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Several police forces in England have said they have handed out multiple fines after breaking up a number of large-scale illegal parties over the weekend. 

Coronavirus infections have dropped by almost a third in England during the second national lockdown, research suggests.

Serial rapists and misogynists have been emboldened by "catastrophic systemic failures" in the criminal justice system, women's groups have said.

It is "too early to say" if another national lockdown will be needed after Christmas, according to a senior minister.

Sir Elton John has said the "horrible things" football fans said about his clothes and music kept him grounded at the height of his fame. 

Beavers have built their first dam in Exmoor in more than 400 years.

Shops will be given permission to trade 24 hours a day over Christmas as the high street tries to recover some of the losses suffered during the pandemic, a cabinet minister has said.

Another 12,155 COVID-19 cases and 215 deaths of people who have tested positive for the virus have been recorded in the UK in the past 24 hours.

The UK's medicine manufacturing industry is being given a £20m boost to help the response to future pandemics, the prime minister has announced. 

The biggest overhaul of agricultural policies in half a century has been unveiled by the government in a bid to create more sustainable farming and tackle climate change.