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Experts feared going ahead with Step 4 on June 21 could lead to hospital admissions on the scale of the first wave of Covid-19.

Revenues dropped by about 13% for the 2019-20 season.

Conservative former trade minister Sir Edward Leigh pressed the UK Government to ‘name and shame’ firms.

Here is an overview of the latest figures likely to be used by the Scottish Government to inform its decision about easing restrictions.

Blackburn with Darwen, Ribble Valley and Hyndburn are currently recording the highest rates.

The decor, menu and prices rolled back 50 years with some of the original staff serving customers.

Early Years Alliance leader will accuse Government of ‘shamelessly knowingly underfunding’ the sector after documents published.

Unvaccinated people have twice the risk of hospital admission with the Delta variant as the Alpha variant.

Mr Baker was one of a gang of four men who planned to try to break Izzet Eren out of custody when he was transported from Wormwood Scrubs.

The UK has ordered 60 million doses of the vaccine, a trial of which showed it was 100% effective against preventing moderate or severe disease.

An ongoing stand-off between Sinn Fein and the DUP over Irish language legislation could topple the institutions unless resolution is found

The chief executive of the Kings Theatre in Hampshire has called for certainty to end the ‘impossible’ situation for arts bosses.

The pair separated in 2019 and announced their split in February last year.

Jurors have heard six weeks of evidence about the ex-Premier League star’s death in August 2016.

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood and UUP leader Doug Beattie urged the DUP and Sinn Fein to step back from the brink.

Alice Wiseman, who works in Gateshead, said leaving the virus to go unchecked risked a mutation that evaded the vaccine.

The NI Business Brexit Working Group said it was ‘deeply disappointed’ at the lack of progress in talks last week

Scotland lost 2-0 to the Czech Republic at Hampden Park in Glasgow.

Daniel Kawczynski was ordered to apologise for his behaviour after struggling with IT issues.

Michelle O’Neill made the comments as she paid tribute to Arlene Foster, who stepped down as First Minister.