The Independent - 2021-01-02

• Yet more policy indecision has resulted in a postcode lottery of school closures
• Government U-turn to delay start of term for all London primary schools
• ‘Overwhelme­d’: intensive care unit bed occupancy in Kent hospitals hits 137%
• No shortage of vaccines in the UK, say manufactur­ers
• Tailbacks fail to materialis­e at ports but Brexit chaos predicted in days ahead
• ‘It’s rather lovely because normally there’s a lot of noise coming from there’
• ‘Broken safety net’: Labour warns expiry of pandemic support to hit families hard
• From ‘Scexit’ to vaccines – the key 2021 battlegrou­nds
• Festive revolution is just what the Doctor ordered
• Hundreds of fines issued as revellers ignore new year restrictio­ns to trash church
• Our creaking care sector deserves more than broken promises and reform delays
• Cycle lanes divide opinion
• ‘Feeling a bit cheated’: why students are on rent strikes
• Home news in brief
• Iran and US edge closer to conflict on anniversar­y of general’s assassinat­ion
• Senate backs defence bill as it overrides Trump veto
• A ‘Muslim travel ban’, quick firings and the Russia probe
• Assange’s father fears US will ‘break him for revenge’
• Skeletal siblings rescued after 10 years in ‘lockdown’
• World news in brief
• The British public has never given its consent to this deal
• The European project has always been a political one ... everyone knows that
• English exceptiona­lism is, in the end, rather unexceptio­nal
• Forget 2020, the past decade is chock-full of great events
• It was the year we didn’t anticipate but it made us appreciate what we have
• We have to move forward...
• Bush’s top economist as the Great Recession unfolded
• Will Brexit Britain become a supersized tax haven?
• How ‘invisible’ trade in the services sector will be hit
• Johnson must show he can deliver on the vital details
• Business news in brief
• Man United edge Aston Villa to go level at the top
• Soucek completes Moyes’ happy return to Everton
• Potential transfers to look out for this January window
• England ready for life in the bubble ahead of Sri Lanka
• Sport news in brief
• Taking a different path
• ‘Maybe we’ll be able to get the vaccine in 2025’
• IN DEEP WATER
• Can I travel to the EU from Britain with my French ID?
• MAGIC MUSHROOMS
• IN ROUGE HEALTH
• Green grub: three recipes to help you ace Veganuary
• MEAT IN THE MIDDLE
• Time to spice things up
• VEGAN MADE EASY
• I was never confused or angsty about my sexuality
• LEADING LADIES
• How older stars triumphed on social media in 2020
• DEATH TO GOOD TV
• IN THE MOMENT
• A MUSIC MAKER AND DREAMER OF DREAMS
• SATURDAY QUIZ

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