UK shatters record daily high with 53,135 new coronavirus cases
The figures compare to yesterday’s increase of 41,385 confirmed coronavirus cases, and 357 virus-related deaths.
ERG ‘star chamber’ agrees to back Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal
They concluded that the agreement “preserves the UK’s sovereignty as a matter of law and fully respects the norms of international sovereign-to-sovereign treaties”.
History-making Margaret Keenan receives her second Pfizer vaccine dose
Margaret Keenan was given the follow-up injection at Coventry’s University Hospital on Tuesday, three weeks after making history with the first jab.
Four-day week would be affordable in UK straightaway, thinktank says
“The four-day week is picking up momentum across the world and we’re calling on the government to begin investigating the best options for rolling it out.”
‘Careful what you wish for’: Brexit-voting eel exporter’s anguish goes viral
"I'd never have voted for Brexit if I knew we were going to lose our jobs."
Hospitals on brink as new variant puts health workers ‘back in eye of storm’
Doctors are raising the alarm about “very, very busy” services - with one NHS trust calling for volunteers to help prone patients.
Johnson’s Brexit deal sends FTSE 100 soaring to nine-month high
Pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca made strong gains as traders were increasingly hopeful that its vaccine will soon be approved.
Tax middle-aged Brits to fund social care, Jeremy Hunt tells Boris
Johnson should use the public support for the NHS to set out why a new tax may be necessary to fund increasingly expensive care for an ageing population, the former health secretary said.
UK records highest daily increase in Covid cases since pandemic began
It comes as hospitals in the South face a rise in pressure as the number of coronavirus patients receiving treatment heads towards the April peak.