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The government told Britons returning from 11 quarantined towns in northern Italy to isolate themselves, for fear of spreading Covid-19, the contagious coronavirus fever. Random testing began at 11 hospitals. Thirty British and two Irish passengers from the cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined at Yokohama had been flown to Britain and sent for another fortnight’s quarantine in the Wirral. The price of first-class stamps is to go up on 23 March from 70p to 76p. The EU disclosed its negotiating position on a trade agreement with the United Kingdom, saying in a strange sing-song formula that it ‘should uphold common high standards, and corresponding high standards over time with Union standards as a reference point’.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse dismissed claims made by Tom Watson of a ‘powerful paedophile network linked to parliament and No. 10’ but said that a blind eye had been turned to the evil, as in the case of the late Cyril Smith, a Liberal MP; Lord Steel, the former Liberal leader, left the Liberal Democrats in response. The Revd Canon Dr Jeremy Morris ‘voluntarily stepped back’ from being Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, after criticisms of his handling of a case in which a male student was accused of rape, which he denied. Wilfred De’Ath, who wrote a column about being homeless, died aged 82. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex posted on their website SussexRoyal.com a rambling response to a statement by Buckingham Palace on their withdrawal of a copyright application for the name Sussex Royal. ‘There is not any jurisdiction by the monarchy or cabinet office over the use of the word “royal” overseas,’ it said. Daniel Horton, 29, appeared in court accused of causing grievous bodily harm by stabbing Raafat Maglad, aged 70, during afternoon prayers at Regent’s Park mosque.

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