The government’s coronavirus test and trace system will be up and running on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.
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Emily Maitlis was notably absent from her role as Newsnight’s presenter on Wednesday after the BBC ruled the programme breached impartiality rules over its Dominic Cummings coverage.
The government will not review fines issued to families who travelled to get childcare in lockdown, Sky News understands – despite the health secretary promising a vicar in a TV briefing he would “look at” the issue.
Future “flare-ups” of coronavirus infections could lead to localised lockdown measures, the health secretary has said.
Armed police were sent to an upmarket London street over concerns a big cat was on the loose.
Some NHS patients with severe coronavirus symptoms will be treated with an Ebola drug after trials proved it led to a quicker recovery.
A doctor who spent a week in intensive care with coronavirus has been revealed as an antibody “super-donor” who could save the lives of other people.
A teenage girl has died after getting trapped under a boat and a man also died in another incident off the coast, say police in Cornwall.
High street shops have been given the green light to start reopening from next week by Boris Johnson, as he tries to ease lockdown restrictions amid a huge public row over his top adviser.
A young girl has been pictured being pulled away from a cliff edge, prompting local authorities to warn about a danger to life.