Rail provider CrossCountry announced it is "expecting widespread disruption to our services this week". Read more: Travellers are being urged to move their journeys forward to avoid disruption.

The company has been forced to cancel dozens of trains each day while many others have fewer carriages than usual. Among the routes affected by the cancellations include Manchester to Bournemouth via Birmingham; Bristol to Paignton, Devon; Cardiff to Nottingham; and Birmingham to Stansted

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Baba Vanga's predictions for 2022 as blind mystic forecasts a new pandemic

Blind clairvoyant, Baba Vanga, has revealed her six predictions for this coming year.

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Entire school years might need to be 'sent home due to Covid staff shortages'

Schools are drawing up plans to send whole year groups home for remote learning if staff shortages hit.

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'Do we really want to live in a country where ministers direct all our lives?' Sir Graham Brady on Covid, SAGE, and PM Boris Johnson

Sir Graham Brady, MP for Altrincham and Sale West and chairman of the Conservative Party’s 1922 committee, has been more than open in his criticism of government policy throughout the pandemic thus far.

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Train passengers travel for free as Union Strike costs Department Rs. 5 Mn per day

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan train passengers once again on Monday (27) received an opportunity to travel for free, as Station Masters continued their strike action for the fourth consecutive day.Sri Lanka Railways said that the strike cost the department Rs.

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Toronto health-care worker denied residency, could be deported because she had a baby

Toronto senior being deported after more than 20 years in Canada — ‘I belong here’ Saka and her husband are failed asylum seekers. They came to Canada in October 2017 after they say their lives were threatened by gunmen in Nigeria.

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'We lost two staff and 12 residents to Covid, but we'll never give up': Inside the special care home which tells a powerful story of the pandemic

In a small care home on the edge of Wigan town centre, everyone has a story to tell about the devastating impact of the last two years.

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In tonight’s top story: The government is expanding eligibility for its Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit amid new Omicron-related COVID-19 restrictions, allowing any worker to apply for the support if their workplace has been slapped with capacity-limiting restrictions of 50 per cent or more. Anne Gaviola has the details of the latest government pandemic support.

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Train passengers travel for free as Union Strike bleeds Department of Rs. 5 Mn per day

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NHL moves back to taxi squads to guard season from COVID-19 disruptions

COVID-19 protocol Sunday.Each team will be allowed to have a taxi squad of up to six players and to make emergency recalls from the minors if COVID-19 absences would cause anyone to play without a full lineup. Taxi squads, which were used during the shortened 2021 season, are set to be in effect until at least the All-Star break in early February.Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly confirmed the new roster rules in an email to The Associated Press.

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Covid-19 will not be the last pandemic humanity will face, warns UN chief

#COVID19 will not be the last pandemic humanity will face. As we respond to this health crisis, we need to prepare for the next one. On this International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, let’s give this issue the focus, attention and investment it deserves.

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Mental health issues among Police Scotland staff cause over 165,000 lost days in last two years

More than 165,000 working days have been lost among Police Scotland staff suffering from mental health issues in the last two-and-a-half years.

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Boxing Day leads to lineups outside stores despite rising omicron cases

Ontario reported more than 10-thousand COVID cases on Christmas but it quite enough to keep people away from electronic stores and shopping malls this Boxing Day. As Morganne Campbell reports, for some the deals outweighed any potential risk due to the rise in Omicron cases.

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‘Spider-Man’ tops $1B, first pandemic-era film to mark milestone

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 12: Tom Holland and Zendaya on the set of "Spiderman: Far From Home" on October 12, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Bobby Bank/GC Images) Peter Parker’s good fortune continued over the holiday weekend as Hollywood prepares to close the books on a turbulent 2021.

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Omicron coronavirus variant disrupts holiday travel but not shopping

omicron variant, and holiday sales rose at the fastest pace in 17 years, according to one spending measure.

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15-year-old graduates from University of Nevada, Las Vegas, as one of the youngest

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - While many teenagers are working to get their high school diplomas, Jack Rico has already earned his college degree.The 15-year-old graduated, with honors, with a degree in history from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in December. Administrators believe he’s the youngest person to earn a diploma from the school."Feels really surreal like it’s almost hard to believe," he told FOX Television Stations Sunday. RELATED: USC will start spring semester online, require COVID boostersRico said the journey actually started when he was in elementary school after struggling to understand the lessons.Jack Rico, 15, gets his diploma from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Is the First Pandemic Era Movie to Break $1 Billion Global Mark

Spider-Man: No Way Home just keeps getting bigger.

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'Go in peace': Pa. church founded in 1800 holds last service

BELLEFONTE, Pa. - A Pennsylvania church with a 221-year history held its final service and is scheduled to close at the end of the year because of declining membership and attendance.The First Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, which is nearly as old as the borough itself, held the final scheduled service on Christmas Eve after having welcomed generations of families over the course of more than two centuries."There’s just such a love among this congregation. We’ve all known each other so long and we know each other’s foibles," church elder Candace Dannaker told the Centre Daily Times.

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New Year's celebrations shelved across the globe as COVID-19 surges, here's who canceled and who hasn't

canceling their New Year’s Eve celebrations due to the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus while others are forging ahead with their plans.The iconic New Year’s Eve celebration in New York City will go ahead as scheduled but will be "scaled back", Mayor Bill De Blasio says, as party-goers will have to be fully vaccinated, wear face masks and practice social distancing measures amid the spread of the omicron variant."New Yorkers have stepped up tremendously over the past year – we are leading the way on vaccinations, we have reopened safely, and every day we work toward building a recovery for all of us," the mayor of the largest American city explained.

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New gathering limits come into effect in Quebec as COVID-19 cases soar across Canada

COVID-19 case counts soar across the country.The province is capping private gatherings at six people or two family bubbles as of Boxing Day Sunday, after reporting more than 10,000 cases of the coronavirus on Christmas Eve and another 9,206 on Christmas Day.Officials have said the daily numbers are likely an underestimation because the province’s testing centres are overwhelmed and can’t keep up with demand.The highly infectious Omicron variant of the virus has been driving a surge in COVID-19 cases across much of Canada in recent weeks.Ontario reported 9,826 new COVID-19 cases Boxing Day.Christmas Day was the third day in a row that Ontario broke its record for daily case counts with 10,412 infections.Ontario Health Minister Christine

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Omicron COVID-19 variant disrupts holiday travel with over 6,000 flights cancelled

COVID-19, disrupting holiday celebrations during one of the busiest travel times of the year.FlightAware, a flight-tracking website, noted nearly 1,000 canceled flights entering, leaving or inside the U.S. Saturday, up from 690 flights scrapped on Friday.

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Gas & kerosene shortage still unresolved

COLOMBO (News 1st); Consumers say that the gas shortage in the market has not been resolved as of yet while many are still affected by the kerosene shortage as well.Due to this, there are still long queues in many places to purchase kerosene as an alternative to gas as well.Many were seen queued near a petrol station in the Orugodawatta area with cans in hand, on Sunday (26).A person who was on the queues stated that the queue gets longer each day, thanks to the Government and its actions, and another pointed out that there were never this many queues for commodities.Another stated that they are going through many hardships, with a salary of Rs.

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Sri Lankan agencies deliberately setup obstacles to prevent shipment – Qingdao

COLOMBO (News 1st); China’s Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co., Ltd. alleges that Sri Lankan agencies delibartely set up obstacles to prevent the Organic Fertilizer Ship from being unloaded in Sri Lanka.Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co., Ltd.

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Other countries have not had an economic tsunami as Sri Lanka: MP Eran

COLOMBO (News 1st); Countries beaten and battered worse by COVID-19 have not had an economic tsunami as much as Sri Lanka had, says Samagi Jana Balawega MP Eran Wickremaratne.Addressing a media briefing held in Colombo on Sunday (26), the MP expressed his views regarding the economic crisis, pointing out that Sri Lanka has set several economic records in history with its recent steps and statistics. The MP went onto cite several Government reports, stating that inflation has increased by 3.2% from 2014 to 2019, during a period of five years, however it has noted an increase of 10.5% from 2019 until 2021, within a period less than two years. Moreover, MP Wickremaratne mentioned that in the last few months alone, people have sold more than

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Ministers begging for oil from other countries: Tilvin

COLOMBO (News 1st); Ministers are begging for oil from other countries all over the world while the economic crisis worsens, says the General Secretary of the JVP Tilvin Silva.Speaking to media, Silva said that at the moment, the Government has a total share of foreign reserves of about $ 1 billion, while a sovereign bond worth $ 500 million has to be repaid on January 8th, 2022.Furthermore, he also stated that more than $ 6 billion will have to be paid just for loans in 2022, while there are purchases to be done as well.By now, about 1,500 containers of essential goods brought to Sri Lanka are stuck at the Port as there is no way to issue Letters of Credit to free them due to the lack of US dollars.

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Save the Children: Staff missing after massacre in Myanmar

A Save the Children logo is seen outside the organisation's offices in central London on February 15, 2018.

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Omicron: Is Covid pandemic becoming endemic; Here's what Uday Kotak has to say

SARS-CoV-2virus is not going away.

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Christmas Day snow doesn’t stop people from lining up for COVID-19 test in Vancouver

As the snow falls on British Columbia, COVID-19 cases are surging there. The province is reporting record-high new cases, and testing clinics have been overwhelmed.

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Veteran lawyer loses crown as top legal aid earner as Covid pandemic slashes income

Veteran lawyer Donald Findlay has lost his crown as Scotland’s top legal aid earner.

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Mumbai: BMC seals Lal Path Lab as 12 staff members test positive for Covid

Covid positive. The pantry boy has been shifted to NSCI in Worli, where he is being treated. The lab will remain sealed until further notice.

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Like-minded countries should band together in response to China: Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tells Global News’ Mercedes Stephenson during a wide-ranging year-end interview that Beijing is “playing” democracies “off each other” through economic opportunities, but countries still must work with the Middle Kingdom.

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Bidens’ new puppy joins Christmas Day calls to the troops

US President Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden, look at their new dog Commander, after speaking virtually with military service members to thank them for their service and wish them a Merry Christmas, from the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 25, 2021. (Saul Loeb/AFP)WASHINGTON - A friendly new face joined President Joe Biden and the first lady Jill Biden’s Christmas Day calls to the troops — their new puppy, Commander. The purebred German shepherd, who’s nearly four months old, was welcomed into the family earlier this week. Commander was born Sept.

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The NHS heroes giving up their Christmas Day to look after patients after a difficult year on the frontline during a pandemic

"This year of all years has been particularly challenging for me working in the NHS both emotionally and work pressure wise, but it's important for us to work through Christmas as people fall sick all year round."

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Pope Francis prays for pandemic's end in Christmas Day address

Vatican City, VATICAN, DECEMBER 25: Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas message from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, December 25, 2021.

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TN to conduct random tests on 10% people arriving from 'non-risk' countries: Health Minister

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Spiritual essence of Christmas is redemption of all: President

COLOMBO (News 1st); President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that the spiritual essence of Christmas is the redemption of all by serving for the good of the society.In his Christmas wish, the President said that in view of the current global pandemic, this year’s Christmas season has to be celebrated in accordance with health recommendations.President Rajapaksa further states that the discipline practiced by people, both individually and collectively and as a nation, have been instrumental in controlling the pandemic that has plagued the country for nearly two years.He also adds that the culture associated with Christmas is one that makes a wondrous impression in the minds of all, irrespective of nationality, religion or age.

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Christmas Eve shoppers breeze through last-minute shopping

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. - On the night before Christmas, shoppers rushed out to get last-minute gifts."I wanted a Nintendo Switch," said young Kendall Martin.It’s a risky game waiting until the day before Christmas. One that Kendall’s parents have perfected."We do this every year.

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Calgary bishop says its important for faithful to gather at Christmas services during pandemic

Canadians differ on holiday plans amid Omicron COVID-19 spread “The advice we are getting is that (services) could be super-spreaders. It’s really important that all large gatherings be limited, so we feel it’s important to remain closed to save lives,” Pentland said.Calgary Bishop William McGrattan said he’s grateful that people in Alberta are still allowed to gather at churches this Christmas.He said it’s important for the followers’ emotional and mental well-being to be able to attend mass during the holidays.

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Families reunite at Toronto Pearson International Airport ahead of Christmas

For many across the country, it’s been a long 21 months. People have been separated from family and friends while juggling the effects of the pandemic.

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Can she lift Tory fortunes? Manitoba premier promises COVID-19 relief and calmer waters

Heather Stefanson has promised a more collaborative approach than her predecessor. And two months into the job, she has already reversed some of Brian Pallister’s most unpopular decisions.Political experts say Stefanson still has an uphill battle to revive Progressive Conservative fortunes in time for the 2023 provincial election, largely because of the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Leading Lanarkshire psychologists offer mental health advice for Christmas period

Leading Lanarkshire psychologists have reminded locals that mental health advice and support is available throughout the festive period - and provided a few tips of their own.

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COVID-19: Record 335 cases in London-Middlesex, marking 3rd pandemic high in as many days

For the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic, the London and Middlesex region surpassed the 300 mark for new infections on Friday, setting a new pandemic case record for the third day in a row amid an ongoing surge in cases driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant.The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported that the region had recorded 335 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, up from the previous record of 263 on Thursday. That was up from 228 on Wednesday, which at the time was also a record.The update is the health unit’s last before the Christmas weekend.Friday’s case count is roughly triple that seen a week earlier.

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South Africa to stop most contact tracing as 80% of population gain some immunity

A model of coronavirus is seen with South African flag displayed in the background in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on Nov. 29, 2021.

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Isolated at Christmas: The people across Manchester spending Christmas day without loved ones after testing positive for Covid-19

Christmas is a special time for families and friends to come together - something that is appreciated more than ever following months of lockdowns and ever changing restrictions since the arrival of Covid.

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Santa Claus’ house: Take a tour of his North Pole estate valued at $1M

Santa’s house is a winter lover’s paradise nestled on 25 idyllic acres.

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1 killed, 6 hurt in Thursday night shootings across Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - One man is dead and at least six others are injured as gun violence continued to rage in Philadelphia overnight Thursday. Investigators say a 40-year-old man was shot in the head on 1800 block of East Tioga Street in Kensington just after 9:30 p.m.

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