Jane Dodge

A small number of veterans of that gruelling war in the Pacific are still alive.

Labour has called on ministers to act immediately to sort out what it says is a “fiasco”.

Spas and beauty therapists had been preparing to begin offering facials and other “close contact” services at the start of this month. But rising coronavirus cases prompted the prime minister to shelve those plans with just a few hours notice. 

The government had been criticised for loosening the lockdown on a Saturday but the mass breakouts of bacchanalian brawling didn’t materialise.

Hundreds of protesters have rallied in Birmingham city centre against alleged police brutality towards people from the black community and calling for justice for victims of the Windrush scandal.

What’s the mood in Durham about Mr Cummings’ decision to drive there from London, and to visit Barnard Castle, ostensibly to test his eyesight?

The 30-minute journey between Durham and Barnard Castle has been central to the discussion about whether Dominic Cummings broke the rules of the lockdown.

Pressure from local authorities is making ministers reconsider their pledge to start re-opening English primary schools from the start of next month.

Coming out of lockdown will be slow and painstaking, but the one and a half million people deemed most at risk are already having to spend three months in isolation.

The husband of Elsie Sazuze, who has died from Covid-19, has told this programme he feels the government was too slow in its response to the crisis.

Staff looking after the sick and elderly in care homes have been praised by the Chief Medical Officer.

It was dubbed the ‘cash for ash’ scandal, but today an inquiry into how politicians in charge of a green energy scheme in Northern Ireland, that paid out more than it cost to run, found no individuals were to blame.

The Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has announced that schools, colleges and childcare facilities in Ireland will close

The subject of climate change has received added urgency thanks to the terrible flooding that will continue with the arrival of storm Jorge.

Tens of thousands of students have had their lessons cancelled or disrupted today because of a strike by university staff.