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Every person who downloads the NHS coronavirus contact tracing app will be helping "make the country a safer place", the health secretary has told Sky News.

Rishi Sunak is unveiling an emergency COVID rescue plan to protect jobs that is expected to include wage subsidies, VAT cuts and more cheap loans for struggling businesses.

A throng of clubbers stumbling out onto the streets of Soho is a common sight.

A people smuggler has been jailed after being captured on camera by a drone - as Sky News was given exclusive access to the base where the aircraft is sent out to catch traffickers.

The UK has reported 6,178 new coronavirus cases - the highest daily total in four months. 

Boots has said it is no longer taking bookings for the flu jab "due to unprecedented demand".

Two people in Bolton who "recklessly" flouted self-isolation rules have been hit with £1,000 fines.

Bakery chain Greggs has insisted supplies of its sausage rolls will be unaffected after a coronavirus outbreak among factory staff.  

Emergency accommodation provided during the coronavirus pandemic may have saved the lives of hundreds of homeless people, researchers estimate.

New coronavirus restrictions are "necessary" but were "not inevitable" and represent the government's failure, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said.