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Those hoping to be tested at a site in Sunderland were met with no staff to swab them and no officials to explain what had happened.

The aircraft carrier is due to leave its base in Portsmouth on Friday to take part in sea exercises.

Professor Lord Ara Darzi, the incoming president of the British Science Association urged scientists to engage more closely with UK policymakers.

The Public Accounts Committee said the Home Office has ‘no idea’ what its £400 million immigration enforcement annual spending achieves.

CovidNudge can diagnose the disease in 90 minutes and is currently being used across eight hospitals.

Philip Tron, 32, from Gateshead was one of 22 people murdered by suicide bomber Salman Abedi.

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said Nicola Sturgeon had been informed of the UK Government plans, but did not tell them what she was doing.

The awards were organised by Cats Protection to recognise pets who have enriched their owners’ lives during lockdown.

It comes after several MSPs resigned from the Scottish Labour front bench.

Extra funding should be targeted at more deprived schools to address the ‘likely widening of educational inequalities’, the IFS said.

The US presidential election frontrunner has warned the 1998 Good Friday peace deal cannot become a ‘casualty’ of Brexit.

The retail group has dived to a £653 million loss as it looks to drive its turnaround with a new strategy it will reveal next month.

The initiative alerts holidaymakers planning trips to the European Union that new rules come into force on January 1.

The South Ayrshire ticket-holder collected the top prize for the March 17 draw.

Caerphilly and Rhondda Cynon Taf now have rates above 100 cases per 100,000 people.

Environment Agency figures show no monitored surface water body in England has a clean bill of health.

Liam Curry and Chloe Rutherford were compared to Romeo and Juliet.

Labour’s Jeff Smith raised the issue with Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg.

The First Minister said she has been give assurances by Matt Hancock that testing will not be constrained despite capacity problems.

The bronze memorial to the 17th century slave merchant was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest.