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Boris Johnson to announce major coronavirus testing programme in bid to save Christmas

The Prime Minister will make a Commons statement outlining the basis for relaxing Covid-19 restrictions so relatives can hold limited celebrations during a brief window

New revolutionary 'zapper' device could help people with Parkinson's disease avoid falls

Newcastle University

EXCLUSIVE: Called gammaCore, the device could revolutionise Parkinson’s care as people with the condition suffer difficulties with walking, broken bones from falls and isolation

Trials for AstraZeneca's coronavirus 'antibody cocktail' start in the UK

The treatment, aimed at people with a weakened immune system who cannot be vaccinated could prevent Covid-19 infection for up to 12 months. The clinical trial programme will recruit 5,000 participants

How the NHS could plan to roll out Covid vaccine - with all adults jabbed by April

Coronavirus vaccine

Leaked documents detail plans to vaccinate all adults in the UK by Easter, with the oldest and most vulnerable in society, along with health and care workers, to get the jab first

Coronavirus daily cases fell by 9,000 in first full week of lockdown, ONS finds

One in every 80 people had coronavirus across England last week, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed

Grieving daughters launch legal fight against Government over coronavirus in care homes

Dr Cathy Gardner and Fay Harris, who both lost their fathers to Covid-19 while they were living in care homes, have been given permission for a full hearing against the Government

Voice of the Mirror: Government blunders let down care homes during the coronavirus crisis

Of the many failures by this Government during the Covid crisis none has been more grievous and appalling than the failure to protect care homes

Coronavirus death toll hits 53,775 after a further 501 people die

The UK's coronavirus death and case toll has risen sharply today, following the good news that the Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine produces a robust immune response in healthy adults aged 56-69 and people over 70

Gran 'evicted' from care home over daughter's 'unauthorised' visit rushed to hospital

Great-gran-of-12 Elizabeth Bow, 78, was going to be evicted from her care home on Tuesday over an 'authorised visit' from her daughter - but was rushed to hospital the same day

Test and Trace misses 123,000 contacts in a week as rate stuck at historic low

Two in five close contacts of people with coronavirus still aren't being reached by the part-privatised system, new figures show

Susanna Reid close to tears over elderly couple's heartwarming reunion in care home

Good Morning Britain

The Good Morning Britain host showed viewers the emotional moment a couple, forced apart by coronavirus, were reunited

Smart meter data could be used to identify dementia and depression sufferers

Increased energy use in late evenings, or at night, could indicate 'sundowning' syndrome, which is often a sign of progression from early stages of Alzheimer's to more serious deterioration

Coronavirus outbreak 'on at least three wards' at hospital in England

Yeovil Hospital in Somerset has said that it is “managing” the outbreak and is taking steps to prevent its spread

D-Day war hero who survived 7 days on Dunkirk beaches dies from coronavirus at 102

Jim Pass moved into a care home in July after a fall at home but was unable to have visitors due to Covid-19 restrictions

Close friends who lost touch stunned to bump into each other 73 years on in care home

Marion Darbyshire and Winnie Shaw went their separate ways having worked together at Coops factory in Wigan, Lancs, only to meet again 73 years later at Lakeside Care Home

Boris Johnson will take Zoom PMQs in Commons first after negative Covid-19 test

The PM has taken one of the rapid, 30-minute Coronavirus tests being trialled - despite not having any symptoms

What happens next when lockdown ends - and how rules might be eased at Christmas

England's lockdown rules for after December 2 are set to be unveiled next week - and the three-tier system could get a lot stricter. But we might get a few days of respite over Christmas. Here's what we know

Great-grandma, 78, faces care home eviction 'because daughter made unauthorised visit'

Elizabeth Bow, who suffers from dementia, was visited at Aspen Hill Village care home in Leeds by her daughter Denise Hobbs who claims her mum is the victim of a 'revenge eviction'

Undercover probe of Tory-linked Covid-19 testing lab alleges 'serious failings'

Dr Tom Lewis, a microbiologist who has run an NHS lab for a decade, said?if?what the reporter was told about tests being thrown away with cardboard waste was?correct "that would?be illegal."

UK coronavirus deaths soar to 52,147 as a further 213 people lose their lives

The latest figures from the Department of Health have come out this afternoon and show the death toll in all settings has increased by 213 in the past 24 hours - the highest Monday death toll since May 11

Pensioner and young boy who became pen pals in lockdown meet for the first time

Michael Lugg, seven, began writing to Lewis, 93, at the start of the first lockdown in March - and the pair have become firm friends

Coronavirus mass testing could wreck Christmas for 400,000 families, expert warns

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has held up the Moonshot programme of testing everyone in towns and cities for coronavirus as a way to return lives to some form of normality

All care homes should be able to have visitors by Christmas, Matt Hancock says

The Health Secretary said rapid coronavirus tests for visitors - currently being trialled in Devon and Cornwall - should allow rollout across England within weeks

Piers Morgan asks Matt Hancock why he hasn't resigned as Tory admits 'mistakes'

The Health Secretary felt the full wrath of ITV's Good Morning Britain in a 21-minute interview - which went through the many questions they couldn't ask in a 201-day government boycott

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