlie Methven

SAFC co-owner Charlie Methven signs a powerful letter to government

Games are being played behind-closed-doors for the foreseeable.

Government calls on Premier League to help EFL clubs through £200m crisis

Testing has been rolled out at some major US cities (Getty Images)

Could testing people for coronavirus at UK airports replace quarantine?

Here are all the EU countries allowing UK tourists to enter - and quarantine rul...

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