UK prime minister accepts support measures will not cover higher energy bills

Removal of Louise Haigh from role not related to comments on Irish unity, MP says

Test centre in central England run by company with limited history in diagnostics

Bereaved families call for public inquiry to be brought forward after cross-party report

Distaste for ownership by tobacco firm could sever crucial ties with medical community, letter warns

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PM says government ‘expected and recommended’ face masks be worn in crowded indoor settings

Education secretary says system is causing disruption to children; teachers’ unions criticise move

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Face mask and social distancing rules to be abolished under plan to be confirmed next week

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Health secretary blames vaccine hesitancy for rise in coronavirus cases in Lancashire

Indoor mixing and greater physical contact to be allowed in England on Monday

Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth blames government delay for surge in cases

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Global figures pass 95m cases and more than 2m deaths, says Johns Hopkins University

MP says move will be ‘greeted with dismay’ in Greater Manchester as most areas are below average rate

Error means contacts went untraced for days and case trajectory is far higher than thought