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What are the latest changes to travel rules?

What are the latest changes to travel rules?

The PA news agency answers 10 key questions about what is happening.

Three-quarters of adults comfortable discussing funeral wishes, survey says

Three-quarters of adults comfortable discussing funeral wishes, survey says

Over a third (37%) said that funerals were generally too sombre, according to research carried out after the pandemic broke out.

Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

Just 2% of local areas have recorded a week-on-week rise in rates.

Javid says ‘no-one really knows’ future Covid trajectory after rise in cases

Javid says ‘no-one really knows’ future Covid trajectory after rise in cases

Sajid Javid has previously warned there could be 100,000 daily cases over the summer.

Highland games body gets ‘royal’ prefix after Queen’s approval

Highland games body gets ‘royal’ prefix after Queen’s approval

The Scottish Highland Games Association is now to be known as the Royal Scottish Highland Games Association.

Former Paralympian found guilty of causing public nuisance in plane protest

Former Paralympian found guilty of causing public nuisance in plane protest

Extinction Rebellion activist James Brown, 56, who is registered blind, superglued himself to the roof of a British Airways plane.

Exercise campaign similar to ‘5 a Day’ recommended to get young people moving

Exercise campaign similar to ‘5 a Day’ recommended to get young people moving

The Government should also launch a Work Out to Help Out campaign to incentivise people to get involved in organised sport, say MPs.

‘890m-year-old sponge fossils’ could be earliest animal life

‘890m-year-old sponge fossils’ could be earliest animal life

If verified, the fossils may pre-date the next-oldest undisputed sponge fossils by around 350 million years.

Patients evacuated after lightning sets fire to hospital roof

Patients evacuated after lightning sets fire to hospital roof

Wards at Trafford General Hospital have been affected.

UK’s first ever bison rangers chosen from over 1,000 applications worldwide

UK’s first ever bison rangers chosen from over 1,000 applications worldwide

A close-knit herd of four European bison is to live in Blean Woods near Canterbury in an effort to restore the habitat.

Art dealer stole more than £1 million to fund her ‘lavish’ lifestyle

Art dealer stole more than £1 million to fund her ‘lavish’ lifestyle

German socialite Angela Gulbenkian had pleaded guilty to two counts of theft totalling £1,111,484.

Covid vaccines are ‘liberating’, Javid says as ministers seek to drive uptake

Covid vaccines are ‘liberating’, Javid says as ministers seek to drive uptake

The Health Secretary said vaccines were part of the ‘journey to normal’.

Home Secretary meeting with Birmingham pub bombings families over Troubles plans

Home Secretary meeting with Birmingham pub bombings families over Troubles plans

Priti Patel arrived in Birmingham on Wednesday to discuss the 1974 blasts.

Jewel heist woman jailed after stealing gems worth £4.2m with sleight of hand

Jewel heist woman jailed after stealing gems worth £4.2m with sleight of hand

Lulu Lakatos swapped diamonds for pebbles at Mayfair jewellers Boodles in a scheme likened to a Hollywood plot.

NHS England appoints first female chief executive

NHS England appoints first female chief executive

Amanda Pritchard is currently chief operating officer for the NHS in England.

Doctor compromised child patient’s safety with puberty blockers, panel told

Doctor compromised child patient’s safety with puberty blockers, panel told

Dr Helen Webberley, who ran an unregistered online transgender clinic, is accused of failing to provide good clinical care to three patients.

Car makers face ‘very tough’ conditions as up to 30% of workers self-isolate

Car makers face ‘very tough’ conditions as up to 30% of workers self-isolate

A global microchip shortage is adding to the problems affecting the motor industry.

NHS in England set to appoint first female chief executive

NHS in England set to appoint first female chief executive

Amanda Pritchard currently works as NHS chief operating officer.

Arena bomb plotter refusing to take part in prison deradicalisation scheme

Arena bomb plotter refusing to take part in prison deradicalisation scheme

Hashem Abedi is serving a minimum term of 55 years for his part in the atrocity.

Man arrested on suspicion of 1999 murder of teenage girl

Man arrested on suspicion of 1999 murder of teenage girl

The naked body of Victoria Hall was found in a ditch in Suffolk on September 24 1999, five days after she was last seen alive.

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