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The county’s firefighters were forced to tackle two school blazes in three days.

More than one in three schools visited by inspectors have noticed more parents keeping children out of class.

More than 58,000 deaths involving Covid-19 have now been registered in the UK.

Rates continue to climb in many big cities, including Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle.

Northumbria Police’s inquiries into the tragic deaths of three students and a Tyne and Wear teenager were ongoing.

Mansoor Mahmood Hussain has had to give up properties in London, Leeds and Cheshire.

The Labour leader will host a ‘Call Keir’ virtual meeting with constituents in Rutherglen and Hamilton West.

Glasgow, Edinburgh and South Lanarkshire currently have the highest rates.

The museum’s Arctic exhibition opens later this month.

Cambridge’s data shows that 137 UK-based black undergraduates have been admitted to a degree course this year.

Government and banks rushed out billions of pounds in record times to help businesses through the pandemic.

Vanessa George was released from prison in 2019 after serving 10 years for abusing toddlers at Little Ted’s Nursery in Plymouth.

Covid-19 has put huge strains on businesses across the UK

A span across the Irish Sea could cost £20 billion to build, infrastructure minister Nichola Mallon added.

The rise comes amid an outbreak at the University of Nottingham.

An industry-wide standard would require service providers to treat grieving families more compassionately and simplify end-of-life admin.

The chances of the lobster being orange were one in 30 million, according to Sea Life Blackpool.

Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds issued the warning to Treasury minister Steve Barclay in the Commons on Tuesday.

The CMA is investigating whether Essential Pharma may have abused its dominant position by proposing to withdraw the supply lithium drug Priadel.

The study could help the NHS reduce transmission by determining if an individual caught the virus from someone else in the same hospital.