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Health secretary Matt Hancock has defended spending almost £50,000 on takeaways from a Fillipino restaurant called Bong Bong.

Smart doorbells are an 'easy target for hackers' a study has found

A helicopter has found a strange monolith in a remote part of Utah

Britain might face a Christmas tree shortage because of the coronavirus.

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Petrol and diesel cars won’t be available after 2030. This is part of the government’s latest green plan

Jeremy Corbyn is back in the Labour Party but he’s not a Labour MP as Sir Keir Starmer has withdrawn the whip

Dolly Parton has been revealed as one of the funders of the latest coronavirus vaccine that is said to be 95% effective.

The Todayful guide to Black Friday

It’s Black Friday, and many britons will be hoping to snag a bargain, queuing all night and then crushing into essential shops. Socially-distanced, of course.

Christmas followup

@BillyBritain1314 said he’s spent weeks arguing with his ex-wife as to when Twelfth Night is.

Karen from Little Aston tells us she’s opened her advent calendar early but it’s one of those ones full of gin and Prosecco and Pinot Grigio and upcycled signs that say “live love laugh”

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The head of the government’s Serco-run Test and Trace service Dido Harding is self-isolating at home, with her Tory MP husband and counting her cut of £12 billion

Marcus Rashford has launched a children’s book club to spread the joy of reading. Or Reading

Spike Lee is to direct a new movie musical about the creation of Viagra

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in isolation after getting a notice from the NHS track and trace app that he has come into contact with someone who has tested positive for the coronavirus.

Dominic Cummings is going, going, gone.

Amazon have had to apologise for telling a man in Northern Ireland that he doesn’t live in the UK.

The coronavirus vaccine won’t be an instant fix for the high street, says WH Smith boss

The Todayful guide to Christmas comes early

In these lockdown days, the people of Britain are turning to turning on the lights early to chase away the winter blues of life in the time of the coronavirus.

There are many signs that Christmas has come early: people’s lights are up already, the Christmas films are on Netflix, and the round robin letters have started.

Christmas preppers have had a field day, with queues outside the Card Factory the day before Lockdown Two began.

Experts are warning people of a very real risk of needle-drop, but we’re not sure if that’s to do with having your tree up too early or just getting to the point where you’ve drunk so much for so long you need to switch to smack.

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More than 100 intact ancient Egyptian sarcophagi have been unearthed near Cairo.

Lewis Hamilton won the Formula 1 title yesterday and alarmed some viewers by sporting a T-shirt on the podium with a number of slogans.

Rumours say that it’s Messi next for Manchester City.

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