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Captain Tom received a standing ovation.

The physicist’s daughter, Lucy, donated the medical equipment to the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.

According to Financial Times analysis the pandemic could have already caused as many as 41,000 deaths – twice the official estimate.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock praised the ‘rapid progress’ being made into vaccines by scientists at Oxford and Imperial College London.

"If it turns out to be true that the government for Brexit-related reasons refused to take part in the procurement advantage offered by EU governments, thus making it harder for the NHS to deal with the Covid-19 and placing thousands of people at risk, the entire front bench ought to resign."

This grim news comes as a report suggests real number is 40% higher .

Northumbria Police released footage of the ‘appalling’ incident, in which Charlene Merrifield coughed at an officer in the back of a police van.

The shipment was promised to arrive on Sunday, but sources say the request hadn’t even been made when the announcement went out.

There were 1,662 deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales registered up to April 10 that occurred outside hospitals.