NEWS FOR 2/12/2023 (Saturday the 2^nd of December, 2023 - 1:37:11am gmt)

• Boris Johnson to apologise to Covid Inquiry but say he got big calls right
  Posted on Saturday, 2/12/2023, 1:02:46am gmt
  But the former PM will argue robustly his government got many big pandemic calls right.
  
  
• Bowen: US sets clearer red lines for Israel as ceasefire ends
  Posted on Saturday, 2/12/2023, 12:59:38am gmt
  If Israel kills as many in south Gaza as the north, Biden will have to decide whether he can keep giving Israel as much support.
  
  
• COP28: Huge rise in oil drilling expected from hosts UAE
  Posted on Saturday, 2/12/2023, 12:02:39am gmt
  The UAE's state oil company is set to be the world's second biggest producer, analysis shows.
  
  
• Judge taken to hospital after family court assault
  Posted on Saturday, 2/12/2023, 12:13:11am gmt
  The senior judge is now recovering at home from the attack by a man whose case he was hearing.
  
  
• Two rescued as explosion destroys Edinburgh house
  Posted on Saturday, 2/12/2023, 1:15:04am gmt
  A property appears to have been completely destroyed by the blast in the Baberton area of the city.
  
  
• Shane MacGowan's wife hopes Fairytale of New York will be Christmas number one
  Posted on Saturday, 2/12/2023, 12:04:43am gmt
  Victoria Mary Clarke wants Fairytale of New York to top the festive chart in her husband's memory.
  
  
• University Challenge: Christmas episode axed after ableism complaints
  Posted on Friday, 1/12/2023, 7:50:44pm gmt
  Two contestants in the Christmas version of the BBC quiz say their disabilities weren't provided for.
  
  
• UK weather: Snow and ice warnings in place as temperatures plummet
  Posted on Friday, 1/12/2023, 9:58:12pm gmt
  Temperatures could fall to -10C in north-east Scotland after snow swept across parts of the UK on Friday.
  
  
• Brigit Forsyth: Still Open All Hours actress dies aged 83
  Posted on Friday, 1/12/2023, 6:06:24pm gmt
  The star was best known for TV shows Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? and Still Open All Hours.
  
  
• Ex-gang member charged with stabbing Derek Chauvin 22 times
  Posted on Saturday, 2/12/2023, 12:08:49am gmt
  The prisoner allegedly said he attacked Chauvin on Black Friday as a symbolic link to Black Lives Matter.
  
  
• Danny Macklin: Police find ex-AFC Wimbledon chief in Cornwall
  Posted on Friday, 1/12/2023, 10:58:56pm gmt
  Former AFC Wimbledon managing director Danny Macklin, 32, says he was found in Cornwall.
  
  
• George Santos expelled from Congress in historic vote
  Posted on Friday, 1/12/2023, 11:41:35pm gmt
  "To hell with this place," the disgraced congressman says as he leaves the Capitol.
  
  

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