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Cold snap is expected to continue into the weekend

'If transmission was at this level and we were not in lockdown, we’d be going into lockdown,' Sir Jeremy Farrar says

Home secretary told housing refugees in military camps during pandemic 'nothing short of irresponsible'

EU Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic will tell Michael Gove agreed arrangements for Northern Ireland must be ‘made to work’ when the pair meet today, writes Adam Forrest

Some measures will remain 'probably forever', he says

396 incidents directly referenced or stated support for Hitler or the Nazi party

'Prolonged and severe' limitations placed on inmates since March hampering effective rehabilitation and having 'profound' effect on wellbeing, finds Prison Inspectorate

Blueprint will reverse market-based reforms of earlier Conservative government

Report sets out ‘moral case’ for improving air quality during recovery from Coronavirus pandemic