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Marjorie Hodnett is the oldest woman in Formby.

Reducing deprivation could play a ‘pivotal role’ in reducing inequalities in coronavirus outcomes, according to modelling.

First Minister Mark Drakeford said offering further dates in his road map would allow people to ‘plan even further ahead’.

Researchers in Germany said their work has helped identify target sites on the spike protein’s surface for antibodies.

Locations across southern England enjoyed a particularly balmy end to the month.

Francesca Haworth died in hospital after she was found unresponsive by the ambulance service at an address in Blackpool.

UK policing watchdog Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary is to conduct a review.

More than a third (35%) of local areas have recorded a week-on-week rise in rates.

Baroness Doreen Lawrence said that the authors of the report are ‘not in touch with reality’.

Forecasters predict there will be a ‘big swing’ in weather conditions, with cooler temperatures across the weekend.

Bennylyn Burke, 25, and her daughter Jellica, two, were reported missing from their south Gloucestershire home on March 1.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon ruled out having another referendum while the country was still in the ‘acute phase of the pandemic’.

Around 3% of younger adults have also received both jabs.

An NASUWT report warns that a lack of ‘adequate’ funding for schools during the pandemic is placing staff and pupils at risk.

Almost three quarters of respondents said there should be more support for abuse victims.

Wales’ First Minister said he hoped Boris Johnson will push back the May 17 date for the UK allowing international travel.

It comes after the former first minister urged her to ‘put aside personal differences’.

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick and South Oxfordshire have the highest proportion of people likely to have received their first jab.

An inquest into the death of Evan Nathan Smith has heard nursing staff at North Middlesex Hospital did not fully understand sickle cell disease.

The NHS Race and Health Observatory said it was ‘disappointed’ by some of the conclusions of a landmark report on racial disparities.