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Bounce back loans: Hunting down the Covid loan fraudsters

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 17:00
The BBC's been given exclusive access to the unit tracking down Covid loan fraudsters.

Covid: Wales 'not ready' for full school reopening

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 16:30
The education minister confirms children aged three to seven will return to school on 22 February.

Covid: All over-50s in UK to be offered vaccine by May

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 16:14
Nearly 11 million people have already received a first jab against coronavirus.

Kilmarnock attacks: Mother and daughter killed and man dies in crash

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 16:13
Emma Robertson Coupland and Nicole Anderson were fatally injured and a man later died in a road crash.

Covid: Halls party with 150 students stopped in Sheffield

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 16:09
Police hand out £34,000 in penalties as they break up the "absolutely appalling" event in Sheffield.

Covid in Scotland: Daily vaccine numbers doubled in a week

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 15:44
Deputy First Minister John Swinney said the vaccine programme was on track after daily figures reached a new record.

Covid: Virus cases show clear signs of fall in most of UK

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 15:35
The virus's reproduction, or R, number is estimated to be between 0.7 and 1.

Cumbria coal mine: Climate tsar urged to quit over 'reckless' plan

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 15:01
Alok Sharma should resign unless plans for a deep coal mine in Cumbria are dropped, Lib Dems say.

Covid vaccines extremely safe, finds UK regulator

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 14:41
Almost all the side-effects of the two vaccines being used in the UK are mild and expected, says MHRA.

Weather warnings for snow, ice and floods in place across Britain

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 14:38
Amber alerts for snow cover northern Scotland until Saturday and south-east England on Sunday.

NI Covid deaths fall after record high

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 14:18
The death toll since the start of the pandemic stands at 2,448, according to NI's statistics agency.

Covid-19: Avoid 'setting dates' for lifting lockdown, scientist warns

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 14:16
Leaders should not be "driven by a calendar", says a scientist advising the government.

Louise Smith murder: Shane Mays' sentence increase bid refused

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 14:15
The Court of Appeal dismisses a claim that Shane Mays' 25-year minimum jail term is too lenient.

Jackie Weaver on what happened in 'that' viral parish council meeting

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 13:42
Jackie Weaver tells Anita Rani on Woman's Hour, how she kept her cool during the Handforth Parish Council.

Storm Callum: Carmarthenshire landslide 'swept dancer away'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 13:09
Corey Sharpling, 21, was "engulfed in earth and trees" in Carmarthenshire in 2018, an inquest hears.

GameStop frenzy prompts Hedges-Stocks viral surname mix-up

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 12:59
Zoah Hedges-Stocks says she knows more about privet hedges than speculating on the stock market.

Scaramanga Silk: Unknown DJ's debut record sells for £30,000

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 10:50
Scaramanga Silk thought it was "a wind-up" - and nobody knows who the buyer is. So what happened?

Special needs and Covid: 'For some social distance goes out the window'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 10:48
Government rules say children with more complex needs are entitled to school full time, but not all are there.

Chaotic Handforth Parish Council meeting goes viral

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 10:25
The meeting descends into chaos with Twitter users likening it to a hit drama series.

PM's minority adviser Samuel Kasumu offered to quit over 'division'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 10:24
Samuel Kasumu resigned citing "unbearable tension" in Downing Street, but later changed his mind.

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