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The Government is running a £75 million operation to charter flights from destinations where commercial routes have been severed due to Covid-19.

The effectiveness of face masks has been put under the microscope by a new study.

Councils have been urged to take a sensible approach.

Researchers said children who played three hours or more of video games at the age of five had a slightly higher body mass index at 14.

The Tiger lives at the Bronx Zoo.

Nearly one in three school leavers feel less confident about securing a place at their university of choice amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The duchess isolated for 14 days on advice after the prince was diagnosed with coronavirus.

Ali Hirsz is in a band called Idealistics.

Social distancing rules and restrictions on the gathering of people during the pandemic were to blame.

Around 90,000 motorists who bought or leased VW, Audi, Seat and Skoda diesel vehicles took legal action for compensation.

Minister Deirdre Hargey also faced calls to help set up a hardship fund for students.

Staff at the telecoms giant will be given a 1.5% pay rise.

She said the pandemic had brought back memories of wartime.

Dover MP Natalie Elphicke said: ‘We cannot put our country’s vital supply line at risk during the pandemic.’

The new Labour leader said reconnecting with the Scottish public would be a priority for him.

The UK has started its third week in lockdown in an attempt to ‘flatten the curve’ of rising coronavirus cases.

The retailer added it is making preparations to open again once Government restrictions are lifted.