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Welcome to your early-morning news briefing from The Telegraph – a round-up of the top stories we are covering on Friday. To receive twice-daily briefings by email, sign up to our Front Page newsletter for free. 1. Sarah Everard suspect ‘exposed himself in restaurant’ The police officer arrested on suspicion of …

The Queen’s official fleet of planes is to be sold off as part of defence cuts in a move that will force her to borrow Boris Johnson’s Union Flag jet. Airliners used by the Royal Family since the 1980s will be withdrawn from service next year to save money – …

J ohn Lewis could close another eight department stores as the pandemic continues to cause turmoil for the retail industry. Chairwoman Dame Sharon White is said to be considering the closure of up to eight of its surviving 42 stores. According to the Sunday Times, the final number of closures …

Downing Street ‘wants Holly Willoughby and Lorraine Kelly’ to front celebrity campaign to urge the public to take part in mass home testing drive alongside vaccines rollout PM planning blitz that will send home-swabbing kits to millions of homes  NHS Test and Trace will dish out more than 400,000 lateral …

Sign up here for our daily coronavirus newsletter on what you need to know, and subscribe to our Covid-19 podcast for the latest news and analysis. Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s administration is about to accelerate Italy’s Covid-19 vaccination program, taking inspiration from the U.K. campaign, in an effort to …

Sign up here for our daily coronavirus newsletter on what you need to know, and subscribe to our Covid-19 podcast for the latest news and analysis. The U.K. government failed to meet some deadlines over publishing coronavirus-related contracts because it was acting “incredibly quickly” to secure equipment at the height …

LONDON (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers are holding their first meeting of 2021 on Friday, and vowing to share coronavirus vaccines with the world’s poorest countries — though details of how soon and how much they will give remain scarce. Prime Minister Boris Johnson of …

Rishi Sunak’s March budget will be a fresh Covid rescue package that will defer plans for significant tax increases as the chancellor throws his weight behind a cautious approach to reopening the economy, government sources have confirmed. Boris Johnson signalled on Wednesday that the government would take a slow path …

Newspapers and publishers have today united to urge MPs to investigate the Government’s ‘disgraceful’ obstruction of legitimate Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. Boris Johnson has said he supports press freedom in Britain but an investigation has revealed that his Government operates a secretive taxpayer-funded ‘Clearing House’ allegedly stifling disclosure of …

The death of 49-year-old Hull man who died alone in Hull Royal Infirmary has sparked a police appeal to track down his family. Keith Smith passed away on January 20 but Humberside Police say they have been unable to track down his relatives to notify them of their loss. Mr …