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Seven fatalities have been confirmed in the past 24 hours.

Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong was initially discharged from hospital on April 5 before being readmitted two days later with coronavirus symptoms.

Katherine Vaughan also took items including drugs, cigarette ends and sanitary pads while she worked for the prosecution service.

Boris Johnson was facing a rebellion on Wednesday from more than 50 Conservative backbench MPs.

Of 18,646 enforcement letters sent out in England and Wales, 9,428 resulting fines had been paid, while 9,413 had not, figures show.

If the Government’s projection was coming true, the UK would now be seeing around 12,000 new cases each day.

UK small business minister Paul Scully had said Holyrood ministers refused to continue the negotiations.

The Department of Health and Social Care pledged in July that staff would be tested weekly, and residents monthly.

The book will be read by David Olusoga and will mark the start of Black History Month.

Andy Haldane said it was likely to be a ‘number of months’ before the Bank’s operational work into negative rates would be finished.

The monarch recalled the late emir’s state visit to the UK in 2012.

The risk of fraud in the bounce back loan scheme was ‘very high’, Business Secretary Alok Sharma was told.

The set of six stamps features insects including the common carder bee, painted lady butterfly and longhorn beetle.

Researchers say doctors and carers should be aware of the condition as a possible early warning sign of Covid-19.

Margaret Seaman, 91, used 34 balls of wool to make the masterpiece.

Oni the okapi has given birth to a healthy baby girl at ZSL London Zoo.

Local lockdowns will be introduced in Denbighshire, Flintshire, Conwy and Wrexham from 6pm on Thursday.

Matt Robinson also offers stargazing advice to celebrities such as Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow.

The Spanish-owned bank said a ‘significant shift in customer behaviour’ has driven the cuts.

The idea that asylum seekers could be transferred to the British overseas territory in the South Atlantic has been derided as ‘inhumane’ by critics.