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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Government announcement: Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed MPs in a statement in the House of Commons (image: Andrew Parsons /No 10 Downing Street via Flickr)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA["Common-sense approach": Welsh Government to lift coronavirus restrictions from Saturday 15 January (Credit: Getty/ Aja Koska)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Desperate situation: Hospitality Ulster chief executive Colin Neill says the past month or so has possibly been the worst period during the entire pandemic]]></image:caption>
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