Byjack Wright News Today

The Queen will return to London today to lie in state, accompanied by Princess Anne, after thousands of mourners gathered to pay their respects at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.

King Charles III will travel to Edinburgh today as the nation continues in its period of national mourning following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday in her Scottish home of Balmoral.

The UK has confirmed another 2,357 lab-confirmed coronavirus cases and four deaths – all four in Wales Both figures mark increases on last Mondays daily Covid numbers, although that was a bank holiday  Health chiefs say infections, hospital admissions and deaths have fallen consistently over the past months The move means coronavirus is now only in general circulation and transmission is no longer high or rising

Friends and family can HUG for the first time in a year, Boris Johnson will announce today as he unveils the return of the rule of six INDOORS from May 17 - with tables inside pubs and restaurants, and hotels, cinemas and theatres to reopen Boris Johnson will today declare that friends and relatives can meet and hug again for the first time in a year Pubs, restaurants and cafes across England will be able to seat customers inside again from Monday, May 17 Hotels, B&Bs, cinemas, theatres and mus...