Minister insists PM only ‘considered’ joining testing scheme – despite official No 10 statement

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The lifeboat rescue team was called out twice to rescue the springer spaniel

‘I think it’s careless, reckless and quite frankly dangerous’, one nurse tells Chiara Giordano

Long queues form at venues from London to Leeds as revellers return

Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation handed recommendations to ministers on Monday

Thousands could face up to four years in jail under proposed new law – at a ‘staggering’ cost to taxpayers

UK wants to build on international efforts to give special trade treatment for poorer nations

A 20-year-old man has been arrested

Two teenagers were among those to die

Restrictions lifted in England despite thousands, including the prime minister, being forced into self-isolation

Hospitality chiefs warn of flashpoints between customers and staff over safety measures after 19 July

Exclusive: Presenter says he sees ‘no option now but to resign’

Sunday has been the hottest day of the year so far

Jabs expected to be offered only to vulnerable teens and those near 18th birthday

‘I’m disappointed in the chancellor and I’m disappointed in the prime minister,’ Dame Louise Casey says

‘Beyond parody’: PM accused of undermining efforts to beat virus

Abuse targeting England players written on wall of Arthur Wharton Foundation in Darlington

NHS budget restraint has hit deprived areas hardest

Exclusive: Sharon Vitalis, whose father came to Britain with Windrush generation and served in the RAF for 13 years, denied citizenship due to what lawyers term ‘discriminatory’ nationality laws

People living in humanitarian crises and struggling to subsist in extreme desperate poverty will be hit

The presenter accused the channel of ‘replicating cancel culture on the far right’

Self-isolation for vaccinated contacts of Covid patients not ‘rational’, says former PM

Initial attempt to avoid rules designed for ‘the plebs’ will undermine Test and Trace, warns Labour

Extremist was jailed for inviting support for Isis and freed in 2018

Three ministers have had access to the self-isolation exemption scheme

‘Face coverings or masks are mandatory for anyone riding or driving with Uber,’ the ride-hailing firm has said

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has withdrawn from a “get out of jail free” Covid scheme, after plans for him and Boris Johnson to use it to avoid self-isolation sparked outrage.

‘Inevitable’ that infection rates will top 100,000 a day and further restrictions may be needed