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Peak demand on hospitals might not be reached until “early to mid-February” leading to a “more extended period of pressure” on the NHS than had initially been hoped, MPs have been told.
Early Years leaders are demanding access to tests and vaccines if nurseries are to remain open.
More than 2.6 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been given to almost 2.3 million people, the health secretary has said, as an NHS boss warned the jab is “not a free pass” to ignore national guidance.
British retail suffered its worst annual performance for sales growth on record in 2020, new figures reveal.
Police will be quicker to enforce coronavirus rules during England’s latest national lockdown due to the “severe” crisis the country faces, the crime and policing minister has told Sky News.
At least 160 migrants crossed the English Channel into the UK over the weekend.
The partner of a British hiker missing in France has said she could have been harmed by someone who “saw an opportunity in a lone female”.
The government is urging the public to stick to lockdown rules as coronavirus cases soar across the UK.
A terrorist who stabbed three people to death in a park in Reading – because he believed the pandemic heralded the end of the world – has been handed a rare whole life sentence.
The boss of a police force which fined two women £200 each after they drove five miles to go for a walk has said the incident “could have been dealt with differently”.
