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Duke of Edinburgh’s Award changed lives of East End girls – ex-youth worker
The programme was launched in the UK in 1956 and has resulted in millions of children taking part in after-school activities
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Restrictions on travel and outdoor meetings ease in Scotland
From today, Friday, Scots can travel across local authority boundaries for outdoor socialising, recreation and exercise
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Hundreds of thousands of families in England to find out primary school places
Many families applying for places for September 2021 will have been unable to visit the school in person due to Covid-19
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In pictures: Prince Philip’s modified Land Rover that will carry his coffin
The duke, who died aged 99 on Friday, made the final adjustments in 2019
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Over 3000 bookings made for one barbershop as lockdown eases
An online booking and scheduling service have revealed a huge surge in bookings since English high streets reopened this week
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Google and NASA reveal incredible timelapse of Earth over 30 years
The tech giant has used 24 million satellite photos from the past 37 years
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Covid-19 case rates have fallen in all regions of England
Yorkshire & the Humber recorded the highest rate
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Former Folkestone paedophile jailed for 24 years for raping two girls
Stephen Dowle was convicted at Canterbury Crown Court of 12 offences, of which 11 were rape against two girls from 2000
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Number of people in England waiting for hospital treatment reaches record high
The number of people having to wait more than 52 weeks to start hospital treatment stood at 387,885 in February 202
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Find out who's standing for election on May 6 in your area
It's the largest set of local elections since local government was reorganised in 1973
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More than 1,000 jobs to go at ASDA in huge restructure
The company said that it was treating redundancy as “the last option” during the consultations
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Around half of people in UK estimated to have Covid-19 antibodies
The presence of Covid-19 antibodies suggests someone has had the infection in the past or has been vaccinated