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Covid-19 infections rise in all UK nations with record levels in Scotland
Around one in 25 people in private households in England had Covid-19 in the week to March 5
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Two NHS hospitals impose visitor ban amid Covid surge
The Royal Cornwall Hospital and Barnsley Hospital have said they've been forced to take the difficult decision
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RSPCA staff in tears as Poodles who'd spent life in crates find new homes
Staff spent weeks gaining the girls’ trust, assessing them and developing rehabilitation plans to help prepare them for new homes
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Met Police 'considering judgement' before appealing High Court decision on Sarah Everard vigil
Met Police Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe said: “I remain deeply saddened by the murder of Sarah Everard"
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Global Covid death toll ‘may be more than three times higher than recorded’
Although experts have made several attempts to estimate excess deaths from Covid, many have been limited by the availability of data
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Judge rules Met Police breached the rights of organisers of a vigil for Sarah Everard
Reclaim These Streets (RTS) proposed a socially-distanced vigil for the 33-year-old last year
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£1m lottery couple celebrate being grandparents after windfall funds IVF
Mark Chalmers said he had nothing but praise for the IVF services his daughters used
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Afghan family forced to flee conflict for second time in eight months
“To be forced to flee across borders twice in the space of months is almost impossible to conceive."
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£84m funding to boost train services in North West
“This £84 million investment will make trains more reliable for the people of Manchester and beyond, and kicks off a decade’s worth of improvements across the region."
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Hermes to change its name and invest millions in couriers’ pensions
Evri will be introducing the right to maternity and paternity leave for all so-called ‘self employed plus’ (SE+) couriers
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NHS charities hold minute’s silence to honour health workers’ sacrifices
NHS Charities Together will hold a remembrance service at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire
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Covid-19 public inquiry: Government reveals main topics to be examined
It comes after a consultation with the inquiry chairwoman, Heather Hallett, and ministers in the devolved administrations