However, the pace is unlikely to be maintained as household budgets are squeezed, the lender says.
Scotland's national clinical director says health experts will be looking to "hit the coronavirus variant hard".
It comes as around 1,000 homes remain without power following Storm Arwen more than a week ago.
Concerns over murdered six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes's welfare were "not acted on", his family says.
The veteran MP announces her impending exit from the Commons after almost 40 years in the job.
Former Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab defends his role in the evacuation amid criticism he was slow to make decisions.
A yellow wind and rain warning is in effect, while parts of Ireland face its highest alert level.
Drivers in the capital will lose an average of 148 hours stuck in jams across the whole of 2021.
Politician Vaughan Gething gets asked if he is a member of staff at restaurants because he is black.
England's James Anderson is rested for the first Ashes Test against Australia, with Ollie Pope preferred to Jonny Bairstow in the 12-man squad.
Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning.
Travellers to the UK need to take pre-departure tests in a bid to limit the spread of Omicron.
A total of 140 trainees were deployed during the climate summit with just three weeks' training.
Thousands of pleas for help went unread and the foreign secretary lacked urgency, an ex-official says.
But the Law Commission is criticised over its stance on misogyny in a wide-ranging report.
Virgin Media O2 says it has completed a two-year upgrade of its entire network to gigabit speeds.
The quietly bizarre murder story has been reimagined into a drama starring Olivia Colman.
The team behind Lara Croft talk to Newsbeat about her history and where she goes next.
Some black and South Asian people say conversations about the vaccine are "frustrating" and "tense".
Jackie Scully thought she wouldn't reach the age of 40, but did - marking the day with a feat of endurance.
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