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The number of coronavirus alerts hits a new record, with nearly 690,000 sent in England and Wales.

“We’ve got to do a lot better,” says Robert Buckland, as he sets out plans to tackle low conviction...

The government is in talks with hotels to secure thousands of rooms for new quarantine rules from 15 February.

Health officials have also traced the contacts of the person, it is understood.

Wales announces four fatalities as UK chief medical officers lower the Covid alert level.