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Four senior politicians have apologised and are under investigation over claims they broke coronavirus rules.
The UK will need to look “very carefully” at new data from Israel which suggests protection provided by the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is lower than had been found in trials, the government’s chief scientific adviser has told Sky News.
A further 1,610 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19 – the highest number of UK deaths on a single day since the outbreak began.
Nine police officers who had breakfast together inside a cafe have been fined for breaching COVID lockdown rules on duty.
At least one in eight people in England had had COVID-19 by December last year, new survey data estimates.
UK experts have designed a new ventilator that could allow more people with severe coronavirus to be treated outside intensive care.
Scotland’s lockdown will be extended until at least the middle of February, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
Boris Johnson does not take naps during the day and claims that the prime minister likes an afternoon snooze are “untrue”, Number 10 has said.
The government is to invest £148m in tackling organised drug gangs and helping people break the cycle of addiction.
A letter sent by the Duchess of Sussex to her estranged father “signalled the end of our relationship”, Thomas Markle has told the High Court.
