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• EU-UK ties prove too important to lose as Brexit trade deal is sealed

  24-12-2020 19:57
  Both sides needed an agreement for economic and security reasons
  
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• Brexit: Boris Johnson hails free trade deal with EU

  24-12-2020 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The deal between the UK and EU ends months of arguments over business rules and fishing rights.
  
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• Businesses welcome zero-tariff Brexit deal but warn of hard months ahead

  24-12-2020 18:12
  UK executives caution that future relationship for the services sector has yet to be defined
  
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• Brexit: Firms warn 'clock is ticking' to keep goods moving

  24-12-2020 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Businesses give a relieved welcome to the Brexit trade deal, but warn there is more work to be done.
  
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• Sterling trades near 2020 high after UK and EU clinch Brexit deal

  24-12-2020 17:40
  Currency hovers around $1.35 and domestic-focused equities rise as ‘no-deal’ risk dissolves
  
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• The final, frenetic hours that broke the Brexit deadlock

  24-12-2020 17:13
  Despite lack of chemistry between leaders and deep faultlines, UK and EU negotiators refused to walk away
  
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• How UK-EU trade deal will change relations between Britain and Brussels

  24-12-2020 16:25
  Centrepiece of historic accord is a trade agreement, plus co-operation on fighting crime and terrorism
  
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• The deal is done. Now Britain needs a post-Brexit vision

  24-12-2020 16:14
  Trade agreement will avert chaos but still represents a hard EU exit
  
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• Sterling trades near 2020 high after UK and EU clinch Brexit trade pact

  24-12-2020 16:08
  Currency hovers around $1.35 as negotiators reach historic deal
  
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• Stock markets and pound rise ahead of Brexit deal

  24-12-2020 16:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK markets close for Christmas in upbeat mood, hours before the Brexit trade deal is announced.
  
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• Covid crisis helps to ease divisions of Brexit divorce

  24-12-2020 16:00
  New-found sense of community emerges but experts unsure how long feeling will last
  
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• UK and EU agree historic Brexit trade deal

  24-12-2020 15:52
  Accord will guarantee tariff-free trade on most goods and create a platform for future co-operation
  
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• Britain and EU put finishing touches to Brexit trade deal

  24-12-2020 15:29
  Work on legal text goes on but agreement finally reached on fishing rights
  
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• Boris Johnson confident he can sell trade deal to Brexiters

  24-12-2020 14:38
  Downing Street has been preparing ground for weeks to win over Eurosceptic MPs and Tory voters
  
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• Customers furious as E.On takes payments too early

  24-12-2020 14:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 1.5 million customers are hit as direct debits are taken on Christmas Eve owing to an IT error.
  
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• Cross-Channel freight traffic resumes after drivers test negative for Covid

  24-12-2020 14:13
  France insists everyone crossing from England must have been tested within 72 hours in bid to halt spread of new strain
  
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• Nuro set to be California's first driverless delivery service

  24-12-2020 13:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nuro's autonomous vehicles will take to the streets as early as 2021.
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were Prince Andrew's special guests at a royal event

  24-12-2020 11:20 via ibtimes.co.uk
  
  The ball was followed by another invitation for Epstein and Maxwell, who were hosted by Andrew at Sandringham.
  
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• Why it may not be party time for Rishi Sunak

  24-12-2020 11:00
  UK chancellor played Santa and spent big this year and wants consumers to do so too to fuel recovery
  
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• Couple ordered by neighbours take down cross they put up as Christmas decor

  24-12-2020 10:56 via ibtimes.co.uk
  
  The Home Owner's Association Board reiterated that unless they can provide biblical references that notes the cross as a symbol of Christmas, they will not consider this to be a Christmas decoration
  
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• Robot deer helps capture poacher who previously outwitted authorities

  24-12-2020 10:37 via ibtimes.co.uk
  
  The authorities baited him with a robotic deer and they caught him shining his spotlight on the deer from his SUV.
  
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• Brexit deal: a hard bargain

  24-12-2020 10:21
  A high price has been paid for the commercial opportunities that will arise from new freedoms
  
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• Pastor loses both parents to coronavirus after he openly flouts COVID-19 restrictions

  24-12-2020 10:16 via ibtimes.co.uk
  
  Dunn stated that he was operating on bad information, pointing to the early days of the pandemic when coronavirus cases were low.
  
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• Chrissy Teigen says she will 'never be pregnant again' after recent miscarriage

  24-12-2020 10:01 via ibtimes.co.uk
  
  Teigen shares two children with her husband John Legend, a son called Miles and a daughter named Luna.
  
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• How UK-EU trade deal would change relations between Britain and Brussels

  24-12-2020 09:59
  Centrepiece of historic accord is set to be a trade agreement, plus co-operation on fighting crime and terrorism
  
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• Congress asked to investigate the mass euthanasia of NASA's 27 lab monkeys

  24-12-2020 09:52 via ibtimes.co.uk
  
  "The animals were suffering the ethological deprivations and frustrations inherent in laboratory life," animal ethics expert John Gluck said.
  
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• Virus dampens holidays worldwide as vaccinations gather speed

  24-12-2020 09:46 via ibtimes.co.uk
  
  The United States -- the worst-hit country in the world -- has already started inoculations, and its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that more than one million people have been vaccinated.
  
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• Sterling nears 2020 high as Brexit negotiators close in on trade pact

  24-12-2020 09:36
  UK government bond yields push higher on dimming prospects of negative interest rates
  
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• Meghan Markle, Prince Harry share first American Christmas Card; red-haired Archie steals the show

  24-12-2020 09:10 via ibtimes.co.uk
  
  The card, which is a digital illustration of a family photo, also features the family's two dogs, Guy and Pula.
  
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• Universal Credit: 'It is embarrassing having to rely on family again'

  24-12-2020 08:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People on Universal Credit say they worry about the end of a £20-a-week boost to the benefit.
  
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• NBA star James Harden fined for breaking Covid-19 protocols at nightclub

  24-12-2020 08:27 via ibtimes.co.uk
  
  The Houston Rockets player will be fined $50,000 and will be unavailable to play against OKC due to protocol violation.
  
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• George Michael's ex-boyfriend breaks into late pop star's London house

  24-12-2020 07:35 via ibtimes.co.uk
  
  Police had to drag Fadi Fawaz out of the same house where his partner died.
  
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• China begins anti-monopoly probe into tech giant Alibaba

  24-12-2020 07:19 via ibtimes.co.uk
  
  China's market regulator in November issued draft antitrust guidelines for internet platform economies that highlighted examples of anti-competitive behaviour.
  
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• Lionel Messi transfer news: Man City and PSG ready to pounce

  24-12-2020 07:11 via ibtimes.co.uk
  
  By January, the Argentine will be free to start negotiations on a potential summer transfer.
  
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• Pub group Mitchells & Butlers hits out at lack of government support

  24-12-2020 06:00
  CEO says it has been impossible for businesses to make plans as he predicts further collapses in sector
  
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• EU-UK talks go late with post-Brexit deal 'in sight'

  24-12-2020 04:39 via ibtimes.co.uk
  
  Failure to reach a deal would mean tariffs on cross-Channel trade in food and goods, exacerbating the economic shock of a return to a customs border after 47 years of integration.
  
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• Alibaba being investigated by China over monopoly tactics

  24-12-2020 04:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Chinese tech giant is face a probe by regulators into locking merchants into its platform.
  
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• Britain and EU poised to announce Christmas Eve Brexit deal

  24-12-2020 02:06
  Work on legal text goes on through night but agreement reached on fair competition and fishing rights
  
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• EU to allow post-Brexit UK farm produce exports

  24-12-2020 01:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  While this is a "critical step forward", seed potatoes are not included because of EU regulatory fears.
  
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