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People infected with the new coronavirus variant discovered in the UK are less likely to report losing taste and smell as part of their symptoms, a study has found.
More than a dozen environmental activists have occupied a 30m (100ft) tunnel they secretly dug at the front of London’s Euston station in protest against the HS2 rail project.
The makers of an experimental drug, now being trialled by the NHS, say it is 100 per cent effective in protecting against symptomatic cases of the virus.
UK nationals and residents returning from 30 “red list” countries will be placed in quarantine in government-provided accommodation – such as hotels – for 10 days, Boris Johnson has told MPs.
A bomb disposal unit is dealing with an incident after a suspicious package was reported at a plant where the AstraZeneca vaccine is put into vials.
The Duchess of Cambridge has been reunited with two Holocaust survivors as she praised the bravery of those who continue to their share their stories of the horrors of the Second World War.
Police in the West Midlands have been granted more time to question two teenagers in connection with murder of a 15-year-old boy.
Police have accused the Manchester Arena operator of failing to devote the “time and attention required” to security before the bombing that killed 22 people.
A further 1,725 coronavirus deaths have been reported in the UK – the second highest daily figure in the country since the pandemic began.
Boris Johnson has said he hopes it will be safe to reopen schools in England from 8 March, as the prime minister revealed to MPs when he intends to set out his plan for easing lockdown.
