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The situation is the most serious that it's been since the start of the pandemic in Ireland.

The second of two new coronavirus variants from Brazil is likely to already be in the UK despite the government imposing a travel ban, a leading epidemiologist has warned.

The UK has recorded another 48,682 coronavirus cases and 1,248 deaths.

In northern France, a sense of anxiety. The town of Roubaix is in the midst of an intensive programme, which aims to test as much of the local population as possible, over the course of a week.

Health officials in Cornwall say the dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks is directly linked to Tier 1 freedoms enjoyed by the county in early December.

Director Sam Pollard grew up in a house with three pictures on the wall - Martin Luther King Jr, John F. Kennedy and Jesus.

Katie Price has decided to move her son Harvey into a residential college, according to a report.

In northern France, a sense of anxiety. The town of Roubaix is in the midst of an intensive programme, which aims to test as much of the local population as possible, over the course of a week.

A mass transfer of COVID-19 patients in the Amazon's biggest city is taking place due to a shortage of oxygen tanks, as the UK's transport secretary says Britain was only aware of a new variant originating from Brazil since Sunday.

More than 66,000 hauliers have so far been tested at the Channel crossing with only very low levels of coronavirus detected, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has told Sky News.

A leading virologist who said one of two Brazilian COVID-19 variants had been detected in the UK has now said the one picked up in Britain is not the one of concern.

Small firms are cheering a Supreme Court ruling that appears set to force insurers to pay out on disputed coronavirus business interruption claims worth at least £1.2bn.

On Wednesday, Joe Biden will be formally sworn in as the 46th president of the United States - part of an inauguration ceremony he hopes will start a national healing process after four divisive years.

A leading virologist who said one of two Brazilian COVID-19 variants had been detected in the UK has now said the one picked up in Britain is not the one of concern.

The coronavirus R number in the UK has remained largely unchanged, as SAGE estimate it is now between 1.2 and 1.3.

A grime artist who was serving 24 years in jail for imprisoning and repeatedly raping four women has had his sentence increased by six years.

Global deaths linked to coronavirus have passed two million - just over a year since it was first identified in China.

Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, has a large house about an hour outside Uganda's capital, Kampala.

Scientific advisers to the government have set out measures to reduce the transmission of coronavirus within homes, which they say can help cut the number of infections by up to 15% in just three weeks.

Original 106 is a local radio station for the Aberdeen area in the UK

Saved By The Bell star Dustin Diamond has been diagnosed with cancer and is receiving treatment in hospital, his team have confirmed.

Original 106 is a local radio station for the Aberdeen area in the UK

Original 106 is a local radio station for the Aberdeen area in the UK

All travel corridors will close from Monday, meaning everyone arriving in the UK will have to self-isolate.