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Health Secretary Matt Hancock said hearing that Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab died without a parent at his bedside made him ‘weep’.

Dr Hans Kluge described how ‘the storm cloud’ of Covid-19 ‘still hangs heavily over the European region’.

Promising young footballer Suel Miguel Monteiro Delgado suffered serious head injuries in the crash and died in hospital.

People of other faiths are encouraged to join in using the hashtag #PrayForHeroes.

Former officer Mike Boateng was told his name would not appear on the College of Policing barred list.

Announcements from NHS trusts and tributes from loved ones indicate the true number of staff lost is higher.

Half of people polled by Ipsos MORI were yet to make their minds up over new Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.

Data shows the mortality rate for men who died with Covid-19 was 97.5 deaths per 100,000 population, while for women it was 46.6 deaths per 100,000.

It could mean patients require more treatment, Roisin Foster, Cancer Focus NI chief executive, added.

Cancer Focus NI shops have closed and staff furloughed but are still paying rent.

The unfortunate hedgehog was trapped by his own spines in a discarded bird feeder.

Divers have taken the coronavirus rainbow trail 110 metres underwater in the Jura Field.

His call comes after more than 600 members of the crew of a French aircraft carrier and accompanying vessels tested positive for coronavirus.

The British Growers Association said most seasonal workers this year are expected to be from the UK but businesses cannot run ‘on enthusiasm alone’.

A psychology expert has said youngsters are ‘typically resilient’ and the situation should not lead to any long-term problems.

Entries from across the UK were written as the country went into lockdown.

The ONS has also revealed that 38% of firms which continued to trade said their turnover was ‘substantially lower than normal’.