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More than 49,000 restaurants, pubs and cafes took part in the scheme.

More than 49,000 restaurants, pubs and cafes took part in the scheme.

Wales could reopen indoor hospitality and all holiday accommodation by the end of May if Labour retain control of the Welsh Government, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said. Mr Drakeford said the “ambition” was dependent on Wales’ public health situation at the time and whether he was still leading the country following May’s Senedd elections. On Thursday he set out further dates for his road map out of lockdown, which included lifting travel rules and reopening all close contact serv...

More pupils are returning to school in Scotland in the latest phase of lockdown easing. Children in primaries 4-7 are due to join their younger classmates who were the first to go back to school on February 22. Senior secondary school pupils required to attend for practical work for qualifications were able to return from the same date. P1-P3 pupils returned on February 22 (Jane Barlow/PA) Now, all high school students will be able head back to the classroom part-time, as part of a blended lear...

Chief executives from Pure Gym, David Lloyd and The Gym Group have called on the Government to ensure mental and physical health can be improved.

Larry is the first feline since 1997 to hold the rat-catching portfolio.

Reopenings of schools next week may be delayed as part of measures to tackle soaring coronavirus case numbers, scientists advising the Government have suggested. School leaders have also warned that teachers and pupils may be put at risk if secondaries reopen, as planned, while a new ultra-transmissible strain of Covid-19 is driving a rise in hospital admissions. Earlier this month, the Government said exam-year students would go back to school as normal after the Christmas holidays, but the ma...

Secondary school students in Northern Ireland will sit fewer exams next year and be subject to a more generous grading regime, the education minister has announced. Peter Weir introduced a series of mitigating measures for GCSE, AS and A-levels to reflect the disruption to learning caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Mr Weir also raised the possibility of added marks or allowance for students who had missed significant school time due to the impact of the virus. The minister reiterated he would...

Down. >> you knew she was gone then? >> yeah. >> reporter: in september of 2016, almost two years to the day since christina had vanished, enrique arochi went on trial at the collin county courthouse charged with aggravated kidnapping. zeke fortenberry was the lead prosecutor. >> why not prosecute him for murder? >> we thought about that, and i believe he did murder her. the problem is we didnt have a body to show that and we didnt have a crime scene to show murder. its probably the most difficu...

>> yeah. >> reporter: in september of 2016, almost two years to the day since christina had vanished, enrique arochi went on trial at the collin county courthouse charged with aggravated kidnapping. zeke fortenberry was the lead prosecutor. >> why not prosecute him for murder? >> we thought about that, and i believe he did murder her. the problem is we didnt have a body to show that and we didnt have a crime scene to show murder. its probably the most difficult case ive ever tried. >> im here to...