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50 million face masks bought by the UK government will not be used in the NHS due to safety concerns.

A children's author has been shot in the head by an attacker who is understood have died minutes later in a motorcycle accident.

Face coverings are to be made mandatory indoors in Northern Ireland after the R number - a crucial measure of how quickly coronavirus is spreading - jumped in the region.

The 2020 London Marathon will use a different route and will only include elite runners when it takes place on 4 October.

Belgium, Andorra and the Bahamas have been added to the UK's coronavirus quarantine list, after a spike in cases in the affected countries.

Southwest England has been added to a heatwave health warning, as temperatures across the UK soar.

Boris Johnson has defended his decision not to suspend a Tory MP from the party who was arrested on suspicion of rape.

A burglar who went on the run for 20 months after ramming police cars during a chase has been jailed after a McDonald's receipt gave him away.

Border Force patrol vessels and local lifeboats have been involved in the rescue of more than 100 migrants in small boats in the English Channel this morning.

Local teams continue to be more successful than call centre workers when it comes to reaching the close contacts of people who tested positive for coronavirus.