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The Telegraph logo The Telegraph 16.08.2022 08:14:59 Telegraph reporters
Morning UK news briefing: Today's top headlines from The Telegraph

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The Royal Navy is planning to end its role in charge of tackling Channel migrants, The Telegraph has learned.

The Ministry of Defence has told ministers it plans to relinquish responsibility for dealing with migrants crossing illegally to the UK on Jan 31. Read the full story.

Teenagers from the most affluent backgrounds are the least likely of any group to have received a university offer for the first time on record, The Telegraph has found.

A-level students from areas rated the "most advantaged" by universities are the least likely to have an offer ahead of results day on Thursday. Read the full story.

Households should pack up their valuables and prepare for floods, the Met Office has said, with three million homes at risk of flooding.

In Devon and Cornwall, floods began on Monday afternoon as thunderstorms brought hail and almost three inches of rain in some places, with the weather service warning of danger to life from flash floods. Read the full story.

Only the wallpaper appears to be staying. Removal men spent Monday loading up two lorries with the contents of the flat above Number 11 Downing Street that has been Boris and Carrie Johnson's home for just over three years.

The Johnsons avoided the trauma of watching their flat being stripped bare by remaining out of the country on holiday in Greece. Read the full story.

Britain's autumn Covid vaccination campaign will use a new omicron-specific jab as default after the country became the first in the world to authorise a variant vaccine.

The next stage of the rollout will see 26 million people invited to get a fresh dose, starting in September, with the over-50s, healthcare workers and the vulnerable all eligible. Read the full story.

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