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Johnson and EU chief seek to break Brexit deadlock
EU and UK negotiators call in leaders in last ditch effort to secure a trade deal.
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Johnson and EU chief seek to break Brexit deadlock
EU and UK negotiators call in leaders in last ditch effort to secure a trade deal.

What's going on with Brexit?
Time is running out for the UK and EU to strike a deal - what is happening now?

Starmer self isolates after aide gets Covid-19
A member of the Labour leader's office has tested positive for coronavirus so he must stay at home.

Patel criticises anti-deportation flight campaign
The home secretary says it was wrong to link the deportations to Jamaica with the Windrush scandal.

Liverpool region mayor won't shake PM's hand
Boris Johnson must personally apologise for 2004 Hillsborough article, Steve Rotheram tells Nick Robinson.
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Johnson and EU chief seek to break Brexit deadlock
EU and UK negotiators call in leaders in last ditch effort to secure a trade deal.

What's going on with Brexit?
Time is running out for the UK and EU to strike a deal - what is happening now?

Starmer self isolates after aide gets Covid-19
A member of the Labour leader's office has tested positive for coronavirus so he must stay at home.

Patel criticises anti-deportation flight campaign
The home secretary says it was wrong to link the deportations to Jamaica with the Windrush scandal.

Liverpool region mayor won't shake PM's hand
Boris Johnson must personally apologise for 2004 Hillsborough article, Steve Rotheram tells Nick Robinson.

What's going on with Brexit?
Time is running out for the UK and EU to strike a deal - what is happening now?

Starmer self isolates after aide gets Covid-19
A member of the Labour leader's office has tested positive for coronavirus so he must stay at home.
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