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12/14/2021: Front Page: UK races to fight omicron Omicron infections in the UK hit an estimated 200,000 cases yesterday, with the variant set to become the dominant strain in London within days. But the first day of the government’s drive to deliver booster jabs to 20 million people by the end of the... 12/14/2021: News/ Comment: Johnson’s ‘address to the nation’ was arguably the low point of a terrible week No parties in Downing Street on Sunday night, as far as we know. More of a sombre affair, really. Just the prime minister, having a desk moved into a doorway to record one of his “address to the nation” jobs (it’s still not clear why he does this). 12/14/2021: News: Queues of up to six hours as booster rollout ramps up Hundreds of Britons faced many hours-long queues to receive their coronavirus booster jab in a day of chaos that saw lateral 12/14/2021: News: Make teachers priority for booster jabs, scientists say Teachers should be prioritised for booster jabs and children aged over five should be vaccinated, scientists say, as the rapid spread of omicron threatens mass school closures in the new year. Schools in London, West Bromwich and Chester have been

PROFILE: The Independent is national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned since 2010 by the former KGB officer Alexander Lebedev. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily newspapers. The Indy has become known for its unorthodox and campaigning front pages, which frequently rely on bold images, graphics or lists rather than traditional headlines and written news content. The Independent is regarded as leaning to the left politically, making it primarily a competitor to The Guardian, even though it still features some conservative columnists and tends to take a classical liberal, pro-market, stance on economic issues. Profile extracted from Wikipedia and used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Circulation: 180,743 (April 2011)   Political Outlook: Centre-Left, Liberal   See our UK Newspaper Guide.