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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has revealed a successor to the furlough scheme as he bids to avert a winter jobs crisis following tougher restrictions to combat coronavirus.

The chancellor has unveiled his "Winter Economy Plan" to protect jobs as the UK continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

Swiss authorities have ordered 2,500 students at an elite university to quarantine after off-campus parties led to "significant outbreaks"of COVID-19.

The number of people testing positive for coronavirus in England is almost three times as many as at the end of August, official data shows.

Israel's government has voted to tighten a week-old national lockdown as figures reveal the extraordinary extent of the country's coronavirus challenge.

The UK is preparing sanctions for human rights violations in Belarus, the foreign secretary has said.

The winners of this year's Drone Photo Awards have been announced as part of the Siena Awards Festival - offering an array of striking images showing the world from above.

Carole Baskin - from Netflix docuseries Tiger King - has been sued for defamation by a former assistant.

Boris Johnson has said new restrictions to curb the rise in coronavirus cases could last six months.

A South Korean government official was shot and killed by troops in North Korea who set his body on fire over fears he might be carrying coronavirus, officials in Seoul have claimed.

A speedboat skims across the waters of the Piquiri river in central Brazil; on board are a group of vets and animal trackers.

Israel's government has voted to tighten a week-old national lockdown as figures reveal the extraordinary extent of the country's coronavirus challenge.

A South Korean government official was shot and killed by troops in North Korea who set his body on fire over fears he might be carrying coronavirus, officials in Seoul have claimed.

A man accused of being Australia's Claremont serial killer has been found guilty of murdering two young women in the 1990s.

Marland Yarde put out a strongly-worded tweet a month ago condemning the treatment of some of his South African team-mates at Sale who had received death threats after choosing not to take the knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Former Australia cricketer and commentator Dean Jones has died from a heart attack in Mumbai at the age of 59.

Mikel Arteta had admitted that it is "very difficult" for Mesut Ozil to break back into his Arsenal side after leaving the midfielder out of a fourth successive matchday squad.

Floyd Mayweather's rumoured fight with YouTuber Logan Paul would purely be an "exhibition" for the boxing superstar, who would not harm his legacy, says Carl Froch.

George Clooney says he's "ashamed" of America's criminal justice system after the decision was made not to charge officers for causing the death of Breonna Taylor.

Zayn Malik has confirmed the birth of his baby daughter with girlfriend Gigi Hadid.

Ryan Reynolds could be about to take on his next big role - as an investor in a Welsh football club.

The Great British Bake Off's first episode of the new series has proved a ratings hit for Channel 4 - averaging 6.9 million viewers and peaking at 7.9 million.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has revealed a successor to the furlough scheme as he bids to avert a winter jobs crisis following tougher restrictions to combat coronavirus.

Battered by coronavirus, bemused by a summer of mixed messages and befuddled by the latest Brexit contortions, business was looking to the Chancellor for an effective, equitable and practical package of support.

The chancellor has unveiled his "Winter Economy Plan" to protect jobs as the UK continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

A throng of clubbers stumbling out onto the streets of Soho is a common sight.

Scientists studying the world's deepest diving mammal were left twiddling their thumbs when timing a dive off the coast of North Carolina.

A humpback whale that made a wrong turn and entered a crocodile-infested river in Australia has managed to escape back to sea.

A football match in West Yorkshire was forced to stop for around 20 minutes after an alpaca invaded the pitch.

Sets of 120,000-year-old footprints belonging to humans have been discovered in Saudi Arabia.

An amateur German football team lost a match 37-0 after they socially distanced from their opponents due to concerns about the coronavirus.

A passenger who was spotted wearing a snake as a mask while travelling on a bus has been warned it is not a legitimate face covering.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has revealed a successor to the furlough scheme as he bids to avert a winter jobs crisis following tougher restrictions to combat coronavirus.

The chancellor has unveiled his "Winter Economy Plan" to protect jobs as the UK continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

Every person who downloads the NHS coronavirus contact tracing app will be helping "make the country a safer place", the health secretary has told Sky News.

Requiring lorry drivers to get a permit to enter Kent from neighbouring counties after the end of the Brexit transition period has been branded "pointless" by an industry body.

Every person who downloads the NHS coronavirus contact tracing app will be helping "make the country a safer place", the health secretary has told Sky News.

The upward trend in positive cases continues in the latest statistics for Test and Trace, which show that 19,278 new people in England tested positive between 10 September and 16 September.

British volunteers are to be deliberately infected with COVID-19 to test whether a vaccine offers any protection.

The government has released a mobile phone app that people in England and Wales can use to establish whether they may have been exposed to coronavirus.