Inter centre-back Milan Skriniar and AC Milan winger Rafael Leao are each preparing to sign new contracts at their San Siro clubs, dealing major transfer blows to Chelsea and Manchester United, according to reports.

The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents councils across England, said crews have been badly impacted by the spread of the Omicron variant and called for workers be prioritised for Covid tests.

Councils across the UK are having to redistribute staff between essential services to keep everything running, and the public sector has been asked to prepare for a worst-case scenario of up to a quarter of staff off work.

I couldn't believe it when I realised it had come true.' After mother-of-four Mary Jones from Gwynedd, north Wales, won £9.3million in 2004. She said: 'I read Mystic Meg in The Sun and it said don't forget to check your lottery ticket.

Chelmsford City Council confirmed 23 members of staff were absent and cancelled three days' worth of food waste collections, while North Somerset Council said they had been unable to pick up 1,000 recycling bins on New Year's Eve as crews remain 'stretched due to staff sickness'.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said he will "move heaven and earth" to avoid shutting schools again, but he did not rule out a rise in Covid-19 infections being caused by children going back to class.

'Climate change is already creating catastrophic and deadly conditions for communities here and overseas, better study skills alongside massive harm to natural systems that support our economy and wellbeing,' the open letter reads.

The NHS is preparing to ensure it is ready to potentially offer Covid-19 vaccines to all 12 to 15-year-olds in England how to improve your act score from this month, although a decision has yet to be taken by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) about this age group.

The minister added that he was "absolutely" confident pupils will get their GCSEs and A-levels at the end of this school year after exams were cancelled for two years in a row due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Children all over the country are returning to school today and risk being turned away at the gates if they or their teachers test positive for the virus as commuters returned for the first time since Christmas.

Her regular spot was dropped by the BBC in a programme shake-up in 1997 but the following year she made a comeback for a sketch alongside presenter Bradley Walsh. In the sketch, Walsh's brother Del, who runs a market stall, tries to convince Meg of his own fortune-telling method - frying sausages.

Gloucester meanwhile has been hit with 'terrible problems' as bin collectors work in close-knit teams and quickly pass the virus onto one another, multiplying the number of staff off sick at one time, Liberal Democrat councillor Declan Wilson said.

This is a way of rooting out Covid-19. After being asked repeatedly, Mr Williamson told Sky News: "This is why we're doing the testing programme and we're encouraging children to take part in it, parents, and of course teachers and support staff as well.

Sportsmail reported on Tuesday that Manchester United were plotting a £60million swoop for the Portuguese winger next summer, and that the club's scouts had watched Chelsea's clash with AC Milan last week in a bid to keep tabs on the winger.

'She even became part of the English language - if a politician, somebody from showbiz or ordinary people in the street are asked a tricky question they will say ''Who do you think I am, Mystic Meg?''... It shows what an impact she made.'

Natural gas exporter Woodside Energy has been a major partner of the Fremantle Dockers for almost 13 years but a number of high-profile fans, including author Tim Winton and former WA premier Carmen Lawrence, have now urged to club to end the agreement.

The Slovakian defender attracted plenty of interest last summer from a handful of top flight European clubs including PSG and Chelsea, who ultimately opted to sign Kalidou Koulibaly and Wesley Fofana at centre-half.

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Meg, who was of Romany descent, never married after the 'love of her life', millionaire football pools heir Nigel Moores, was killed in a car crash in the south of France in 1977. (Pictured: Nigel Moores, far right, at his first wedding with then-wife Jean Murray Scott, centre, and his father Cecil Moores) 

We loved her and so did our readers. Our brilliant and incomparable Meg was synonymous with The Sun - she was a total legend. The Sun's editor, Victoria Newton, said: 'This is devastating news.