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Nursing applications have soared as thousands are inspired by the commitment of NHS staff, new data from the university applications body UCAS suggests.
Over the next week the government and its advisers will be assessing a host of COVID-19 data to come up with a plan for easing lockdown restrictions.
Nightclubs, bars and music venues face “extinction” unless urgent government action is taken, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.
Thousands of people watched as the country’s most famous parish council got back to business – and back to its old antics.
Internal plans in Whitehall suggest a rapid reopening of the economy in the weeks after pupils return to classrooms on 8 March, Sky News understands.
The company that made cladding for Grenfell Tower did not tell certifiers about a “disastrous” failed fire test of the product which happened 13 years before the disaster, despite a legal requirement to do so.
The world’s oldest DNA ever recovered has been extracted from mammoth remains that are up to 1.2 million years old, scientists believe.
The UK is to host a world-first study in which volunteers will be deliberately exposed to coronavirus to work out the smallest amount needed to cause infection.
Like masks and lockdowns, lateral flow tests have become a point of contention during the pandemic. A debate has raged about how and when they should be used.
The average UK house price increased by 8.5% to a record £252,000 in December – the highest annual growth rate for more than than six years.
