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The move comes as critics raised questions over how tests were being counted after the Government said it had met its 100,000-a-day target.

Two ambulance workers and a nurse are amongst the most recent to have passed away after contracting Covid-19.

Father Paddy McCafferty of Corpus Christi Church in Ballymurphy was kept busy for an hour hearing confessions.

Daniel Uhlfelder said the decision by local officials to reopen beaches was ‘premature’.

Those venturing outside for essential shopping trips have found themselves facing long waits outside B&Q,, Homebase and other stores allowed to open.

The number of people who have died from coronavirus approached 1,000, as opponents welcomed the government’s ‘U-turn’ on care home testing

It was announced on Saturday that the Prime Minister and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have called their newborn Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson.

Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson was born on Wednesday.

The Harry Potter author said she is thinking of those people out ‘doing their jobs to protect us and our way of life’.

Team GB rower Dr Polly Swann, 31, began working as a junior doctor at a hospital in Scotland last week.

The Duchess of Cambridge has continued her video call meetings with health professionals and frontline workers.

Rosena Allin-Khan said it was ‘clear’ from conversations with colleagues and unions that there is a ‘rise in suicides’ among staff.

David Gomoh, 24, was stabbed to death in Newham, east London, just days before the funeral of his father.

No arrests have been made, with police saying a number of suspects had made off prior to the arrival of officers.

Harry Dunn was killed when his motorbike crashed into a car outside RAF Croughton in August last year.

Professor John Newton also insisted the 100,000 daily testing target was met on Thursday despite home test kits being counted as they are dispatched.

Efforts to control numbers included only allowing access to cars which have number plates ending in even numbers.

The charity’s director general Hilary McGrady has said ‘a sharp drop in income’ is threatening the future of nature sites and staff.

When it comes to teeth, prevention is better than cure.

The coronavirus lockdown has severely hit plans to raise the money needed to get Liam Scott to New York for treatment that could save his life.