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Huge changes are coming to WhatsApp messenger app

WhatsApp now allows users to hide intimate chats - how it works Chloe Clarke

Rishi Sunak has declared his wife’s shares in a childcare agency set to benefit from budget amid investigation

Rishi Sunak declares wife’s shares in firm amid investigation Chelsie Sewell

Liz Truss today sacked chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng. Photo: Getty

Fracking site renamed ‘Liz Truss Career Memorial’ on Google Maps Jamie Jones

Major announcement made on NHS prescription charges in England Isabella Boneham

First News: A beary good idea! Christine Emelone

The new treatment has officially been approved for use in the UK (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

What you need to know about new Covid-19 treatment sotrovimab - and how it works Rhona Shennan

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a press conference after cases of the new Covid-19 variant were confirmed in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2021 in London, England. UK authorities confirmed today that two cases of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant, which had prompted a flurry of travel bans affecting several countries in Southern Africa, were found in the UK. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Tighter rules on face masks and PCR tests for foreign travel announced Group Reporter

UK Government ‘not fully prepared’ for ‘wide-ranging impacts’ of Covid pandemic ... Group Reporter

Annual Covid booster jabs could be introduced - but no plans yet to vaccinate un... Group Reporter

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said that a so-called firebreak lockdown in England is not being planned for October half-term

‘Last resort’ plans remain in place for autumn, says Government Iain Lynn

Allegra Stratton said that an EV did not currently fit with her lifestyle (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Government climate spokesperson ‘won’t swap diesel for EV’ Matt Allan

The move is part of One Britain One Nation Day on Friday, June 25 (Getty Images)

Government encourages children to sing this 'One Britain One Nation' song on Jun... Group Reporter

A queue of people waiting to get the coronavirus vaccination in Bolton

Government urges against all but essential travel to Bolton and other areas with... PA

A nurse preparing a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine

More than 20 million UK adults have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine Andrew Nowell

The Government has announced it plans to bring a Covid-status certification system into place in England, as part of the easing of lockdown restrictions (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here's how Covid-status certification will work in England as mass event trials ... Helen Johnson

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... Helen Johnson

The Government’s catch-up programme for pupils impacted by school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic may not be reaching disadvantaged children, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Catch-up tuition may not be reaching the most disadvantaged children - according... Helen Johnson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is shown how to prepare the vaccine by advance nurse practitioner Sarah Sowden as he visits a COVID-19 vaccination centre

Government face furious backlash over proposed 1% pay rise for NHS staff Gavin Cordon and Alan Jones, PA

Education Secretary Gavin Wiliamson has not ruled out longer school days for children (Photo: Getty Images)

School days could be made longer and holidays shortened to help children catch u... Helen Johnson

The Government is being urged to recognise long Covid as an occupational disease and set up a compensation scheme for frontline workers suffering from the condition (Photo: Shutterstock)

Campaigners want long Covid compensation scheme for frontline workers - here’s w... Helen Johnson

Home Office’s ‘hostile environment on steroids’ sees failure to check detained m... Ethan Shone

The Government has withdrawn a ‘“stay home, save lives” advert after it was deemed as depicting women in a sexist way (Photo: Shutterstock)

This Government advert was withdrawn for its ‘sexist’ depiction of women Helen Johnson

Covid vaccine approved in the UK with vaccination to start across UK next week

Covid vaccine approved in the UK with vaccination to start across UK next week Colin Ainscough

Shoppers will soon be forced to wear face masks in England (Photo: Getty)

All the people who do not have to wear face coverings in shops from July 24 Group Reporter

A publican presents a pint from behind a protective screen. Picture by PA.

Pub industry explains what going for a pint will now be like Andrew Nowell

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Government supports the wages of more than 47,000 jobs across Wigan Ben Butler

Government request to help the homeless

Government asks Wigan Council - and others - to house rough sleepers and those i... Post reporter