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Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday evening.

Sussex Police said the Long Man of Wilmington, near Polegate, had been defaced by vandals.

The footprint, preserved in mud for 220 millions years, could help explain how dinosaurs walked.

Taylor Williams, 18, died after being stabbed in the heart in a fight between rival drugs gangs.

The Scottish government says moving the isles up to level four is needed to help suppress the spread of Covid.

The music industry should help bail out struggling small venues, Manchester mayor Andy Burnham says.

There were 182 virus-related deaths registered in NI in the last week, says Northern Ireland's statistics agency.

China says a UK visa, which some Hong Kongers can apply for, "grossly interferes" in its affairs.

The European Medicines Agency approves use of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine for people across the bloc.

The health secretary says the vaccine could "significantly bolster" the UK's vaccination programme.

The chief Brexit negotiator was due to start on Monday, but Sir Stephen Lovegrove will take his place.

The protesters locked themselves around a plane that was deporting people from the UK.

The talent show producers say dance groups and choirs won't be able to rehearse and audition safely.

A total of 6,040 people have now died after testing positive for the virus since the pandemic began.

Nurse Eva Gicain was in critical care and had no memory of giving birth during 76 days in hospital.

Two guests died after a fire broke out in a cupboard at the hotel in West Dunbartonshire in 2017.

The Office for National Statistics found infections had hardly shifted compared with the previous week.

Witnesses said the trader lost his cool and chased a group of children down the street with a stick.

Robert Lewis stabbed his wife Janet, 76, after becoming "obsessed" with the idea he had dementia.

North West Ambulance Service has admitted to being under "extreme pressure" during the pandemic.