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Researchers say the protein could help to to identify those at risk of developing severe Covid-19 and provide a target for new treatments.

Under Mr Johnson’s road map, foreign holidays could be permitted for people in England from May 17.

Dr Michael McBride said they should think of the eight grieving families on Wednesday who lost someone to Covid-19.

Arconic – formerly known as Alcoa – provided the ACM PE-cored panels which were installed on Grenfell Tower during its refurbishment.

Chris Dowie made the hats for year six students at North Ormesby Primary Academy in Middlesbrough, who were returning after the Covid-19 lockdown.

Boris Johnson demanded the immediate release of Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe and other dual nationals.

A call for evidence will investigate how regulations can keep up with technology such as AI and connected devices.

Derbyshire Dales, Hull and Rotherham are currently recording the highest rates.

Shaun Bailey said ‘it breaks me to think that my wife and daughter have to live in fear in their own city’.

Sir Keir Starmer is to stress that his party is ‘under new leadership’ at a virtual event on Thursday.

Landlords in England will be banned from using bailiffs to evict private tenants until the end of May.

Research is being carried out into the feasibility of a bridge or tunnel as part of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bid to improve UK transport links.

Matthew Topham was found not guilty at Lincoln Crown Court on Wednesday.

Meetings of China’s National People’s Congress are taking place this week.

NI’s deputy First Minister has dismissed the possibility of a bridge or tunnel between Northern Ireland and Scotland as a ‘pipe dream’.

The motion was pushed at Holyrood by the Scottish Tories after advice published by the Deputy First Minister was deemed not sufficient.

Officers believe they were planning to produce industrial quantities of the drug in Scotland, as well as trafficking heroin to Merseyside.

Vaughan Gething said he fears the comments on mental health ‘would have set a number of people back’.

An announcement on the country’s current “stay-at-home” requirement will be made on Friday.

The footballer was killed in a plane crash two years ago and his inquest will begin in February in Dorset.