In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): The five biggest stories of the week, explained.
On the menu this week? A brand new year! 🎉🥂
Oh and also: The Queen, Omicron & Brexit 😳
@seddonnews outlines the biggest stories from Twixtmas 🎄
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On the menu this week? A brand new year! 🎉🥂
Oh and also: The Queen, Omicron & Brexit 😳
@seddonnews outlines the biggest stories from Twixtmas 🎄
🧵👇
trib.al/dDYElpF
Wait, let us guess – ✨new year, new you✨?
We thought it might be. That’s great, really it is. Congratulations.
Except, it’s not. You’re hungover and you’re having a big old think about yourself. Your predictably hungover self. Go you.
We thought it might be. That’s great, really it is. Congratulations.
Except, it’s not. You’re hungover and you’re having a big old think about yourself. Your predictably hungover self. Go you.
Need to take your mind off it all?
How about a nice refreshing blast of 📰The News?📰
(You're *so* welcome)
How about a nice refreshing blast of 📰The News?📰
(You're *so* welcome)
🦠️Omicron: The encore 🦠️
The Guinness World Record Book of terrible things have been rewritten several times in recent weeks.
Cases are now pushing 190,000 a day, more than double where they were a few weeks ago...
& the testing system has been struggling to keep up.
The Guinness World Record Book of terrible things have been rewritten several times in recent weeks.
Cases are now pushing 190,000 a day, more than double where they were a few weeks ago...
& the testing system has been struggling to keep up.
Ministers defied expectations by deciding against introducing new measures...
...a move which delighted anyone hoping to get hammered this weekend but broke the hearts of knackered NHS workers.
...a move which delighted anyone hoping to get hammered this weekend but broke the hearts of knackered NHS workers.
The silver lining? 💫
The UK has approved a medication which may well qualify for ‘wonder drug’ status 🙌
The antiviral pill slashed the risk of hospitalisation and death by 89% !!👏
But it looks like we’re going to be riding the winter wave for a while 😷
The UK has approved a medication which may well qualify for ‘wonder drug’ status 🙌
The antiviral pill slashed the risk of hospitalisation and death by 89% !!👏
But it looks like we’re going to be riding the winter wave for a while 😷
👑 A weird one at Windsor 👑
The Queen has had a long, difficult year and even the most strident of republicans could hardly begrudge her a chill Christmas.
Instead, her Christmas plans were decimated by ill health and Covid...
...and a very uninvited guest 😳
The Queen has had a long, difficult year and even the most strident of republicans could hardly begrudge her a chill Christmas.
Instead, her Christmas plans were decimated by ill health and Covid...
...and a very uninvited guest 😳
The monarch’s security were forced to burst into action when a man scaled the wall into the property armed with a crossbow.
It was a terrifying incident to round off a rather miserable year for the Queen.
Prior to that she delivered a heartbreaking message to the nation...
It was a terrifying incident to round off a rather miserable year for the Queen.
Prior to that she delivered a heartbreaking message to the nation...
...which left millions teary-eyed long before the Baileys was even open.
The Queen spoke of the late Prince Philip’s ‘capacity to squeeze fun out of any situation’ and how the ‘mischievous, enquiring twinkle was as bright at the end as when I first set eyes on him' 🥺️
The Queen spoke of the late Prince Philip’s ‘capacity to squeeze fun out of any situation’ and how the ‘mischievous, enquiring twinkle was as bright at the end as when I first set eyes on him' 🥺️
Speaking directly to the many families setting one fewer place at the table this year, she added:
‘But life, of course, consists of final partings as well as first meetings
‘As much as I and my family miss him, I know he would want us to enjoy Christmas'
No, you’re crying 💔
‘But life, of course, consists of final partings as well as first meetings
‘As much as I and my family miss him, I know he would want us to enjoy Christmas'
No, you’re crying 💔
🚨 Ghislaine Maxwell 🚨
Ghislaine Maxwell, the daughter of a British newspaper baron who had every conceivable privilege in life, spent a period of her life helping a paedophile acquire young girls for abuse.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the daughter of a British newspaper baron who had every conceivable privilege in life, spent a period of her life helping a paedophile acquire young girls for abuse.
She denied everything until the bitter end but a jury saw through her story and convicted her on five counts relating to her activities with Jeffrey Epstein.
Maxwell will almost certainly spend a significant time in prison, perhaps until the day she dies, for her crimes.
Maxwell will almost certainly spend a significant time in prison, perhaps until the day she dies, for her crimes.
The case could have a huge bearing on Virginia Giuffre’s civil lawsuit against Prince Andrew, a process which is due for a big week in New York.
One of the charges Maxwell was convicted of related directly to crimes perpetrated against Giuffre.
One of the charges Maxwell was convicted of related directly to crimes perpetrated against Giuffre.
Prince Andrew strenuously denies all allegations made against him.
Her conviction is the latest stage in a sordid, harrowing story which tells us something a lot more of us should have known a lot sooner about the world of rich men, vulnerable girls and abuse.
Her conviction is the latest stage in a sordid, harrowing story which tells us something a lot more of us should have known a lot sooner about the world of rich men, vulnerable girls and abuse.
🇬🇧Brexit rearing its head again🇬🇧
Look, we don’t want to have to be the ones to tell you this, but Brexit is a thing you’re going to have to care about again this week.
Stricter controls on goods moving between the UK and EU come into force on January 1 which...
Look, we don’t want to have to be the ones to tell you this, but Brexit is a thing you’re going to have to care about again this week.
Stricter controls on goods moving between the UK and EU come into force on January 1 which...
...get rid of the halfway house arrangements that were in place to prevent disruption after the messy divorce.
There could be trouble on the horizon, with the British Frozen Food Federation warning the changes could result in major delays at ports.
There could be trouble on the horizon, with the British Frozen Food Federation warning the changes could result in major delays at ports.
At the same time, companies are also dealing with persistent problems in the logistics sector, especially the shortage of HGV drivers.
What does this look like in practice?
Well, Ikea has confirmed it has had to hike prices, with the cost of some furniture up by 50%.
What does this look like in practice?
Well, Ikea has confirmed it has had to hike prices, with the cost of some furniture up by 50%.
Meanwhile, in a move seemingly designed to delight the DAMN THOSE MEDDLING BRUSSELS BUREAUCRATS crowd, the EU is set to ban colour ink in tattoos over safety concerns.
So, we may see empty shelves again, but our Union Flag tattoos will be brighter and bolder than ever 😳
So, we may see empty shelves again, but our Union Flag tattoos will be brighter and bolder than ever 😳
And finally…A nice day out in London (not) 😬
One unlucky child was treated to an object lesson in what feels like to be an adult on New Year’s Day this week...
When they were marched into the ground by a guard clearly unwilling to stop for no one – man, woman or child ⚠️⚠️
One unlucky child was treated to an object lesson in what feels like to be an adult on New Year’s Day this week...
When they were marched into the ground by a guard clearly unwilling to stop for no one – man, woman or child ⚠️⚠️
Luckily, the young’un was entirely unharmed and bounced right back up like they do at that age 🙏
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