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Lord Adonis says he is prepared to do the job, which is offering a salary of up to £120,000, for nothing

The findings come as institutions are under pressure to reform their syllabus to ensure there is greater diversity.

Cases in Redcar have reached 1,268 per 100,000 people.

Both were deemed by NHS Test and Trace to have been close contacts of Health Secretary Sajid Javid, following his positive Covid-19 diagnosis.

Business in the city centre is said to be still well below pre-pandemic levels and ‘hardly any better’ than last summer.

Most MPs in the sparsely attended chamber were wearing masks at the start of Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government questions.

Craig Bunting, co-founder of BEAR, says roughly 20 of 100 staff across five branches are isolating.

The Prime Minister is among thousands of people who have been instructed to self-isolate after coming into contact with a positive coronavirus case.

Daily case numbers have been soaring in recent week with the Delta variant of the virus now dominant.

The Labour leader said his party did not back the lifting of all coronavirus restrictions at once.

The bear, named Blitzy, was bought for a five-year-old girl.

Once ashore they were seen sitting down on the shingle shoreline in 24C sunshine.

Barry Pring suffered fatal injuries when he was hit by a vehicle after spending the evening celebrating his first wedding anniversary with his wife.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency last month authorised use of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in children aged 12-15.

The Duchess of Cornwall and Prince of Wales went mask-free during a tour of Exeter Cathedral in Devon.

Sadiq Khan encouraged people to act sensibly when travelling around the capital, as Covid cases are on the rise.

New rules would make it automatically illegal to pay someone to write, or host, a fake review and people must be able to cancel subscriptions easily.

Phil Goddard said: ‘I’m not earning £100k a year anymore. I’m a postman, but I’m happy.’

The private hospital group needed 75% shareholder approval but only 70% voted in favour of the £1bn approach by rival Ramsay Health Care.

The English Defence League founder is being sued by Jamal Hijazi.