Boris Johnson has served notice that tougher rules on wearing face masks could be on the way, as he appealed to people working from home to go back to work.
The government was routinely overstating the total number of people who had been tested for COVID-19 by as many as 200,000 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, according to new Sky News analysis.
The family of a London teenager found dead after she disappeared from a Malaysian nature resort last year have welcomed the news that an inquest is to be held.
“It felt a little bit like just pure nostalgia, which is enjoyable but it’s also a bit worrying,” says Mike Skinner, thoughtfully. “I think no one wants to totally dwell on the past.”
The main suspect in the Madeleine McCann case twice slipped through the net of Portuguese investigators, court documents and witness testimony suggest.
Beauty salons, tanning shops and tattooists can reopen in England from Monday, the government has said, while gyms and indoor swimming pools will be allowed to let customers return later this month.
A woman has died after a 20-metre crane collapsed on houses in east London.
As Britain sought to assemble its coronavirus testing programme, all the usual rules were broken.
Britons eating out will get discounted food, house buyers will pay less stamp duty and companies will get bonuses for retaining workers under the chancellor’s plans to kickstart the UK economy.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a “plan for jobs” to stimulate Britain’s battered economy.