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Victoria CrawEurope Correspondent

Victoria covers world news and features from News UK’s London office. Originally from New Zealand, she has previously worked in Sydney covering business, property and general news. She loves travelling anywhere new – especially if it involves beaches, good wine and plenty of pasta.

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Global Coronavirus

‘Starving’ Chinese resident’s desperate trade

As the world’s toughest lockdown shows no signs of easing in China, reportedly “starving” residents are resorting to desperate measures.

Europe

People walk past shops under Christmas decorations in Stockholm on December 3, 2020, during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)

‘We have failed’: Swedish King’s verdict

Sweden’s King has delivered an unusually harsh assessment of the country’s COVID-19 experience, after a controversial approach to the pandemic.

Australian Coronavirus

QANTAS repatriation Flight from Frankfurt to Darwin landed today.Picture GLENN CAMPBELL

Aussies wake to Christmas nightmare

Many Australians will wake on Friday to find Christmas plans in chaos with new rules in place after a potential superspreader event in NSW.

UpdatedEurope

(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 26, 2020 French President Emmanuel Macron, wearing a face mask, looks on as he waits for Senegal's President to arrive for their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris. - French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19, the presidency said on December 17, 2020, adding he would now self-isolate for the next week. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP)

Macron tests positive for COVID-19

French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19 and will self-isolate for the next week, as virus cases surge in Europe.

UPDATEDAustralian Coronavirus

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 25, 2020: Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney Australia, on AUGUST 25 2020. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

‘Urgent’ warnings in two states

The government has released a long list of places where infected Sydneysiders have been, and many of them are outside the northern beaches.

Environment

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 30, 2020 A photograph taken in London on November 30, 2020 shows a mobile phone displaying a photograph of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah who died died in February 2013 from a severe asthma attack. - A British legal first was made on December 16 when a coroner ruled that air pollution contributed to the death of a nine-year-old girl with severe asthma who lived by a busy road. Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah died in February 2013 after a serious asthma attack. In the previous three years, she had been taken to hospital nearly 30 times with breathing difficulties. The young girl lived in southeast London just 30 metres (yards) from a major ringroad in the capital which is often clogged with heavy traffic. (Photo by Hollie Adams / AFP)

Girl dies from ‘excessive air pollution’

Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah was just nine when she suffered a cardiac arrest and died. Now her cause of death has been revealed in a legal first.

Royals

(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 06, 2020 Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex speaks during a school assembly as part of a visit to Robert Clack School in Essex, on March 6, 2020, in support of International Womenâs Day. - Meghan Markle has revealed she suffered a miscarriage in July this year, writing in the New York Times on November 25, 2020 of the deep grief and loss she endured with her husband Prince Harry. (Photo by BEN STANSALL / POOL / AFP) / == STRICTLY EMBARGOED == NO USE AND NO PUBICATION ON ANY PLATFORM UNTIL 22:30 GMT MARCH 7, 2020 ==

Meghan, Harry announce latest power play

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have announced their latest media foray that will build on their whopping Netflix deal to expand their voice even further.

UK Politics

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 06: Crowds of shoppers are seen on Regents street on December 6, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Earlier this week, England ended a nationwide lockdown that had closed non-essential stores and sit-down restaurants, transitioning to a localised tier system. Classified as Tier 2, London and its retail sector are trying to salvage the holiday shopping season. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

UK ‘blunder’ that will ‘cost many lives’

Plans to allow five days of festive freedom in the UK have been savaged as a “major error” by a prestigious source after shocking growth in virus cases.

Global Coronavirus

A woman wearing a protective face covering to combat the spread of the coronavirus, crosses Oxford Street in central London on December 14, 2020, as it is announced that Greater London will be moved into Tier 3 from Tier 2 from Wednesday December 16. - London is to move into the highest level of anti-virus restrictions, the health minister announced Monday. The British capital from Wednesday will go into

City to pay price for 12 days of freedom

Londoners will pay the price for 12 days of relative freedom with the English capital set to move into tier 3 lockdown from Wednesday.

UK Politics

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 02: Crowds of shoppers are seen on Oxford Street on December 2, 2020 in London, England. Last night MPs voted in favour of government proposals to enter England into a tiered system of lockdown beginning at midnight. Residents of Tier Two - High Alert can socialise with anyone they live with or who is in their support bubble in any indoor setting, whether at home or in a public place. Outdoors they must observe the rule of six. Pubs and bars must close, unless operating as restaurants. Hospitality venues can only serve alcohol with substantial meals and must close between 11pm and 5am with last orders called at 10pm. Organised indoor sport, physical activity and exercise classes will be permitted if it is possible for people to avoid mixing with people they do not live with. Schools remain open. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

New Year nightmare for UK, Europe

A perfect storm could see the UK and Europe facing severe pain just after Christmas and New Year, and Australia has been dragged in to the stoush.

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