Health secretary Sajid Javid warns that tests may have to be rationed over the next two weeks

Goodbye England’s Rose included in service after dean of Westminster urged ‘boldness’

Despite bull run of 2021, ‘not unreasonable’ to conclude that ‘Santa rally’ likely to continue

Scheduling headache will be worsened if French teams still can’t travel next month

Postponement of some matches and cancellation of others leave teams frustrated

Lamborghini and Renault call for the 2035 ban to be modified, but for very different reasons

France will not impose extra customs checks, as president says ‘talks need to continue’

British PM to tell leaders of need to act on climate disaster as fishing row continues

Row over access to waters around the Channel Islands escalates

High-security cloud system will be used by GCHQ, MI5 and MI6

Paris furious at scrapping of Australian submarine contract and new threeway pact

Macron due to speak with Biden ‘in the next few days’ over contract row, says Paris

Outrage in Paris over dumping of submarine deal in favour of Australia, UK and US pact

Franco-British relations

Planet Business: Don’t look down

Assimi Goïta vows to uphold republican regime and democracy in Mali

After cancelling in 2020, Cannes returns this summer with an extensive programme

Decisions on airline support overturned

Epidemiologists worry shift is coming too soon and progress could yet be reversed

Britain says two armed patrol ships to remain despite breakthrough in talks on fishing rights

An Irishman’s Diary

A clash of wills has kept the masterpiece hidden since it was sold for a record price in 2017

French government could raise its stake to as much as 30%

Pandemic support could return former national flag carriers to quasi state control

We face the prospect of developing a strategy that accounts for the EU’s ambition to affirm itself and Biden’s desire for multilateralism

Southeast port boosted by fivefold increase in freight in January on continental sailings

Almost 200 drivers tested on first day of new detection system to meet new French rules

Chaos at ports forecast as testing system ‘not ready’ to cope with French protocol

Up to 2,000 rapid test kits will be required a week to test lorry drivers on direct ferries

Dollar on track for strongest week in more than two months

Business travel can generate as much as 75% of airlines’ revenues on some flights

An Irishman’s Diary

Northern Irish hauliers will require negative tests to enter France as travel rules extended

Power plant will produce enough electricity for 25,000 homes

Drivers warned against entering Kent until queue of thousands of vehicles begins to clear

France and UK reach agreement to reopen English Channel to lorry freight

Commission to assess what categories of people can travel from Britain into the EU

If resolution elusive, closure of gateway port to Europe in southern England is concerning

Supply chains coming under pressure for many different reasons, says Paschal Donohoe

Clement Beaune, says Paris will not be rushed into deal over the next 48 hours