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Businesses have cautiously welcomed news that the non-essential retail sector could reopen as soon as 12 April but, for some, it will be too late.

The UK would face another “large wave” of coronavirus infections if lockdown restrictions were lifted too quickly and some measures will be needed beyond 2021, government scientists have warned.

Downing Street has rubbished claims the prime minister’s fiancee, Carrie Symonds, has taken a central role in running the country.

The prime minister has said England is going to start “reclaiming our freedoms” – with all legal limits on people’s social contact set to end by 21 June.

A four-year-old girl is among three people who have died following a fire at a house in Exeter, police have said.

The prime minister is set to unveil his plan to end England’s lockdown, with measures to be relaxed nationally rather than on the regional tiered basis of the past.

The COVID-19 vaccines being used in the UK could reduce a person’s risk of being admitted to hospital by as much as 94% four weeks after the first dose, new data suggests.

Paloma Faith has announced the birth of her second daughter on Instagram, after undergoing a planned Caesarean section.

French police say they will “probably” have to wait until spring to continue the search for a British hiker who went missing last year in the Pyrenees.

A teenager who was stabbed to death in northwest London is believed to have first had a car driven at him and then been chased by four people before the fatal attack, police have said.