Covid vaccine: All over-50s and high risk groups offered first dose

They’ll be able to meet indoors and hold hands from 8 March, but visitors must get a test and...

Church of England leaders say the pandemic has “disproportionately” affected poorer communities.

Senior ministers sign off a decision to pause the lifting of Covid restrictions in England beyond 21 June.

The new campaign urging people not to get complacent comes as 1,325 deaths were recorded in the UK.

The US and Russia agree to nuclear arms control talks but progress at the Geneva summit is limited.

Britain says carriers should by-pass Belarus after a flight was diverted to Minsk and a journalist held.

They say there is no “economic need” for the £4bn foreign aid cuts which undermine the UK’s credibility.