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'Sharp and deep': Wales to enter 17-day 'fire break' lockdown'Decisive moment': Government looking at moving six more areas to Tier 3 rulesHospital admissions: Manchester hospital capacity will be overwhelmed in three weeks, says No 10Red Wall vs The South: What 'blue on blue' Tory Covid row is really all aboutBarnier blinks first: EU agrees to 'intensive' post-Brexit trade talks on key sticking point‘The longest suicide in Hollywood history’: Who was the real Montgomery Clift?Marriage Diaries: My husband is a Covid conspiracy theorist - it's us apartMicro markets: The local hotspots where Covid has sent house prices soaringRead all these articles with a Telegraph subscription. Try a free one-month trial - then save 50pc on your first three months. Sign up here: http://bit.ly/2WRuvh9.

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