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Milly Stokes

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Milly Stokes

4:00 pm 7:00 pm

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UK News

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Downing Street has rubbished claims the prime minister’s fiancee, Carrie Symonds, has taken a central role in running the country.

The vaccines are good, but they’re not perfect. And that’s the peril in lifting lockdown too quickly.

Few industries have suffered as badly during the pandemic as holidays and hospitality, which have missed out on countless billions in lost revenues since restrictions were first imposed last year.

The prime minister has said England is going to start “reclaiming our freedoms” – with all legal limits on people’s social contact set to end by 21 June.

A four-year-old girl is among three people who have died following a fire at a house in Exeter, police have said.

A teenager who was stabbed to death in northwest London is believed to have first had a car driven at him and then been chased by four people before the fatal attack, police have said.

More than 100,000 people with cancer in the UK are struggling to pay for basic essentials such as food and bills as a result of the pandemic, according to a leading cancer charity.

A major incident was declared after more than 120 firefighters were called to tackle a huge fire at a three-storey warehouse in Manchester.

The prime minister is set to unveil his plan to end England’s lockdown, with measures to be relaxed nationally rather than on the regional tiered basis of the past.

The COVID-19 vaccines being used in the UK could reduce a person’s risk of being admitted to hospital by as much as 94% four weeks after the first dose, new data suggests.