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More than 100,000 people have now died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19. But this official government total is just one measure of lives lost.
Completion of the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant has been delayed further and the cost revised upwards by £500m, according to EDF Energy.
A totally blind guinea pig and her sister that helps guide her around are in need of a new home after being taken in by the RSPCA.
An announcement on mandatory hotel quarantine for some travellers is expected later today, a move that could deal a further blow to an already struggling tourism industry.
Boris Johnson has told the country he is “deeply sorry for every life that has been lost” as the UK surpassed 100,000 coronavirus-related deaths.
Labour is calling for “wartime juries” – by slashing the number of jurors from 12 to seven – in order to help clear a crown court backlog of 54,000 cases.
A minister has defended the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, telling Sky News that in the future “I suspect there will be things that people will say we did extremely well”.
The Chelsea Flower Show has become the latest event to fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Manchester Arena bomber would still have blown himself up and killed many of those around him – even if he had been confronted as he lay in wait to launch his attack, a lawyer for police has told the inquiry.
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has said she is “deeply saddened” after five serving officers died with coronavirus this month.
