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Passengers, whether by boat, train or plane, will have to show proof of a negative Covid test to be allowed in.

Small groups – some armed – gather in US cities, amid tight security before Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Monday’s papers focus on news that over-70s in England will be invited to get a Covid jab this week.

Labour calls on Boris Johnson to give millions a “helping hand” by extending £20 Universal Credit uplift.

South Africa has recorded 12 267 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and 254 deaths in the last 24 hours. This follows an announcement by the CSIR Researcher, Dr Ridhwaan Suliman that the country seemed to be on a positive trajectory in new cases having recorded an 11% decline from a week ago. 

Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyaza Lesufi will on Monday visit the Helpmekaar College in Braamfontein in Johannesburg amid reports that the institution had sent a newsletter to parents informing them that all 1200 learners should report to school on Monday.

The Western Cape Government Health Department has strongly condemned another armed robbery that took place at the Retreat Community Health Centre.

Catholic Archbishop Abel Gabuza of Durban has died at Hillcrest Hospital after a week in ICU battling with COVID-19.

Russia’s leading opposition figure and chief Kremlin critic, Alexey Navalny, has left Berlin on a flight bound for Moscow, where he will likely be greeted by his supporters as well as authorities poised to arrest him.

Russia’s leading Kremlin critic, Alexey Navalny, was detained by local police, moments after his return to the country and five months after he was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok. CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen reports Navalny had originally been scheduled to land at Vnukovo airport, where a crowd of hundreds of supporters and journalists waited. CNN has been unable to establish why the flight...

The South African variant of the virus is ‘clinically present’, while a lockdown tries to limit new infections

He has not left his home since he went out to vote in the election on Thursday, and on Friday said he was under “siege” as soldiers and police surrounded his home, preventing anyone from entering or leaving.

Fighting erupted after a man was stabbed in a row between two men from different ethnic groups.

The City of Windhoek issued a warning as the weather posed a risk to power supply and road conditions.

Surge in patient numbers in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Limpopo.

Davos delayed – plus a look at trust among citizens and between China and the US, with a word or two about M&R and WBHO as well as Cartrack, Truworths, RCL and Remgro.

Take your pick from several oil price and exchange rate forecasts.

According to an affidavit filed in support of the R60bn class action suit by dispossessed homeowners against major banks.

American civil rights lawyer and international activist Reverend Al Sharpton has praised the late Bapedi King Thulare Victor Thulare III as an economic freedom fighter for land and justice.

Tributes are pouring in for the late KwaZulu Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Bheki Ntuli.

Condolences are streaming in for KwaZulu-Natal transport MEC Bheki Ntuli, who died at a Durban hospital on Saturday from Covid-19 related complications.

The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal has expressed shock following the death of the provincial executive member and MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Bheki Ntuli.

Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphy analyses Tanguy Ndombele’s performance for Tottenham at Sheffield United after the midfielder scored a superb goal to underline his transition from Spurs outcast to key player.

Alli pushing for PSG move, West Ham target French striker Laborde, Barcelona presidential candidates cannot agree on target, plus more.

The German FA has confirmed it is investigating Union Berlin defender Florian Huebner over an allegation of racism.

Working parents, and particularly mothers, are in an impossible bind. As minister for women, Liz Truss must take a stand

The closure of schools across England, as well as a looming crisis in the early years sector, has placed working parents in an impossible situation. How to educate or care for children, while simultaneously doing their jobs, is the dilemma that millions of adults now face...

Higher education bodies tell Gavin Williamson little has been done to help disadvantaged students access remote learning

Tens of thousands of university students in England need urgent help to stop “digital poverty” from hindering their studies during lockdown, according to a group of vice-chancellors and higher education bodies.

While the government has provided laptops and other devices to...

Home education advocates call for urgent action to ensure independent students do not miss out on acquiring qualifications

Home education advocates have called on the government to act fast to ensure that private entrants to GCSEs, AS-levels and A-levels do not face a second year of delays to obtaining crucial qualifications after summer exams were cancelled again.

Home educators were dismayed...

We’ve had endless reviews of policy. Now those who live each day in real hardship should be put at the heart of reform

The photo of two blackening bananas, a tomato, two potatoes, three apples, a loaf of bread, about 200g of pasta, two carrots, slices of cheese, two mini-malt loaves, a can of baked beans and three Frubes is one of the defining images of our times. Posted on Twitter by...

The great pandemic of the 21st is being told in the greatest detail and in the digital age, as it happens. The bulk of this story is told through the words, voices and pictures of thousands of journalists across the world.

The SABC has sent deep condolences to family and friends on the passing of Motsweding FM’s Kabelo KB Molopyane.

The SABC has confirmed the passing of Kabelo KB Molopyane, who was working at Motsweding FM as a presenter since 2002.

The Soweto Tourism Association has called for the public’s support to help stop the total liquidation of the Mandela House Museum in Soweto.

As the 1970s progressed, Spector became increasingly reclusive and rumours of his eccentric behaviour became legend.

This after joking that the woman in the video in question did look a little bit like her.

After a first season that never quite got off the ground creatively, “Batwoman” announced that original star Ruby Rose would be leaving but that the series would hang around without her. The contortions necessary to arrange that baton (or Batarang) pass mostly fizzle in the opening episodes, fueling a sense that this CW drama might be flying on fumes.

The actor died, aged 72, after a recent hospital stay.

LauncherOne rocket carries very small satellites First demonstration launch failed in May last year

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit reached space on Sunday, eight months after the first demonstration flight of its air-launched rocket system failed, the company said.

Related: Virgin Orbit looks into cause of LauncherOne test failure

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Plenty of new models expected to flood the growing segment this year.

The chief executive of NHS England is optimistic about vaccinating all adults before Autumn this year.

The foreign secretary added there would be a crackdown on those failing to isolate after travelling abroad.

Lockdown has seen an increase in children under 11 seeking counselling according to the NSPCC.

Another 4,262 people have also been admitted to hospital with the virus, the government says.

The world is on course for a “catastrophic” temperature rise this century, the United Nations said as it confirmed that 2020 rivalled 2016 as the hottest year on record.

Japan is hit by severe snow storms, killing at least eight and bringing some regions to a standstill.

Three Covid-19 vaccines have now been approved for use in the UK. The BBC’s Laura Foster explains which groups will get it first.

The palm cockatoo is thought to be the only bird to use tools musically to attract a mate.