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Local community and voluntary groups may soon be able to apply for a grant under a new initiative, which is being launched by St Albans City and District Council. The local authority’s £50,000 Community Revenue Fund, is being set up to assist charities or non-profit organisations ‘with general running costs and established activities’ in need of ‘financial support.’ Grants will range from between £2,000 and £10,000.

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Watford Borough Council has announced it is accelerating plans to make sure the Watford Colosseum, ‘remains an iconic venue for future generations.’ It will now ‘undergo a major refurbishment programme,’ with £5 million in funds having been designated towards the works.

Boreham Wood lost 2-0 to Millwall in the Third Round of the FA Cup at Meadow Park this afternoon

A grime artist who was serving 24 years in jail for imprisoning and repeatedly raping four women has had his sentence increased by six years.

Saved By The Bell star Dustin Diamond has been diagnosed with cancer and is receiving treatment in hospital, his team have confirmed.

Katie Price has decided to move her son Harvey into a residential college, according to a report.

Actor Armie Hammer has called controversial messages alleged to have been written by him that were shared on social media "vicious and spurious online attacks against me".

Director Sam Pollard grew up in a house with three pictures on the wall - Martin Luther King Jr, John F. Kennedy and Jesus.

All travel corridors will close from Monday, meaning everyone arriving in the UK will have to self-isolate.

The UK has recorded another 1,280 coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the total to 87,295, latest government figures show.

The coronavirus R number in the UK has remained largely unchanged, as SAGE estimate it is now between 1.2 and 1.3.

Snow and ice is likely to hit large parts of England and Scotland on Saturday bringing travel disruption, the Met Office has said.

A leading virologist who said one of two Brazilian COVID-19 variants had been detected in the UK has now said the one picked up in Britain is not the one "of concern".

Small firms are cheering a Supreme Court ruling that forces insurers to pay out on disputed coronavirus business interruption claims worth at least £1.2bn.

Wales is enforcing stricter rules for supermarkets in a bid to curb the spread of the new coronavirus variant.

Hard-hitting adverts warning against spreading coronavirus by getting a cup of coffee or travelling by public transport are to be unveiled in the next few days.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says he is the last person people should take travel advice from after he imposed quarantine restrictions on Spain within an hour of arriving on holiday there.

Anxiety levels in Britain are at their highest since the peak of the first coronavirus wave in April last year, figures have shown.

Wayne Rooney has retired from playing after being appointed Derby County manager on a permanent basis.

​​​​​​​Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists he isn't playing mind games ahead of Sunday's match against Manchester United after comparing the number of penalties awarded to both teams.

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St Mirren and Kilmarnock have succeeded in having their Covid-19 forfeits overturned after a successful appeal.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has been told to "get a grip" after 150,000 fingerprint, DNA and arrest history records were accidentally wiped from police databases.

People who've had COVID are likely to be protected from reinfection for at least five months and have a similar defence to someone who's been vaccinated, according to a UK study.

Donald Trump has been banned from uploading videos on YouTube "in light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence", the platform said.

Boris Johnson has pledged coronavirus jabs will be given 24/7 "as soon as we can" - as AstraZeneca said it expects to release two million doses a week of the Oxford vaccine by mid-February.

Small firms are cheering a Supreme Court ruling that forces insurers to pay out on disputed coronavirus business interruption claims worth at least £1.2bn.

The UK economy returned to a reverse gear in November as tightened coronavirus restrictions took their toll on the fightback from the steepest recession on record, according to official figures.

The chancellor is facing growing pressure to give more support to people and businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.

ITV is kicking off a search for a new chairman as Sir Peter Bazalgette prepares to step down next year after almost a decade on the broadcaster’s board.

The Dutch government led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte has resigned over a childcare subsidies scandal.

Global deaths linked to coronavirus have passed two million - just over a year since it was first identified in China.

A mass transfer of COVID-19 patients in the Amazon's biggest city is taking place due to a shortage of oxygen tanks, as the UK's transport secretary says Britain was only aware of a new variant originating from Brazil since Sunday.

At least nine people were left needing hospital treatment after a bus fell 15m (49ft) off a bridge and into an underpass in New York.

All travel corridors will close from Monday, meaning everyone arriving in the UK will have to self-isolate.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has been told to "get a grip" after 150,000 fingerprint, DNA and arrest history records were accidentally wiped from police databases.

More than 66,000 hauliers have so far been tested at the Channel crossing with only "very low levels" of coronavirus detected, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has told Sky News.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says he is the last person people should take travel advice from after he imposed quarantine restrictions on Spain within an hour of arriving on holiday there.

A racing pigeon that survived an 8,000-mile (13,000km) journey across the Pacific Ocean from the US to Australia, is to be put to death over fears it may be carrying disease.

A driver travelling from the UK had his ham sandwiches confiscated by Dutch border guards, who said they were now prohibited under post-Brexit rules.

Two fishermen have rescued a naked fugitive who they found sitting on a tree branch in Australian crocodile habitat.

A US police officer called to charge two women for shoplifting instead paid for them to have Christmas dinner with their children.

All travel corridors will close from Monday, meaning everyone arriving in the UK will have to self-isolate.

Director Sam Pollard grew up in a house with three pictures on the wall - Martin Luther King Jr, John F. Kennedy and Jesus.

A racing pigeon that survived an 8,000-mile (13,000km) journey across the Pacific Ocean from the US to Australia, is to be put to death over fears it may be carrying disease.

A mass transfer of COVID-19 patients in the Amazon's biggest city is taking place due to a shortage of oxygen tanks, as the UK's transport secretary says Britain was only aware of a new variant originating from Brazil since Sunday.