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It comes amid growing concern over increasing cases and the transmissibility of the Delta variant.

The four-day event in Manchester begins amid petrol shortages, and rising food and energy costs.

Increasing numbers of infections are likely to be caused by the so-called Indian, or Delta, variant.

But 200,000 extra children with underlying conditions will now be eligible for two doses.

The US president welcomes the conviction in the George Floyd murder case but says more must be done.