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Kate Forbes also welcomed an extension of the furlough scheme.

Awards under the Royal Victorian Order are in the Queen’s gift and are bestowed independently of Downing Street.

Kevin Clarke told officers ‘I’m going to die’ as he was placed in handcuffs.

Some 153 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people have been recorded in the UK over the past seven days.

Holding statutory tests during this academic year would be ‘nonsensical’, school leaders heard.

The Great Barrington declaration hit headlines this week calling for an easing of lockdown.

The rate in Nottingham has now climbed above 750 cases per 100,000 people.

The Government has announced measures to bolster the Jobs Support Scheme.

Margaret Payne has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charities by climbing the equivalent of a 2,398ft mountain at home.

Glasgow continues to record the highest rate, followed by South and North Lanarkshire.

Some 1,080 cases were notified by Northern Ireland’s Department of Health in its daily update on Friday.

Campaigners are also calling for the word ’empire’ to be dropped from the honours.

Audrey Wood has raised more than £235,000 for lifeboat stations across the north east of Scotland following the death of her son in 2009.

Ajitha Sajeev, street population manager at Newham Council, said she is proud and deeply humbled to be recognised.

Charlotte Swift lost part of her leg after a motorway crash in 2013.

First Minister Mark Drakeford was asked to comment on Donald Trump’s retweet of a post by a Fox News presenter regarding lockdowns in Wales.

Stephen Clare, from Wells, Somerset, is regarded as one of the world’s leading stained glass craftsmen.

Karina Bowlby, who owns The Fat Pheasant near Edinburgh, says the hospitality industry has been ‘made a bit of a scapegoat’.

The laboratory in Cardiff was the second in the UK to be able to test for coronavirus.

Katharine Birbalsingh, founder and head of Michaela Community School, said the honour is a tribute to all her staff.