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Nearly 18 million people have now had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine in the UK, while another 548 deaths have been reported.

Alex Salmond may not now appear before a Holyrood committee tomorrow after some of his evidence in a dispute with the devolved administration and the SNP was redacted from the parliament’s website, his lawyer has said.

TV environmentalist and campaigner Sir David Attenborough has issued a grim warning to world leaders on climate change: “It’s already too late.”

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is “very optimistic” that he will be able to remove all coronavirus restrictions in England by 21 June under his four-stage plan for lifting lockdown.

Eighteen people have been rescued from the back of a refrigerated lorry at the Haddon services on the A1M near Peterborough.

Businesses have started preparing plans to get their employees back to the office, although some suggest office culture may look different post-pandemic.

The majority of summer festivals are unlikely to go ahead without more certainty from the government, despite the new lockdown-easing roadmap, a representative for the sector has told Sky News.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised a review of so-called vaccine passports as eager Britons book holidays, excited by Monday’s roadmap out of lockdown.

Prince Edward has said the Royal Family are keeping their “fingers crossed” but that his father, the Duke of Edinburgh, is “a lot better” a week after he was admitted to hospital.

A relative of the Queen has been jailed for 10 months for sexually assaulting a woman at his ancestral home.