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'Test to release' introduced: Covid isolation periods cut from 10 to seven days | Christmas go-ahead: But... restrictions could still be introduced before New Year | Sarah Knapton data analysis: Hint that omicron cases may have peaked | Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Why early questions from jury look promising for defence | Earnings take flight: Emma Raducanu unveiled as new face of British Airways | Property: Areas where surging house prices made new millionaires in 2021 | Orange-scented mince pies: The only recipe Diana Henry ever makes | Our brilliant December sale is your perfect chance to be expertly informed this festive season and beyond. Subscribe to The Telegraph now to enjoy three months for only £1 in total - that is a saving of over 85%! Here's how.

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Festive season: Boris Johnson rules out further Covid restrictions before ChristmasCovid liveblog: Sturgeon imposes new restrictions on Scotland to suppress omicron waveBusiness support: Rishi Sunak offers £1bn to help out Covid-hit hospitality sector'Exceptional risk': Boxing Day football will be Covid superspreader event, say public health chiefsIain Duncan Smith: Where is the modelling for the societal consequences of lockdown?Andrew Lilico: London's omicron epidemic shows there are reasons to be optimisticBritain's biggest divorce settlement: Princess Haya 'blackmailed' out of £7m by security team£5m a year on holidays: Unpacking Britain’s biggest divorce settlementFrank Bruno interview: ‘I live at home by myself and I think I’ll die by myself the way things are going’Beyond the Ghislaine Maxwell circus: My notebook from behind the scenes at trial of the centuryOur brilliant December sale is your perfect chance to be expertly informed this festive season and beyond. Subscribe to the _Telegraph_ now to enjoy three whole months for only £1 in total - that is a saving of over 85%! Here's how: https://bit.ly/3orHK50

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Confusion at Christmas: Boris Johnson urged to give clarity over Covid restrictions | Inside story: How ministers stood their ground against the scientists in Cabinet | Battle lines drawn: The great vaxx divide - are we at breaking point? | Liz Truss: PM accused of 'downgrading' Brexit by adding to workload | Christmas shopping: Left it until the last minute? Here is what not to buy… | Museums fightback: 'We've no intention of removing anything from display' | Jason Burt: Football is carrying on regardless, but at what cost to fans and players? | Our brilliant December sale is your perfect chance to be expertly informed this festive season and beyond. Subscribe to The Telegraph now to enjoy three months for only £1 in total - that is a saving of over 85%! Here's how.

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Cabinet meeting: Boris Johnson says no new Covid restrictions for nowCovid liveblog: PM 'reserves possibility' of implementing further restrictions'Slap in the face': Boris Johnson, Carrie and No10 staff pictured enjoying cheese and wine during lockdown gatheringMark Piggot: There is risk in not spending Christmas with my elderly parentsFortress Europe: How 1,800km of walls are keeping migrants outLaura Kuenssberg: BBC's political editor to step down at Easter'Mousehole died that night': How the Penlee lifeboat disaster unfoldedGeoffrey Boycott: England's batsmen simply are not good enoughOur brilliant December sale is your perfect chance to be expertly informed this festive season and beyond. Subscribe to the _Telegraph_ now to enjoy three whole months for only £1 in total - that is a saving of over 85%! Here's how: https://bit.ly/3orHK50

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Covid rules: Boris Johnson considers plea to limit household mixing at Christmas | Politics liveblog: Latest updates from Westminster as restrictions considered | Fraser Nelson: 'What happened when I tackled a Sage Covid modeller on Twitter' | Brexit brief: Liz Truss takes over negotiations from Lord Frost | Nick Timothy: 'Lord Frost was wrong about Britain's Brexit future' | Puzzle of life: How small joys help us see the bigger picture | Dispatch: Shaken Los Angeles in the grip of violent crime wave | 'Immunotype': Knowing yours could be the secret to better health | Our brilliant December sale is your perfect chance to be expertly informed this festive season and beyond. Subscribe to The Telegraph now to enjoy three months for only £1 in total - that is a saving of over 85%! Here's how.

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The big question for Tories: Is Boris Johnson still an electoral asset, or becoming a liability?Tim Bale: North Shropshire nightmare is eerily reminiscent of Margaret Thatcher's Eastbourne defeatJanet Daley: Defeat marks a turning point for chaotic Boris JohnsonApathy, anger, and a PM 'losing his grip': How Tory woes decided the North Shropshire by-electionOwen Paterson sleaze: Boris Johnson's handling of scandal was the 'kiss of death' for the ToriesSutton house fire: Woman arrested after two sets of twin boys killed in south London blazeCovid liveblog: UK's cases hit new record high amid omicron waveSouth Africa: Fewer hospitalisations as omicron surges, say officialsSwapping homes: I recreated The Holiday to see if I could find love in New YorkAnatomy of an England horror show: Where it has all gone wrong in second Ashes TestOur brilliant December sale is your perfect chance to be expertly informed this festive season and beyond. Subscribe to the _Telegraph_ now to enjoy three whole months for only £1 in total - that is a saving of over 85%! Here's how: https://bit.ly/3orHK50

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Nightmare before Christmas: Humiliation for Boris Johnson as Tories lose by-election to Lib DemsVictory speech: 'No 10 is creating a nightly soap opera of calamity and chaos', says new MP Helen MorganPolitics liveblog: One more strike and he's out, Boris Johnson warned by Tories after 'political earthquake'Keeping schools open: Army of retired teachers to be hired to stop classrooms from closingOmicron spread: Britain may be ‘better off’ with new variant than it was with delta, says Chris WhittyRoyal festive secrets: Prince William unwraps the Cambridges’ ChristmasAshes liveblog: England take wickets but make life hard on day two of second TestYour hot ticket: How to make this cancelled Christmas work for youOur brilliant December sale is your perfect chance to be expertly informed this festive season and beyond. Subscribe to the _Telegraph_ now to enjoy three whole months for only £1 in total - that is a saving of over 85%! Here's how: https://bit.ly/3orHK50

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Interest rates: Bank of England raises rates to 0.25pc in first increase for three years despite omicron threatPassing on costs: Millions of homeowners face mortgage rate risesPersonal finances: How to protect your mortgage and savings from the interest rate riseMake money: How savers can profit from the interest rate riseAmbrose Evans-Pritchard: Have we talked ourselves into an unnecessary crisis? The markets think soTourists banned: France to block all non-essential travel from BritainNew Zealand: Uproar as Jacinda Ardern moves to extend travel banBlanket bans: The countries that have put Britain on their red listPictured: Boris and Carrie Johnson reveal newborn daughter's nameSarah Rodrigues: Billie Eilish is right – porn traumatises childrenJason Burt: Football should stop paying anti-vax playersOur brilliant December sale is your perfect chance to be expertly informed this festive season and beyond. Subscribe to the _Telegraph_ now to enjoy three whole months for only £1 in total - that is a saving of over 85%! Here's how: https://bit.ly/3orHK50

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'Scale back Christmas plans': Public urged to ‘prioritise’ their social interactions | Politics liveblog: Sunak under pressure to support pubs as thousands face collapse | Coronavirus live tracker: Search for latest case numbers by postcode | Seven Telegraph writers: How we are hoping to solve our Christmas jitters | Blow for PM: MPs told they can email letters of no confidence over Christmas | Meal fit for Mr Scrooge: School lunch 'looks like prison food' - pictures | Interactive tool: The success of every school in getting pupils into Oxbridge | Pond life: The rise of wild swimming at home with the super-rich | Our brilliant December sale is your perfect chance to be expertly informed this festive season and beyond. Subscribe to The Telegraph now to enjoy three months for only £1 in total - that is a saving of over 85%! Here's how.

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