A split three-day week with workers separated into two different teams should be considered as part of the economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, a report has urged.

Ministers have recruited 25,000 contact tracers ahead of the launch of the government’s flagship test and trace programme which aims to stop the spread of coronavirus.

The joint leaders of Northern Ireland’s devolved government say their response to COVID-19 shows unionists and nationalists can work together.

A 106-year-old woman who survived coronavirus and the Spanish flu says she’s looking forward to the next stage of her life, as she is about to have her memoirs published.

Dominic Cummings is under further pressure to resign after allegations he broke lockdown rules for a second time.

With temperatures set to reach highs of 26C (79F) over the bank holiday weekend, councils with responsibility for beaches and beauty spots are warning people to keep away.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has announced overseas arrivals into the UK will have to self isolate for 14 days from 8 June.

Two-week quarantines will be imposed on new arrivals to the UK from 8 June with a £1,000 fine for anyone who breaches the measure.

The UK’s coronavirus R number – speed of infection – has remained the same for the second week.

Labour has demanded a “swift explanation” from Downing Street after newspaper reports suggested Boris Johnson’s most senior adviser was spoken to by police over an apparent breach of lockdown restrictions.