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Heathrow to begin temperature screening of passengers
The airport is launching the measure despite Downing Street insisting it is not regarded as an effective way to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
The closest black hole to Earth has been discovered
“There must be hundreds of millions of black holes out there, but we know about only very few. Knowing what to look for should put us in a better position to find them.”
As UK newspapers distract with lockdown scandal, the rest of world talks about Britain
Newspapers from around the world ask "What went wrong for Britain?"
Israeli billionaire conjures water out of thin air in parched Gaza
The machine extracts moisture from the air and converts it into drinking water.
Revealed: How South Korea moved to eliminate Covid-19
The Korean Centre for Disease Control said last week there no new domestic cases of Covid-19 for first time since February.
Government ‘concerned’ care homes struggling to get tests
Security Minister James Brokenshire said work was continuing to reach capacity.
Government response pushed coronavirus crisis from hospitals into care homes
A Reuters investigation has found that in shielding its hospitals from Covid-19, the government left many of the weakest exposed.
South Korea’s contact tracing is ‘fine example’ for UK
Deputy chief scientific adviser Professor Dame Angela McLean said the Government should look to Seoul for having brought coronavirus under control.
Government lockdown adviser quits after breaking his own lockdown rules
Professor Neil Ferguson resigned after a breach of social distancing rules involving a woman said to be his lover.