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Another 915 people have died with coronavirus in the UK, according to the latest government data.
A cleric’s comments branding those taking part in the clap for Captain Sir Tom Moore “a cult of white British nationalism”, have been described as “unacceptable, insensitive, and ill-judged”.
The Department for Education was “surprisingly unconcerned” about whether a private company was profiting from providing free school meal vouchers, MPs have warned.
Newcastle United’s Joelinton has been fined £200 for breaching COVID-19 restrictions after he posted a photo of himself getting a haircut.
A football commentator has been sacked after announcing he was late back on air for the second half after going for a “jobby”.
The coronavirus infection rate in the UK is “still alarmingly high”, the prime minister has said, but England’s chief medical officer has suggested we are past the current peak.
Results of a world-first study that will mix and match COVID-19 vaccines are expected by the summer, according to a senior member of the research team.
The health secretary has insisted there is no “delay” to the government setting out further details on its hotel quarantine plans, despite not confirming when such an announcement will be made.
The Bank of England has forecast a rapid recovery for the economy as vaccines are rolled out – but downgraded its growth outlook for the year as a whole.
Piers Corbyn has been arrested by police over leaflets that compare the UK’s COVID vaccine rollout to the Holocaust.
