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NHS England confirmed the testing for asymptomatic patient-facing employees.

Pfizer said interim data showed its vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing coronavirus infection.

Last year the Government adopted a commitment to ensure the UK is emissions net zero by 2050.

Ministers have admitted the UK Internal Market Bill will breach international law.

Deacon Cutterham was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for picking up and hurling away a Taliban grenade in Helmand Province in 2011.

Experts have commented on the logistical issues behind the ultra low temperatures needed for the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine.

Some toilet-trained children have turned up back in nappies after lockdown, Ofsted warned.

Full Fact says it expects to see many of the same false claims spread during the pandemic to be ‘ramped up’ following Pfizer’s announcement.

The Duke of Sussex, who was denied his wish for a wreath to be left on his behalf at the Cenotaph, visited a national cemetery in LA instead.

The previous review in 2018 concluded that introducing national buffer zones would ‘not be a proportionate response’.

Pfizer and BioNTech have announced promising results from their vaccine’s clinical trials.

Mikael Dolsten said it felt as though the company was on the ‘cusp of one of the biggest medical advances’ in the past 100 years.

John Penrose said he had so far not shown symptoms and Baroness Harding has not been told to self-isolate.

Companies announced 6,770 jobs cuts last week in major redundancies.

Only three local authorities have recorded a week-on-week rise.

The BBC has been asked to set out its financial needs.

Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford welcomed the news of a meeting to discuss the issue.

Jack Doak Mitchell suffered severe brain damage after the assault when he was four months old.

The study found 66 babies required hospital treatment for Covid-19 between the beginning of March and end of April.

Microsoft’s next-generation consoles have launched in the UK.