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The prime minister has set out his four-stage plan to ease England’s coronavirus restrictions. Read it here.

The prime minister launched a series of reviews – including on whether people should be able to show if they have had a Covid-19 vaccine or a negative test.

New data also found the Pfizer jab was just as effective against the Kent variant of coronavirus.

Findings show that the pandemic affected a system “already cut to the bone from 10 years of austerity” and called on the Government to “stop repackaging old funding commitments as new support and do more to stop this terrible loss of life”.

People with extremist attitudes tended to think about the world in black and white terms, a University of Cambridge study found.

Two thirds of adults were unaware that bees are at risk, while 60 per cent assumed the gorilla population was thriving.

A survey of 3,000 health workers by the GMB found more than half of those who contracted coronavirus said it had either had negative or severe medical impact on their mental health.

"If it had been Diane Abbott who said this it would have been front page headlines on all the gutter press and media outlets."

Sir Tom’s funeral will be held on Saturday.