Weddings should only take place in exceptional circumstances

Keeping nurseries open when schools are closed makes no scientific sense, according to one expert

The payments are expected to cost £4 billion

An announcement will be made today

An area of woodland was cleared which included a venerable Giant Redwood tree

Expert advises travel companies and airlines to focus on taking bookings in the coming weeks to obtain vital revenue

If you stick to the rules, you can still see a mate

50 branches could start offering jabs

The advice covers the State Pension and several groups of claimants are affected, according to finance experts

"Obviously we can’t have A-levels, GCSEs or B-techs in the way that we have had them in the past"

Takeaway and delivery will still be allowed

“I think it is right to say that as we enter March we should be able to lift some of these restrictions but not necessarily all.”

Furlough, grants, benefits, tax relief and other systems could all be set to change

The UK led the way in early December but there are huge discrepancies in the pace of the vaccine rollout around the world

“It may be that the best we can hope for is that the situation does not deteriorate further.”

Steven Brandenburg was detained following an investigation into spoiled vials of the Moderna jab, which would have inoculated 500 people

The rules are not the same this time

“If you are clinically extremely vulnerable, we are advising you to begin shielding again and you will shortly receive a letter about what this means for you.”

There are different rules in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Learning in Wales will now be online for at least the next fortnight

Inspector Julian Moulton was sacked from Norfolk Police after he was found to have breached professional standards

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Rules on staying at home, schools, weddings, shopping and shielding

Fines of £200 will be handed out for first offences, rising to more than £6,000 for multiple offences

Supermarkets will be allowed to stay open through the third lockdown in England