Britain is set to enjoy the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures expected to soar to 27C (80.6F) this week.
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According to the government, 30 million vaccine doses could be available across the UK in September – if a vaccine being developed at the University of Oxford works.
The brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was one of several protesters arrested during a protest against the coronavirus lockdown.
The government is to invest up to £93m in the UK’s new vaccine manufacturing centre to ensure it opens next summer.
A third person has been charged with murdering an NHS worker, who was allegedly chased and stabbed eight times after leaving his home to go shopping.
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has sought to reassure parents and teachers worried about government plans to get some children back to school on 1 June.
Emily Mee lost her father in January, before coronavirus had reached the UK and before goodbyes involved social distancing, video calls and the added worries of a global pandemic.
A teachers’ union and city mayor have hit back at government calls to send children back to school on 1 June – saying they will not let that happen unless it is “safe” for them to return.
Muse frontman Matt Bellamy had prepared himself for a break this year after finishing the band’s ambitious Simulation Theory tour in 2019.
A woman has been charged with murder following the discovery of human remains in two suitcases.