Only 9,500 of the promised 26,000 extra personnel for practices in England have been recruited
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/09/tory-pledge-bolster-surgery-staff-to-be-broken-health-leaders

Wine and cheese, loud music and a leaving do were topped off with a Christmas party over 2020, allegedly, but ‘no rules were broken’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/09/no-10-partying-in-lockdown-who-enjoyed-what-and-when

The 300,000 homes-a-year target at risk until labour shortages, policy confusion and lack of skilled planning staff are addressed, say peers
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/10/sort-out-housebuilding-obstacles-or-miss-target-lords-warn-uk-government

Also on the list was a miniature horse, six-foot angel wings and a suitcase full of Blackpool rock
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/10/from-dogs-to-drones-the-items-travelodge-guests-left-behind-in-2021

App will scan shopping and offer alternatives with less saturated fat, sugar or salt to tackle UK’s child obesity crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/10/nhs-food-scanner-app-will-use-barcodes-to-suggest-healthier-eating-choices

People in potentially unsafe lower-rise buildings are in line to benefit from £4bn that Michael Gove is to seek from developers
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/09/five-years-after-grenfell-are-all-cladding-victims-now-going-to-get-help

Four storage solutions to help Britain keep the lights on deep into the future
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/10/heres-how-to-solve-the-uk-energy-crisis-for-the-long-term-store-more-power

Committee members welcome departure of Tory who faced accusations of sexism
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/09/mp-lee-anderson-will-not-be-missed-after-leaving-equalities-committee

Protect duty will be brought in by the home secretary in response to the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/09/priti-patel-to-require-venues-to-be-prepared-for-a-terrorist-attack

Analysis: reports and denials that free LFTs will be axed highlight gulf in opinions on how to move forward
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/09/living-with-covid-does-not-have-to-mean-ditching-all-protective-measures

Portraits by fashion photographer Paolo Roversi show Kate wearing Alexander McQueen dresses
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/08/duchess-of-cambridges-40th-birthday-marked-with-trio-of-new-photos

Polls in May pose danger to Johnson as voters will face further budget squeezes in preceding weeks
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/08/tory-mps-sound-alarm-over-cost-of-living-crisis-as-local-elections-loom

Retired professional footballer was working for ITV Sport at County Ground as Wiltshire club played Manchester City
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/08/ashley-cole-police-investigate-claim-of-racial-abuse-at-swindon-match

Government scheme to replace EU agricultural payments fuelled by ‘blind optimism’ and still lacking crucial details, say MPs
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/09/farm-subsidy-plan-risks-increasing-the-uks-reliance-on-food-imports

Met seeks information after Albanian national was caught in fire at a lock-up garage on New Year’s Eve
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/08/man-trapped-inside-london-cannabis-factory-dies-after-fire

Picture of Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infanta of Spain, is likely to be by Sir Anthony van Dyck, finds Cortauld’s report
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jan/09/art-historian-discovers-that-65-painting-on-his-wall-is-work-of-flemish-master

Party says measure could ease cost of living squeeze by reducing average household energy bill by £200
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/08/labour-proposes-windfall-tax-on-north-sea-oil-and-gas-to-reduce-bills

The rise of scratchcards has hit donations and added to concerns over problem gambling. Now MPs want a shake-up at operator Camelot
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/09/calls-to-overhaul-lottery-after-good-causes-get-a-smaller-slice-of-pie

Record sales and now news of a battery that lasts hundreds of miles. It’s getting better, but going green was tough, admits a reluctant pion..
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/08/streets-ahead-what-ive-learned-from-my-year-with-an-electric-car

The pandemic has exposed the fact that Britain’s healthcare system does not have sufficient capacity
https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2022/jan/08/its-time-to-transform-the-nhs-the-pressures-of-covid-have-left-no-doubt

Latest figures show protection against hospitalisation for over-65s at 90% three months after third jab
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/07/fourth-covid-jab-not-yet-needed-jcvi-says-as-booster-protecting-older-people

Omicron variant continues to fuel wave of infections with 149,405 new cases in England alone
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/07/uk-reports-new-covid-cases-weekly-total

Letters: Peter Davis says it is important that what citizens can do without being penalised criminally should be predictable, while John Mar..
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/07/colston-four-acquittal-raises-difficult-questions

Drones are helping in searches across tricky terrain and their role could grow as technology improves
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/08/flying-to-the-rescue-scottish-mountain-teams-are-turning-to-drones

Mark Drakeford said Boris Johnson was unable to secure an agreement among his MPs to take actions that would keep the population of England ..
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2022/jan/07/england-global-outlier-covid-policy-says-welsh-first-minister-video

PM relied on party factions to get into No 10, but amid Covid and climate crisis is finding them difficult to contain
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/08/erg-out-crg-tory-factions-boris-johnson-struggling-appease

25m-high hill had ‘teething problems’, an initially negative reaction and cost almost double its budget of £3.3m
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/07/londons-marble-arch-mound-attraction-to-close-this-weekend

Emergence of ‘great exhibition’ messages seems to undermine ethics adviser’s finding, says Labour
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/08/alexander-geidt-investigation-boris-johnson-flat

Legal advice says any challenge under equalities law would have reasonable chance of success
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/08/pcr-tests-isolation-funds-legal-challenge

It’s good for mental health, a study found, but what’s it like being an older person at the skatepark?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jan/07/skateboarding-in-middle-age-it-helps-me-switch-off

Star of viral video clip says disallowing virtual meetings is damaging councils
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/07/jackie-weaver-pleads-for-return-of-online-council-meetings

The UK prime minister described anti-vaxxers' social media messages as 'mumbo jumbo'.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2022/jan/06/anti-vaxxers-spouting-complete-nonsense-says-boris-johnson-video

Key points in No 11 flat saga as prime minister is again cleared of breaching ministerial code
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/06/what-did-second-investigation-into-boris-johnson-flat-refurb-find

Level increased regardless of health but virus ‘picks on’ those already at risk of illness or death
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/06/first-covid-wave-raised-uk-adult-risk-of-death-by-40-study-finds

British former PM told Nursultan Nazarbayev to stress he ‘understood’ critics and to say reforms would ‘take time’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/06/how-tony-blair-advised-former-kazakh-ruler-after-2011-uprising

Even the ravages of the pandemic won’t prompt the kind of funding it needs, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/07/tory-nhs-covid-pandemic-funding

Sector calls for greater state backing after UK loses eighth of its nuclear capacity with Scottish plant’s closure
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/07/hunterston-b-nuclear-power-station-retires-after-46-years-in-service

Editorial: The prime minister has failed to convince his party, the cabinet or voters what the country should look like
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/06/the-guardian-view-on-boris-johnsons-britain-lurching-from-crisis-to-crisis

Exclusive: Health Security Agency chief set out risks of PCR test requirement for £500 isolation payment in December
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/07/england-covid-testing-changes-could-hit-low-paid-workers-leaked-memo-warns

Guardian photographer Sarah Lee takes a dawn walk in a frost-covered Regent’s Park in London
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/jan/06/notes-from-a-frozen-secret-winter-garden-st-johns-lodge-pictures

Rowena Mason analyses the latest government Coronavirus plans as schools return and hospitals face being overwhelmed by staff shortages
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2022/jan/05/ministers-struggle-to-combat-omicron-politics-weekly-podcast

A hospital doctor in Yorkshire explains how Omicron is testing northern hospitals’ resources, with staff juggling beds to control infection ..
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/05/covid-is-affecting-all-of-acute-care-so-the-system-sludges-up

Boris Johnson announces travellers will no longer be required to take a lateral flow test before departure by the UK
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2022/jan/05/pre-flight-lateral-flow-test-scrapped-in-new-covid-guidelines-says-johnson-video

PM and deputy Labour leader clash over energy prices and wider cost of living in first prime minister’s questions of 2022
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2022/jan/05/boris-johnson-and-angela-rayner-clash-over-cost-of-living-at-pmqs-video

Tamsin Calidas left the city behind for the rugged beauty of a remote Scottish island – her images capture this life-changing experience
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/jan/06/call-of-the-wild-the-photographer-who-swapped-london-for-the-hebrides-in-pictures

Home secretary accused of ‘ill-judged meddling’ by getting involved in police operational decisions
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2022/jan/05/did-priti-patel-cross-a-line-in-urging-pursuit-of-the-colston-four

Census uncovers personal impact of economic turmoil, housing crisis and Spanish flu pandemic
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/06/1921-census-of-england-and-wales-reveals-nation-reeling-from-war

Twenty-year-old bedroom pop star built following on TikTok before crossing over into UK Top 40
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/06/pinkpantheress-tops-stardom-predicting-bbc-sound-of-poll

PCR test requirement for arrivals to be lifted from 4am on Friday and follows calls for it to be scrapped
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/05/uk-travel-industry-international-covid-tests

Rising energy bills and taxes could finally turn voters against Boris Johnson, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/05/cost-of-living-crisis-british-politics-2022-energy-bills-tax-rises-boris-johnson