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Read in full: Government summary of Christmas Eve’s historic Brexit agreement with the EU

It's the essential Christmas read that you won't find under your Christmas tree this year - a summary of Britain's Brexit deal.  Boris Johnson last night hailed the UK's free trade deal with the EU as a 'small present' to the British public this Christmas. A 34-page summary was published by Number 10 at 4.30pm on Christmas Eve, hours before the Prime Minister issued his 'Brexmas' message. The PM has lined up a crucial moment next Wednesday when he will try to push the legislation underpinning the historic agreement through all its Parliamentary stages. He was last night given a double boost with a tentative welcome from Euro-sceptics and a call from Sir Keir Starmer for his Labour MPs to back it.  Ahead of next Wednesday's debate, here, in full, is the Government's UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement Summary, first published on the website of the Prime Minister's Office . What is in the Brexit deal? From free trade to fishing quotas the key

Who's who of Melbourne's underworld scramble to overturn convictions as the 'Lawyer X' super-snitch scandal threatens to explode - here's who could walk free next

It was an unusually warm September when police first knocked on the door of up-and-coming criminal lawyer Nicola Gobbo.  Detectives had no real interest in Gobbo that day in 1993.  They had come with a warrant to search the property she shared with her de facto partner, Brian Wilson.  Tony Mokbel is hoping to be released from jail. He was represented by Lawyer X, Nicola Gobbo   Melbourne gangland identity Faruk Orman walked free after having his murder conviction overturned because of the Lawyer X scandal The plain clothed officers weren't surprised to find drugs there.  They couldn't have imagined Gobbo herself would later plead up to possession and use of cannabis and amphetamines.  Gobbo was the niece of former Victorian Governor and Supreme Court Judge Sir James Gobbo.  She had come from legal royalty - her cousin is a QC and her sister, Catherine, a commercial lawyer.  Her arrest would change the course of Australian legal history 27 years later and place the title '

'It was an amazing experience': Singer from chart-topping NHS choir who sang during the Queen's Christmas broadcast says 'it was like a child being given all the nicest things in the world'

A member of the chart-topping NHS choir chosen to appear in the Queen's Christmas broadcast has said the experience was 'amazing'. Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir performed the carol Joy To The World from Windsor Castle at the close of the Queen's annual address - a heartfelt message of hope to the country. Andre Levy, who sings bass parts with the choir, said: 'Only now am I digesting the experience, it was too much to take in on the day. Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir performed the carol Joy To The World from Windsor Castle at the close of the Queen's annual address 'It's like a child being given all the nicest things in the world in one go, without being able to sift through and appreciate it. It was an amazing experience.' The choir's single A Bridge Over You was Christmas number one in 2015 after a neck and neck race with Justin Bieber's hit Love Yourself. When Bieber learned more about the rival choir, he urged fans to download the

Britain's best universities spent £1.6million feeding students stuck in halls when they were locked down by Covid

Russell Group universities have spent more than £1.6million on catering for self-isolating students since they returned to halls.  The University of Bristol spent the most on getting food to self-isolating students with a whopping £808,958.  Quarantine boxes that the university handed out to non-catered students in self-isolation cost £683,419 alone.  On top of that, the university spent £66,103 on additional food for students living in catered accommodation.  Food delivery and distribution charges then stacked up to £59,435. The costs were measured up until November 19.  The University of Bristol (pictured, student accommodation where students self-isolated) spent the most on getting food to self-isolating students with a whopping £808,958 Students were sent back to universities across the UK at the end of September and beginning of October before outbreaks of coronavirus hit institutions - forcing many into self-isolation.  Thousands of students across the country were stuck indoors