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Covid-19: How does the test, track and trace strategy work?

Covid-19: How does the test, track and trace strategy work?

Covid-19: How does the test, track and trace strategy work?

27 April 2020

What is the strategy and how will it help the UK reduce its restrictions?


Young child being carried among new migrant arrivals at Dover

Young child being carried among new migrant arrivals at Dover

Young child being carried among new migrant arrivals at Dover

27 April 2020

Pictures taken at the port show the new arrivals being assessed by UK staff wearing facemasks.


Coronavirus ‘war language’ may stop people seeking help with mental health

Coronavirus ‘war language’ may stop people seeking help with mental health

Coronavirus ‘war language’ may stop people seeking help with mental health

27 April 2020

Suicide Crisis saw a 40% rise in people seeking help in the week after the Covid-19 lockdown was extended.


Ex-MP in breach of Parliament rules after organising events for money

Ex-MP in breach of Parliament rules after organising events for money

Ex-MP in breach of Parliament rules after organising events for money

27 April 2020

Stephen Pound apologised ‘wholeheartedly’ after making at least £10,000 for charities by holding unpermitted events in Westminster.


Covid-19 could struggle to compete with seasonal coronaviruses, study suggests

Covid-19 could struggle to compete with seasonal coronaviruses, study suggests

Covid-19 could struggle to compete with seasonal coronaviruses, study suggests

27 April 2020

Researchers looked at data from more than 70,000 NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde patients with respiratory illnesses.


Bristol’s Nightingale Hospital to be officially opened in virtual ceremony

Bristol’s Nightingale Hospital to be officially opened in virtual ceremony

Bristol’s Nightingale Hospital to be officially opened in virtual ceremony

27 April 2020

The facility will provide up to 300 intensive care beds for coronavirus patients if required.


Flats evacuated as armed police bid to end siege

Flats evacuated as armed police bid to end siege

Flats evacuated as armed police bid to end siege

27 April 2020

West Midlands Police were called to the stand-off in Birmingham Road, West Bromwich, on Sunday night.


Harry helps launch mental fitness tool for the military

Harry helps launch mental fitness tool for the military

Harry helps launch mental fitness tool for the military

27 April 2020

The Duke of Sussex has appeared in a video on HeadFIT.org, urging members of the armed forces to train their ‘mind and body as one’.


Some ‘could be more susceptible to coronavirus due to their genetic make-up’

Some ‘could be more susceptible to coronavirus due to their genetic make-up’

Some ‘could be more susceptible to coronavirus due to their genetic make-up’

27 April 2020

Scientists believe genes are 50% responsible for the presentation of key Covid-19 symptoms, after analysing data from twins.


Assange extradition case may not resume until November, court told

Assange extradition case may not resume until November, court told

Assange extradition case may not resume until November, court told

27 April 2020

The WikiLeaks founder’s lawyers said they have been unable to take instruction from their client since the coronavirus outbreak.


The NHS workers who have died during the coronavirus pandemic

The NHS workers who have died during the coronavirus pandemic

The NHS workers who have died during the coronavirus pandemic

27 April 2020

The PA news agency has confirmed the deaths of 92 frontline healthcare workers.


Coronavirus-related syndrome among children may be emerging, alert suggests

Coronavirus-related syndrome among children may be emerging, alert suggests

Coronavirus-related syndrome among children may be emerging, alert suggests

27 April 2020

Youngsters have suffered abdominal pain and some have symptoms of inflammation around the heart, the alert suggested.


Children’s stab deaths: Woman heard screaming ‘like she was being tortured’

Children’s stab deaths: Woman heard screaming ‘like she was being tortured’

Children’s stab deaths: Woman heard screaming ‘like she was being tortured’

27 April 2020

A one-year-old girl and a boy aged three died and a man of 40 is in hospital after the incident in Ilford, east London.


Covid-19 patients begin donating plasma to help others

Covid-19 patients begin donating plasma to help others

Covid-19 patients begin donating plasma to help others

27 April 2020

The plasma from former patients is rich in the antibodies that develop as somebody recovers from an illness.


PM: Coronavirus like unexpected and invisible mugger

PM: Coronavirus like unexpected and invisible mugger

PM: Coronavirus like unexpected and invisible mugger

27 April 2020

Boris Johnson reflected on his own close-run experience with Covid-19 following his return to work.


Insurer Admiral pulls special dividend in face of pandemic

Insurer Admiral pulls special dividend in face of pandemic

Insurer Admiral pulls special dividend in face of pandemic

27 April 2020

The group said it has suspended its plan to pay out the special dividend of 20.7p per share.


Airbus boss warns the firm is ‘bleeding cash’

Airbus boss warns the firm is ‘bleeding cash’

Airbus boss warns the firm is ‘bleeding cash’

27 April 2020

The firm employs 13,500 people across more than 25 UK sites.


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