Plans are in place to roll out a COVID-19 vaccine to 30 million people by September if trials are successful, Business Secretary Alok Sharma has said.
Commuters returning to work have been warned to expect crowd management and social distancing measures as public transport services ramp up.
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.
Britain is set to enjoy the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures expected to soar to 27C (80.6F) this week.
The brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was one of several protesters arrested during a protest against the coronavirus lockdown.
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.
The government is to invest up to £93m in the UK’s new vaccine manufacturing centre to ensure it opens next summer.
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.
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.
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.