Free twice-weekly tests to begin Everyone in England will be given access to two rapid Covid tests a week from Friday. The lateral flow kits, which provide results in around 30 minutes, will be available free of charge at testing sites, pharmacies and through the mail. Matt Hancock said it would help squash any outbreaks as lockdown is relaxed but Allyson Pollock, professor of public health at Newcastle University, said mass testing is a “scandalous waste of money”. 2 Baby dies after car hits pram A two-week-old baby boy has died after his pram was hit by a car in the West Midlands. A BMW is understood to have collided with another car before hitting the boy’s buggy, on Easter Sunday in High Street, Brownhills. The driver left the scene, according to police, but a 34-year-old was arrested in nearby Bloxwich soon afterwards.