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Statistician Nigel Marriott said excess deaths in April had been at record levels.

Maisie Catt aimed to raise £260 originally.

The airport is launching the measure despite Downing Street insisting it is not regarded as an effective way to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

Characters created by Axel Scheffler from his popular books with Julia Donaldson are on the cover.

The Duchess of Cambridge has teamed up with the National Portrait Gallery to launch the Hold Still project.

Some have been forced to pour away milk amid a slump in demand during the coronavirus pandemic.

The UK Labour leader said his party’s return to power at Westminster starts in Scotland.

The PM will set out his roadmap for the next phase of the coronavirus response at the weekend.

The Government claims it hit the previous target of 100,000 tests by the end of April.

One in twenty businesses said they would be unable to viably operate as long as social distances measures are still enforced.

Only 36% of leaders said they believe they will eventually re-open all of their sites for trading, according to the latest CGA survey.

The Bank of England has already slashed rates to an historic low of 0.1% and unleashed another £200 billion of quantitative easing.

Nurse Karen Hutton, 58, was said to have been ‘extremely excited’ about the recent birth.

The latest figures bring total fatalities in the region to 418, the Department of Health said.

Hospitals in London and Birmingham have been supplied with fourteen units of convalescent plasma to see if it helps people who are battling Covid-19.

Omar Taylor, 31, was discharged from Colchester Hospital in Essex after more than six weeks of treatment.

The oil on canvas painting is entitled The Enduring Sweetheart.