Two Lancashire towns teetering on the edge of local lockdown have announced new emergency measures to tackle coronavirus outbreaks.
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Airways has unveiled a £1.2bn rescue package through a deal that will secure its immediate future.
The number of weekly registered deaths involving the coronavirus has fallen to the lowest level since the lockdown was first introduced.
The British government is expected to take a new and final decision on the future 5G network today, further restricting the involvement of the Chinese telecoms firm Huawei.
Face coverings must be worn in shops and supermarkets in England from Friday 24 July, Boris Johnson has announced.
Coronavirus infections could grow “out of control” in the UK with a second spike leading to 120,000 deaths in a “reasonable worst-case scenario”, ministers have been warned.
An extra £170m is being allocated to “shovel-ready” flood defence projects across England, the government says.
Social care workers do not qualify for the government’s new health and care visa under the UK’s post-Brexit immigration system, Downing Street has confirmed.
A 12-year-old boy has been arrested over racist messages sent to footballer Wilfried Zaha.
Dozens of key workers picking and packing vegetables at a farm in Herefordshire have tested positive for coronavirus.